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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • January 2017 – issue 676

    January 2017 – issue 676

    The January issue of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure is on sale now, and includes… NEW: News: Next year’s new bikes • Subscribe and save money • Changing habits of a lifetime: Leon Mannings • Letters: Win a Kriega pack •  Test ride: 2017 Kawasaki Z1000SX • Test ride: Suzuki VanVan South West tour • Test Ride: AJS Cadwell • Betting on coincidence: The High Sider •  Indians and Harleys: Maynard Hershon TOURING: Fruity adventurers…

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  • Spirit Motorcycles GP Street & GP Sport: MotoGP bikes for the road

    Spirit Motorcycles GP Street & GP Sport: MotoGP bikes for the road

    The result of a collaboration between Tony Scott’s road and race engineering company T3 Racing, and Kev Taggart of custom bike builder Spirit of the Seventies, Spirit Motorcycles was only registered as a company in July 2016. However, three years of work behind the scenes have led to the new GP Sport and GP Street…

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  • TESTED: Battery Guard Bluetooth monitor review

    TESTED: Battery Guard Bluetooth monitor review

    Tested by: John Milbank | £29.94 | www.mobilecentre.co.uk | 01386 212121   Oh the irony of testing a device that can give an instant display of your bike (or car) battery, while letting my own KTM 1050 get so low that I have to jump start it from my car. The Battery Guard is a…

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  • Skunklock fights back: New bike lock makes thieves vomit

    Skunklock fights back: New bike lock makes thieves vomit

    After multiple thefts of his and his friends bicycles, Daniel Idzkowski decided to revisit how a lock could deter a thief. The result is the SKUNKLOCK. When a thief attempts to cut through the lock, it releases noxious chemicals that coat the thief, inducing vomiting – when tested on volunteers, at two feet 99% threw…

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