Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

  • 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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  • MSL February ISSUE 677 | DOWNLOADABLE .GPX SAT-NAV MAPS

    MSL February ISSUE 677 | DOWNLOADABLE .GPX SAT-NAV MAPS

    This issue: UK, France and Russia | Motorcycle Sport & Leisure has the best real-world touring and adventure of any magazine. Locally, we have routes in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, while globally our adventures span touring across Europe; France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium and beyond. Africa, America, New Zealand and more are also covered, so for the very…

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  • SELF-GUIDED TOURING OF AMERICA | PART 2 | FREE ROUTE DOWNLOADS

    SELF-GUIDED TOURING OF AMERICA | PART 2 | FREE ROUTE DOWNLOADS

    In the February 2017 issue of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine, Steve Rose and Julie Brown completed their self-guided adventure in the United States of America… Day 4 [googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m24!1m8!1m3!1d818644.7620725234!2d-122.3169184!3d36.7266174!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m13!3e0!4m5!1s0x8085809cbb75a565%3A0xb35283096b39352c!2sHoliday+Inn+San+Francisco-Civic+Center%2C+8th+Street%2C+San+Francisco%2C+CA%2C+United+States!3m2!1d37.777598399999995!2d-122.4142973!4m5!1s0x80ed34b1e68e9b69%3A0x1acae879f4dfcf06!2sSan+Simeon%2C+CA+93452%2C+USA!3m2!1d35.644014299999995!2d-121.1893211!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1481046971962&w=600&h=450] [wpdm_package id=’1773′] Day 5 [googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m24!1m8!1m3!1d826335.1946408706!2d-118.7823267!3d35.9989976!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m13!3e0!4m5!1s0x80ed34b1e68e9b69%3A0x1acae879f4dfcf06!2sSan+Simeon%2C+CA%2C+USA!3m2!1d35.644014299999995!2d-121.1893211!4m5!1s0x80be2d9c13f20653%3A0x4f8616360028f78!2sLone+Pine%2C+CA%2C+USA!3m2!1d36.6060444!2d-118.06286539999999!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1481047010256&w=600&h=450] [wpdm_package id=’1776′] Day 6 [googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m24!1m8!1m3!1d1645422.2646102996!2d-117.144788!3d36.3434478!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m13!3e0!4m5!1s0x80be2d9c13f20653%3A0x4f8616360028f78!2sLone+Pine%2C+CA%2C+USA!3m2!1d36.6060444!2d-118.06286539999999!4m5!1s0x80c8c3a1c94f9a33%3A0x2010e5b6b996618b!2sGolden+Nugget+Hotel+%26+Casino%2C+129+Fremont+Street+Experience%2C+Las+Vegas%2C+NV+89101%2C+USA!3m2!1d36.170268199999995!2d-115.14491269999999!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1481047496597&w=600&h=450] https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Lone+Pine,+CA,+USA/Golden+Nugget+Hotel+%26+Casino,+129+Fremont+Street+Experience,+Las+Vegas,+NV+89101,+USA/@36.3434478,-117.144788,8z/data=!4m24!4m23!1m15!1m1!1s0x80be2d9c13f20653:0x4f8616360028f78!2m2!1d-118.0628654!2d36.6060444!3m4!1m2!1d-116.6493618!2d36.358962!3s0x80c71a7f7d45ae3b:0x340dd8d8bf87ade!3m4!1m2!1d-116.301943!2d36.347743!3s0x80c7ac13346a5551:0x9d14d6d630435a5b!1m5!1m1!1s0x80c8c3a1c94f9a33:0x2010e5b6b996618b!2m2!1d-115.1449127!2d36.1702682!3e0?hl=en [wpdm_package id=’1778′] Get days one to three here: www.mslmagazine.co.uk/self-guided-touring-of-america-part-1-free-route-downloads Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine is the…

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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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  • How to: Understand how motorcycle suspension works

    How to: Understand how motorcycle suspension works

    The mysteries of suspension are unravelled with the help of some clever people at K-Tech… It can be very difficult to obtain that perfect suspension set-up. In racing, with so much adjustability, it can be a challenge to find the compromise between how the bike reacts into a corner, during a corner, and on the…

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