August 2010
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Motorcycle Sport & Leisure - August 2010

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6 Mailbag
More from your thoughts about all things motorcycle related over the past four weeks

11 MSL People: Maynard Hershon
From our man Stateside comes another edition of life on the road

12 2011 Yamaha Super Ténéré
Back from the past to take on the might of BMW's R1200GS, but can the all-new big blue really live up to such lofty ideals?

20 News
MSL was invited to take a first peek at an all-new German roadster

24 2011 Triumph Sprint GT
Revamped, reinvigorated. The big Triumph is set to take on the VFR1200 for the title of top tourer 2011, it costs a serious amount of money less, but does that mean it's not as good as the Honda?

32 Mission Motors are go
Up until now electric motorcycles have been an interesting idea but they've lacked a certain something, like fun. This motorcycle looks set to change all that though

40 2011 Victory vision 8 Ball
More fun, less money, less gizmos. A back to basics already-made cruiser from the company that is rapidly redefining what we should be expecting from our American cousins

52 Sport
Cadwell Park held the first of its two British Superbike meetings this year and provided race fans with something very spectacular indeed, a Josh Brookes in full flight mode

56 TT 2010
What happened to whom while competing at the world's toughest road racing course during the first two weeks of June

62 One to one
A sit down with that high-flying chap from Cadwell who's not quite how you might think he should be given the press he's had recently

64 Jawa 350
A modern version (well, a more modern version than the previous one) of what has long been something of a classic favourite

68 Improve your riding
Let's start with the basics, after all it's nice to have a refresher from time to time

70 Round the world
Kevin and Julia Sanders are among the most travelled motorcyclists you'll ever find. What they tell you about riding around the world is all essential information. This month it's all about being fit to ride, and what to do if it goes wrong abroad

82 Siblings: VFR1200 and VFR800
All new or the option for good money second-hand? Depends what you hold most important, as our back-to-back test shows

104 Ducati Multistrada, at home in the UK
A very British ride on the Italian bike that has won a serious amount of hearts and minds among the motorcycling people who know their two-wheeled temptations





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