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.

It’s never the last goodbye

Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

News • Need to know ◆ New models ◆ Industry info

Double Take Duo • Triumph’s iconic Bonneville gets technical upgrades and is more appealing than ever in 2026.

YAMAHA TRACER 9GT / GT+

Products

Rally Round THE FAMILY • The previous Voge models that we’ve tested in MSL have been fully-equipped, touring-biased adventure style motorcycles. The new 800 Rally, however, leans more into the ‘adventure’ side rather than the touring aspect.

Bikes You Can See Through • Reflection, and reality

Letters

Hooligan INSPIRATION • Given that there are many adventure bikes that never stray away from metalled roads, surely such a bike that has a refocussing toward tarmac would be a clear and obvious choice for a manufacturer?

LIMITED BUT NO LIMITATIONS • While it had been a while since I rode a Pan America before I rode the ST, the wait for the Limited was much shorter, albeit resulting in rather similar weather conditions.

BACK IN THE DAY...

Peak Trails with Phoenix • The ability to explore roads less-travelled is always an attractive one when riding a motorcycle, and there’s a very simple way of expanding that network of byways that are available to ride…

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

An interview with Norton’s Resurgence – Technical: Brian Gillen Interview • Looking at what’s happening with the reinvigorated and historic brand, with a insightful talk to Norton’s CTO.

Big Brother is MOVING YOU • Having ridden the 900 Tiger GT, and reviewed it a couple of issues ago, do the higher numbers on the 1200 version’s spec sheet add up to more ability and more fun, or just more mass and bulk?

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

Visiting the Vosges • Expanding on last issue’s reference to the three days we spent around Europe, this is the first of three regions we visited on the Suzukis, with each area seeing us having a very full day of exploring.

Tour planning, personal and professional

The Brothers Ride • Many folk consider fly-ride excursions to be trips to sunnier climes with warm, or even hot riding. That’s not always the case, and there’s options closer to home for fly-riders…

EXPANDING YOUR HORIZONS • Camping and off-road riding not in your wheelhouse for travel? Not a problem, adventure is still accessible, and just a wheel turn away…

Test fleet: Honda NT1100 DCT ES • Bloody hell, sunshine and dry roads. Whatever next?! Riding in much better conditions reminds me just why biking can be so much fun. Mind you, love for my Honda isn’t always in place

Test fleet: Suzuki GSX-S1000GT • The joy of having the big Suzuki return to chez Manning was tempered by a ride out for a great mate

Test fleet: Honda CMX1100 • Making the most of ’Plan B’

Test fleet: Suzuki GSX-8TT • Ladies first: Maria gives her Suzuki impressions

Tried & Tested • Things we’ve worn ◆ Kit we like ◆ Things we put on our bike

OILS EVOLVE • There’s far more to engine oil than might, at first, meet the eye