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TAKE IT TO THE MAX

With a range of updates, an all-new 560cc engine and two model variants to choose from, Yamaha reckons its 2020 TMAX is better than ever before. We’ve been out to Portugal to see just how good it is, taking the chance to put it through its paces in every type of weather and every type of road possible

OFF THE BEATEN TRACK IN PORTUGAL

Do you ever go riding with the aim of getting lost? I love it. Birgit and I did that just about every day on a recent trip through northern and central Portugal

MSL goes… MOTOCROSSING

Getting down and dirty at Kawasaki's MX Experience.

MONGOLIA TO AUSTRIA By moped

Young Austrian rides 13,000km home on Puch Maxi

ANGLO-ITALIAN MASTERPIECE

Few bikes leave their mark in motorcycling history like the Jota did. And it remains a legend!

Border Loop 134

134 miles through Border Reivers country

Test Fleet: Honda CB650R

The CB divides opinion – one friend is converted, another not so

The Defiant One

Is the new Low rider S able to live up to the hype? Tony leads out to San Diego for a day of scraping pegs and cruisin' it out, USA style, to find out.

How To... ...Adventurise Your Bike

Making a bike your own is all part of the adventure. Motorcycle traveller Nathan Millward takes a stock Suzuki V-Strom 1000XT and adds the bits to make it that bit readier for adventure

Dual Sport Gem

Brilliant mix of easy trails and tarmac heaven... a day’s ride from Santander

African Revolution

Honda’s stepped up its game for 2020, building on the massive success of its Africa Twin with the introduction of three new bikes – a new top-of-the-line, electronically assisted Afric a Twin Adventure Sports, a standard Africa Twin Adventure Sports and a standard Africa Twin. And we’ve been out to Sardinia to see just how well they go on the road and the rough stuff.

The Best Places To Ride Around The World

From winding mountain passes to wild, remote plains, here are some of the highlights of what planet Earth has to offer the travelling motorcyclist.

Used test: 2016 HONDA CRF1000L AFRICA TWIN Ready for anything

It’s not the biggest or baddest adventure bike out there, but the Africa Twin makes a great used buy.

“it's Just A Bit Of Fun, Right?”

Mossy takes on the 2020 International GS Trophy UK Qualifier, and has a roller coaster of a ride.

Used Test: 1976 Kawasaki KH400 Nice Bikes Come Last

The KH took a very different approach to riding than the famous H1 and H2 from Kawasaki. And that made it special.

Test Fleet: Honda CB650R

Making the CB650R look neater as well as less vulnerable in the unfortunate event of an accident have been this month’s objectives.

Building The Future

A young New Zealander, Sytse Tacoma, built himself an electric motorcycle to change people’s perceptions of such bikes. We had a chat with him to find out more.

Mini Adventure

Setting off for a ride around the Peak District set me thinking back to the days before people started talking about 'adventure motorbikes’.

Mind The Gap

Filtering is a great way to make progress through slow-moving traffic. But what’s the best way to do it?

Mick Extance's 2020 Dakar Campaign

Dakar riders are a special breed.

BMW R1250 RS - Unsung Hero

BMW’s new R1250RS is a very impressive bike. But will it suffer the same fate as its predecessors and get eclipsed by the GS and the RT?

Model Citizen

Pere Tarragó’s model motorcycles are incredibly detailed and lifelike. You haven’t seen anything like this yet!

Space Oddity

The new Kymco AK550 takes scootering into the space age.

KTM 790 Adventure Spotted On The Road With Wings!

KTM 790 Adventure Spotted On The Road With Wings!

Honey, They Shrunk The Burgman

At Suzuki’s 2018 Burgman AN400 model launch in late summer 2017, Mikko found it ‘thoroughly enjoyable to ride’. Fast forward to 2018 and the scooter is now in the UK – time for a spot of ‘real world’ testing.

Triple Threat

Motorcycle Sport & Leisure has been out to Austria for the launch of Yamaha’s hotly anticipated leaning multi-wheeler, the Niken. Hailed as a corner carving king, we’ve been putting it through its paces on some tight and twisty mountain roads, to see just how well the revolutionary bit of kit handles.

Test Fleet: KTM 1090 Adventure

Service time for Roger’s orange bike. The weather ain’t playing along, though.

Honda X-ADV (2018) Back With The X (ADV)

Honda’s hybrid-adventurer has been a sales success across Europe. We tested the 2018 model to see what makes it so popular.

It's A Bike, But Not As We Know It!

It's A Bike, But Not As We Know It!

Back To The Future

Honda’s big naked gets a neo café racer makeover for 2018, injecting a whole heap of style not to mention a good dollop of extra performance…