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  • A Mini Mondo adventure with Austin Vince

    A Mini Mondo adventure with Austin Vince

    In the March issue of MSL, Feature Editor Mikko Nieminen took the Honda Africa Twin to the Pyrenees with Austin Vince. Here’s the video… Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine is the original and best bike mag. Established in 1962, you can pick up a copy in all good newsagents & supermarkets, or online… [su_button url=”http://www.classicmagazines.co.uk/issue/MSL” target=”blank”…

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  • A Mini Mondo motorcycle adventure with Austin Vince

    A Mini Mondo motorcycle adventure with Austin Vince

    In the April issue of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine, Feature Editor Mikko Nieminen rode his Africa Twin to the Spanish Pyrenees for a week of wild camping and trail riding with Austin Vince. Here’s a short film Austin – the round the world adventure rider – made about these great little expeditions. For more info on…

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  • Peugeot scooters ride overland to Vietnam

    Peugeot scooters ride overland to Vietnam

    In the March 2017 issue of MSL we met Samuel Felice Rodriguez and Ambroise Prince, who rode a pair of Peugeot Django scooters 7500 miles from Paris to Vietnam. Here are their fantastic videos… Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine is the original and best bike mag. Established in 1962, you can pick up a copy in…

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  • Erik Buell beaten down again… EBR Motorcycles closes

    Erik Buell beaten down again… EBR Motorcycles closes

    EBR motorcycles, formed only in early 2016 by liquidation specialists Bill Melvin Senior and Junior, is winding down operations. The pair’s company – Liquid Asset Partners LLC – took on the business promising to produce 500 bikes per year, continuing Erik Buell’s work in motorcycle manufacturing that, over the past decade, has been bought and sold by…

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  • 2017 Honda Fireblade | Onboard with road rider vs racer

    2017 Honda Fireblade | Onboard with road rider vs racer

    Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine editor John Milbank recently tested the 2017 Honda Fireblade CBR1000RR SP (on Bridgestone VO2 slicks) at Portimao race circuit – the first ’Blade to feature cornering ABS, traction control, electronic Öhlins suspension and riding modes. As an average road rider, his review – in issue 679 of MSL – looks at the…

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  • Learn to be a better rider with HALF PRICE motorcycle training

    Learn to be a better rider with HALF PRICE motorcycle training

    After a hugely successful day of rider training in 2016, MSL has once again teamed up with the British Superbike School at Blyton Park in Lincolnshire for a full day of road-focussed training in the safe environment of a closed track on July 27, 2017. Usually costing £289, subscribers to the magazine get the experience…

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  • Honda’s self-balancing robot bike

    Honda’s self-balancing robot bike

    Honda’s new ‘Riding Assist’ motorcycle shuns the gyroscopes used by other brands, which the Japanese company says add a great deal of weight and alter the riding experience. Instead, robotics technology from the ‘UNI-CUB’ self-balancing personal mobility device keeps the machine upright by rotating the bars and adjusting the rake to balance the centre of…

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  • Kick-start your New Year with the Winter Classic

    Kick-start your New Year with the Winter Classic

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    About to enter into its sixth running, the Carole Nash Winter Classic event – supported by Classic Bike Guide magazine – has become one of the favourite dates on the show calendar. Stunning bikes, several traders and star racers will all come under one roof on the first full weekend of 2017, with the Carole…

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  • D3O armour – extra safety in gloves

    D3O armour – extra safety in gloves

    In the January 2017 issue of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine we take an in-depth look at French motorcycle clothing brand Furygan. Using D3O armour in all its products, we wanted to see some science behind the claims made about the orange protection’s performance… Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine is the original and best bike…

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  • Beware of fake kit! Comparing counterfeit and real RST jackets

    Beware of fake kit! Comparing counterfeit and real RST jackets

    Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine’s November 2016 issue has a frightening investigation into the amount of fake bike gear on sale in the UK. While photographing the kit for the magazine, editor John Milbank shot a brief video showing the difference between a real and fake RST jacket… Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine is the…

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