Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Motorcycle Sport & Leisure is a monthly 116 page full colour magazine covering all aspects of modern leisure bike riding. New bike reviews, product news and events add to the unique mix of touring features and long term road tests.

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Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

News • Need to know ◆ New models ◆ Industry info

ORIGINAL SOUL, Modern Rebellion HONDA CB1000F • Over the years, retro motorcycles have tended to reflect a general style of a previous long-running model or series of models. Not just one, very specific, motorcycle…

Freddie Spencer – an interview • I’m lucky that my job brings me face to face with great riders from around the world, but sitting down with three-time world champion Freddie Spencer is something else entirely. We grabbed a brilliant chat at the recent Goodwood Festival of Speed, and I also had the chance to ride Honda’s latest CB1000F, Honda’s 2026 homage to Freddie’s early success in AMA Superbike in the early 1980s, as well as a CB750F replica that’s about as close as you can get to what he raced back in the day. What Freddie achieved on the Honda superbike is breathtaking. He was a teenage kid on a muscle bike that basically refused to handle, yet he made it do things that seemed impossible. Those years forged the skills he later took into Grand Prix in both 250 and 500 classes. Beyond the legend and the ability to slide a beast of bike to victory, Freddie, now 64, is simply a genuinely nice guy. It was a privilege to sit down with him at Goodwood, talk through the old days, and appreciate just how extraordinary his journey has been.

Products

A Rider’s Life • The first couple of years, part two

MAD, BAGGED AND dangerous to know? • Sporty American twins. These two aren’t perhaps what the rest of the world considers to be motorcycles that are of a truly sporting nature, but they are traditional twin cylinder motorcycles built in North America, and they are pertaining to what that market considers ‘sporty’…

Bagger World Cup • Running as a support class to a number of rounds of the 2026 MotoGP championship, the BWC brings a new element to the top echelon of motorcycle road racing

Legal Eagle • Our motorcycling man of law answers questions big and small

Letters

NOMAD MOSSY, EPISODE 4 • Returning to Scotland was always likely to be good, and getting a chance to relax and reflect on the progress of my adventure so far brings a very fond and positive assessment.

BACK IN THE DAY...

How to Choose the Right Casual Riding Trousers

ROYAL ENFIELD FLYING FLEA C6 R&D FEATURE: Step One • The bike has been a while coming, but here’s the story of Royal Enfield’s resurrection of the Flying Flea name, and how it pertains to the company’s 21st Century aspirations.

SPANISH Flyer Triumph Trident 660 • Triumph gives its entry-level Trident 17% more power to take the fight to the competition

Write about your ride! • Share your travel story, and earn yourself a free 12 month magazine subscription!

NO FERRY ACROSS THE MERSEY • Those of you who have taken Gerry Marsden’s advice and boarded one of the ferries from Liverpool know that you can’t take a motorcycle on there but you can take a bicycle – something I would regularly do in the early ‘60s as my friend and I rode our pedal bikes around the wilds of North Wales.

A to-do in Peru • There’s no time off for a tour leader…

Before Adventure Bikes • An escape from the dull and the damp leads Dave R-S to a new country to add to his list.

BILBOA, BIKES AND BARISTAS • If you’ve never been to Spain before, it’s not just the zuritos and pintxos that’ll guarantee a return trip…

Test fleet: Honda XL750 E-Clutch • My adventures continue on my new long term test...