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6 2010 DUCATI HYPERMOTARD 1100
It’s been radically updated for this year, but will the sum of the parts total a very exciting new experience for the Italian motorcycle?
12 2010 APRILIA RSV4-R
Built to a lower price it may be, but is the budget World Superbike for the road actually any less of a motorcycle for the penny-pinching?
18 E-MOTIVE ELECTRIC SCOOTER E5
Believe it or not, there’s quite a move towards the electric scooter idea. MSL’s Peter Henshaw fires up the Watts and tries out a very modern motorcycle indeed
24 POSTBAG
Your thoughts on everything motorcycle over the past four weeks. Not surprisingly, the weather has been playing a part on your minds and there’s a theory about crashing too...
27 MSL PEOPLE
Maynard Hershon talks about loud bikes, Harley-Davidsons in particular, and how they might impact on you and your neighbours’ sense of peace
28 NEWS
The dust is still settling from the news that Westminster bosses have said that they will charge bikers for parking. Here’s the very latest on the outrage.
34 PRODUCTS
With a look at a brace of new all-weather riding kit from Alpinestars plus a lot of other great things to soak up any loose money with for you and your bike
40 2010 SUZUKI RMX450
It’s a road-going enduro bike that appeals to many types of motorcyclist. In the right hands it can also fire up a passion for biking again in a very strong way
46 ON ANY SUNDAY
After last month’s claim by the Editor that Silver Dream Racer was the best motorcycle film of all time we decided to address the balance by featuring the actual best motorcycle film of all time: On Any Sunday
52 SIBLINGS
OK, so you’ve decided on a BMW GS, but which one should you go for, the 800 or the 1200? MSL’s Chris Moss pits one against the other to find out what’s the best bike for different types of rider. Is it always a case of bigger being better?
66 SUZUKI RGV250 PART II
So the chassis is now all together, now it’s time for the subframe, engine, exhausts and bodywork. Not too much to still be doing then
74 OPEN ROAD: GLOBE BUSTERS
It’s 2010 and the snow has fallen early in Wales, which doesn’t bode well for the opening of the BMW Rider Training school next week! But as we archive files and prepare for the New Year ahead, there are mixed feelings for what is to come...
90 MANICOM: THE GUZZI EPIC
Sam’s back with this exclusive feature for MSL and answers the question: do you actually need something big and German to go touring on these days?
96 TO GLASGOW – ON A 125
Peter thought it’d be an interesting trip to try out one of the new Chinese 125s. Quite who suggested riding it to Glasgow first, we can’t be sure, but to the Ed’s surprise, Peter thought it’d be a good idea
102 ICONS: THE ACE CAFE
Bikes, people and now arguably THE most famous stop-off point in the history of motorcycling. The Ace Cafe is a name known by almost everyone who has ever ridden a bike
113 MSL PEOPLE
Sports guru with a beard and a racing brain bigger than most in the game, Julian Ryder waxes lyrical about the past month
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