MSL June 2018 out now!

The latest issue of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure is out now. Get yours at any discerning newsagent or subscribe to get yours delivered every month.

Here’s a quick summary of what’s inside this issue…

NEWS & OPINION

• News: It’s been a busy four weeks in the motorcycling world. Stinger beware.
• Products: New kit for both new and not-so-new riders.
• Maynard Hershon: A genuine enthusiast is identified by…
• The High Sider: Racing from the sidelines.

TOURING & ADVENTURE

• Zoe Cano: Riding across the North bit of Middle Earth. And not a hobbit in sight.
• Touring news: It’s a festival full of ideas.
• Day ride: Belgium and not a bun in sight.
• Richard Millington: On the subject of having a spare in the cupboard. And insurance.
• Mid ride: Czech Republic. And not a Brno-out in sight. Sorry.
• Long ride: Canada. That’s a looong way, ayyyyyy. Accent joke for the Hosers.

ROAD TESTS

• Honda’s X-ADV: Looks like a nutter. Goes like a dream. Funky all round.
• Yamaha’s Tracer 900 and 900 GT: More of this. More of that. More of everything the old Tracer needed.
• Honda’s CB1000R: Quicker than a ‘Blade (to a point). Looks terrific. Smells of avocado.
• Triumph’s Speed Triple: Sharper. Meaner. Better looking for 2018.
• Moto Guzzi’s V7 specials: Three variations on a theme. The theme is super cool Guzzis that stop and go really well. We’re in.
• Used test: Yamaha MT-10: Now is the time to buy and here’s everything you need to know.

KNOWLEDGE

• Taking the perfect TT photograph: It’s not luck, it’s art. Secrets revealed.
• Coming classic: Spend your money here. Better than a bank. And more fun (probably).
• Reflections: Ducati’s 1979 Pantah. Essential to what we now know as Ducati.
• What’s on: Things coming up in the biking calendar that you might find interesting to go to or ride in.
• Tried & tested: Kit that we’ve ridden in and, sometimes, crashed in. What’s good and what’s not.
• Kevin Cameron: Changing gear in a gear changing world.

TEST FLEET

• £100 Hound: Bertie has spent his own cash. Not a lot of it, granted, but it has landed him a VFR with some work to do.
• Au Revoir Strom: Time for Mossy to wave a tearful goodbye to his Suzuki. He has loved this bike. Oh deer.
• Bonjour, mille quatre vingt-dix: Entering the ring, from the orange corner is the beginner’s big boy Adventure bike. Roger steps up to see what’s what.