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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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  • 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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  • Victory motorcycles to close: Polaris to concentrate on Indian

    Victory motorcycles to close: Polaris to concentrate on Indian

    Polaris industries has just announced that it is to wind down its Victory Motorcycles brand and related operations, shifting focus to Indian, which it says has higher growth potential. Fewer than 25% of North American Polaris dealers (about 400) actively sell Victory today, with around 150 being combined Victory/Indian dealerships. Polaris will still provide replacement…

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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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  • Tested: JW Speaker 8790 Adaptive LED motorcycle headlight review

    Tested: JW Speaker 8790 Adaptive LED motorcycle headlight review

    Tested by: John Milbank | £658.80 | www.mobilecentre.co.uk | 01386 212121 Two things annoy me at the moment. One is the performance of many motorcycle headlights, and the other is the number of people who wince at the price of this lamp, yet think nothing of spending a similar amount on a new end-can for…

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  • Tested: Garmin Zumo 595LM motorcycle sat-nav review

    Tested: Garmin Zumo 595LM motorcycle sat-nav review

    Tested by: John Milbank | £549.99 | www.buy.garmin.com | 0808 238 0000 There’s something of a rivalry between fans of the two sat-nav powerhouses, Garmin and TomTom. Much like users of PCs and Macs, owners very rarely even want to acknowledge the alternative. For the last couple of years I’ve used TomTom’s Rider 400 and…

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  • February 2017 – Issue 676

    February 2017 – Issue 676

    The February issue of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure is on sale now, and includes… NEW: News: New British sports bikes • Subscribe and save money • Letters: Win a Kriega pack • New broom vs old rubbish? Leon Mannings • Exclusive interview: Is this MV’s last chance? • Test ride: 2017 Yamaha MT-09 • Test ride: Metisse 8V Mark 5 Café Racer • Test ride: Ducati Monster 1200 • Group test: Small…

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  • Tested: Essential Buyer’s Guide: Royal Enfield book review

    Tested: Essential Buyer’s Guide: Royal Enfield book review

    Tested by: John Milbank | £12.99 | www.veloce.co.uk | 01305 260068 Essential is a word too often bandied about, but these buyer’s guides are just that! Published by Veloce, a few years ago I used one of the Ducati guides when buying a Monster, and it was a big help. Even the most ardent fan…

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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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  • Moscow to Vladivostock, Russia on a Ducati Multistrada Enduro

    Moscow to Vladivostock, Russia on a Ducati Multistrada Enduro

    How do you prove a bike’s reliability? Ducati sent a Multistrada 1200 off on an 18,000mile round-the world trip. Frenchman Laurent Cochet did the Moscow to Vladivostock stint – we join him at Lake Baikal… Read the full story in the February 2017 issue of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine, on sale 6th January, and…

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