Motorcycle Sport & Leisure Magazine - February 2024

In this issue

Richard Millington
History, and why it must never be forgotten.

Yamaha Ténéré 700 World Raid
Moving from ‘More Leisure’ to ‘Long-term tester’, the Yamaha rolls into Dave’s shed..

Honda CB500, CBR500R and NX500

The big H unveiled something for everyone, from a heavily-updated Fireblade for the superbike fans, to a fully revamped CB500 twin range for novices and lightweight machine fans. Add in two new Hornets a 1000 and 500 - to join the popular 750, plus clever new E-clutch technology and even the return of the CBR600RR, and you have a properly mouthwatering line-up of new 2024 machinery...

1 min

CBR1000 RR Fireblade

At first glance, you might struggle to see what's different about the 2024 Fireblade. Indeed, subtle changes to the front fairing aero winglets aside, the sweet red/white/ blue HRC-painted RR SP version looks mighty similar to last year's bike.

1 min

Suzuki GSX-S1000 GX

Thought that Suzuki was content to leave the ADV touring sector to its elderly, but solid, V-Strom range? Us too, but it turns out we were wrong (again), as shown by this cheeky little piece of nonsense.

1 min

2024 KTM Duke 990

KTM's upper-middleweight Duke sporty naked roadster has been gradually creeping up in capacity and performance since it was launched as a 790 in 2017.

1 min

Going up in the world

A completely new Enfield Himalayan ready to take on the world!

7 mins

GlobeBusters 20th Anniversary Trans-Americas Ride Blessed are the Bikes

GlobeBusters have arrived in Santiago, the capital city of Chile, four months after setting out from Alaska on their 20th anniversary Trans-Americas expedition. During a brief pause to service bikes, ready for the final leg through Patagonia, we asked Tour Manager Rhys Lawrey to tell us about their adventures since leaving Trujillo in northwest Peru

4 mins

Road Explorer

Lightened, lengthened and lowered, Hamamatsu's latest parallel twin get's Mossy's approval

7 mins

Welcome to Northumbria

For this look at one of our great National Parks, we headed to the most northerly of England's Parks, Northumbria National Park, nestled neatly between Hadrian's Wall to the south and the border of Scotland which, despite some people's protestations, are not one and the same thing!

8 mins

The future's bright, the future's green?

Al's been on *a lot* of motorbike launches over the years. And they've all, to a greater or lesser extent, claimed to move motorcycling on in terms of technology, innovation, performance, practicality, style. Sometimes all at once.

5 mins

MOTO MORINI: Moving on Up!

After spending some time out of the limelight, 2024 could be the year for the Italian brand to shine

10+ mins

Manx Trails and five ways to ride them

The Tarmac of the Isle of Man isn't two-wheelers, the only appeal for there is so much more...

10+ mins

North East 250

Having seen the success of the North Coast 500, local landowners and businesses launched the North East 250 in 2017, creating a tourist driving route through Aberdeenshire, Moray and the Cairngorms National Park

4 mins

La Belle Etoile - Never too old, never too young

A miserable wet day in January in North Wales, and the latest MSL drops on to the doormat. From within its pages out drops the MSL Tours 2023 Tour Schedule, bringing back memories of past trips in its earlier incarnation. Not for me, stick with the memories, remember your age, toss the brochure aside...

7 mins

Balkans and Albania

Rather than fly and hire, it’s surely better just to ride all the way and take in some stunning roads and vistas en route...

9 mins

Richa Airwave jacket

Being a strange size/shape/ person I often find jackets/ trousers and the combining of both to be a haphazard affair. I'll often have to go to a size bigger in a jacket (large belly, long body) but then go for something smaller in trousers (short legs...).

1 min

Alpinestars Tech Air 5 airbag

Earlier this year I went to a presentation about rider airbags given by one of the engineers from IN&MOTION, the French company that makes the airbag units for Furygan, RST and several other firms.

1 min

Yamaha Ténéré World Raid

A pair of wintry 250-mile days started Dave’s relationship with the World Raid, which could have gone one of two ways...

3 mins

Test fleet: BMW R1250 R SE

The weather outside Is frightful but the Boxer is still delightful

2 mins

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