Regular MSL readers will recall the account of last summer’s highly rewarding off-road biking adventure, when Mikko and I explored the scenic beauty and riding challenges of the Peak District’s wonderful byways. Expertly guided by knowledgeable local

Isn’t this just the thing to cheer us all up in the dark, cold, miserable winter months? Not only a surprise new bike from Team Green, but a saucy little buzzbomb of a machine, which simultaneously takes us back to our callow youth and fills us with

Tested by: Dave Manning | £5.48 | www.rdgtools.co.uk Nowadays, there are many products that do the job of what was once the preserve of a product that was apparently named after the War Department’s 40th product (have a think about it!), some of whic

Wales doesn’t always get the credit it deserves as a biking destination. Many of us bikers regularly head up to the Lakes or Scotland in search of biking Nirvana, but there are plenty of good roads and natural beauty to be found in Wales. The Nationa

The new Motor Morini Seiemmezzo – which, of course, is Italian for ‘six-and-a-half ’ – is a swift glance in the rear-view mirror for Morini as it is, of course, named as such with reference to the iconic 350cc air-cooled vee twin that was called the

One last look around the house before I stepped outside into one of the hottest summer days in North Wales. All the months of research, planning and dreaming of the trip to Nordkapp, and its finally come to the day of departure. The bike of choice, a

It hasn’t been the greatest weather to ride motorbikes in. Freezing fog, ice, and sub-zero temperatures for weeks on end made January a bit of a no-ride zone, but I did manage one trip to Oxford, only to get a rude awakening. Like most of us, I expec

Much of the riding of late has been short trips, mainly involving the closest that I get to commuting nowadays, what with working from home becoming the norm now. And while that means that the mileage on the Morini hasn’t risen at a vast rate of knot

It’s still there outside my garage, a gritty sheen of mud acting as a constant reminder that I should have washed down the driveway after having brought the T7 back to an acceptable level of cleanliness. I took a massive jump forward this month in my

The man with overall responsibility for creating Royal Enfield’s first twin-cylinder modern-era cruiser is New Jersey native Adrian Sellers, 42, who after a four-year stint with Honda R&D in Italy and, before that, nine years at Yamaha’s Design Labor

The market for retro-styled motorcycles is not only one that seems to be expanding year by year, but is also one that has been part of several manufacturers’ ranges for quite some time. So much so that some bikes are being produced that could be said

While a casual glance may initially deceive you, no, this isn’t a Japanese trails bike from the Eighties, it is, as has already been pointed out, a brand-new motorcycle! Despite the visual appearance bearing much more than just a passing resemblance

One of Honda’s most famous models ever, the Gold Wing, has a well-renowned reputation for providing unparalleled levels of luxury and extravagance. Think Gold Wing, and images like we see in Honda brochures readily come to mind; Wings with contented

BMW has done something we weren’t expecting, producing both a superbike and a naked bike that share the same engine and power – the M 1000 R isn’t a diluted S 1000RR, the engines are transferable. The M 1000 R is a true naked superbike. What we have

I’ve done just over 5000 miles on my Honda NT1100 since I took charge of it back in autumn last year. Passing that milestone helped trigger an overall assessment of what it’s been like to live with to date. In short, I think the NT is a useful, pract

We love to read about our readers’ rides. Whether it’s a local bimble to your favourite spot, a week spent touring and exploring, a one-off trip of a lifetime or anything (and everything) in between, if you have a story to tell we’d love to hear it,

The day started up in the Swiss Alps. I was staying at the delightful hostel at the top of the Grimsel Pass, with snow-peaked mountains everywhere I looked. I wasn’t in a rush to leave the place, but I had been on the road for a long time, and it was

I’d hoped that last month’s frustrations with bike prep and applications for my ACU licence and so forth would be ended by now. I’ll admit to being a positive-thinking kind of chap (face it, I have to be, entering racing at my stage in life...) but I

We’re all extremely old around here, so we most certainly remember the last time Kawasaki had a 399cc inline-four mini-superbike on its books. That was around 1999, when the last of the ZXR400s were drifting off the showrooms of the kingdom, overshad