Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Motorcycle Sport & Leisure is a monthly 116 page full colour magazine covering all aspects of modern leisure bike riding. New bike reviews, product news and events add to the unique mix of touring features and long term road tests.

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Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

News • Need to know ◆ New models ◆ Industry info

MORE CHIPS, LESS FAT • Yamaha gives the R7 a significant boost with upgraded electronics and a sharper-handling chassis.

Products

MAD and MADDER • Despite the title, these two full-on Ducatis aren’t really bonkers, especially when compared to some other models that the Italian manufacturer creates, let alone those of other brands. But when you look at them in isolation…

Get Better and Get Outta There • Friends with shared memories are a precious commodity

Letters

SHANGHAI SURPRISE • Chinese giant QJMotor is moving fast in the UK, but this impressive new V-twin cruiser could be its biggest surprise of all.

Legal Eagle • Our motorcycling man of law answers questions big and small

BACK IN THE DAY...

INSIDE DUCATI’S BIGGEST BIRTHDAY PARTY YET • There are few places where passion for motorcycling feels quite as tangible as World Ducati Week. At Misano this July, that passion wasn’t just visible - it was audible, contagious and almost impossible to escape.

NOMAD MOSSY, EPISODE 5 • Leaving Scotland wasn’t easy and it wasn’t long before I got the chance to put biking life in England into perspective.

FAST AND futuristic • Has niche scooter manufacturer Royal Alloy outpaced the big names in developing a truly practical electric two-wheeler? The recent press launch in China suggests they have.

ENTENTE CORDIALE? • When it was announced, back in October 2019, that prestige car manufacturer Aston Martin was linking with the French-based born-again Brough Superior factory to jointly develop a motorcycle, it seemed almost too good to be true - a pair of Britain’s most historic marques on two and four wheels seemed like a marketeer’s mirage – great on paper, but how could it possibly work out in practice? But when the striking AMB 001, adorned with Aston’s winged badge on its flanks, was unveiled at the November 2019 EICMA Milan Show, suddenly it all made sense….

2027 ASTON MARTIN AMB 002 ROADSTER LAUNCH • After the sold-out success of the first 100-off Aston Martin AMB 001, followed by the upscale, uprated 88-unit AMB 001 Pro version, Aston Martin has unveiled its first street-legal motorcycle, the spectacularly styled AMB 002 Roadster. Developed in conjunction with Brough Superior, who will manufacture it in France at its factory in Toulouse, the new model represents the latest chapter in the now seven year-old partnership between these iconic, historic British brands.

TOURING Write about your ride! • Share your travel story, and earn yourself a free 12 month magazine subscription!

The Slow Road to Stirling • Why would you want to take twice as long as needed to get somewhere?Because sometimes the journey is as important as the destination.

How to have the ULTIMATE SUNDAY RIDE • Adam Child rides to the Isle of Man TT for 24-hours of uncut speed

Golf? Bah humbug! • What was it that Groucho Marx said about club membership?...

100 Colls of France • From 11 to 13 September, the participants in the first 100 Colls France turned the roads of the French Alps into the setting for a major challenge defined by endurance, navigation and, above all, strategy.

Test fleet: BMW R1300RS • Here Al, what’s happened to your long term test BMW? The mental superbike-spec S1000 R hypernaked seems to have turned into a giant touring Boxer?!?!

Test fleet: Suzuki GSX-8TT • Although the 8TT...