Special Offers: Special Triumph Bonnie Offer

The series of articles about improving Hinckley Triumph Bonnevilles, which appeared in print last year, went down a storm. So now you can buy all the episodes with just one click. The summer sales start here! More...

Ride and Event Reports: 65th D-Day Commemoration

The plan was to assemble 65 military motorcycles of the era to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Normandy landings. As FerG3 reports, rather more than 65 turned up in the end... More...

Bikes and Rides: Simson AWO425 Sport: Ghosts In The Machine

Some people can have an adventure just popping out for a pack of frozen peas. Phil Speakman attempted something a little more daring on his 1950's era East German 250, to his cost... More...

Bikes: Velocette MDD 350

Matchless and BSA were famous for building military motorcycles, but Velocette produced their own 350 single in WD trim, too... More...

Ride and Event Reports: Uttoxeter Classic Motorcycle Show Preview

Would you like to display your classic at the Uttoxeter Show in two weeks' time? Steve Cooper of the VJMC tells us all about it... More...

Ride and Event Reports: Classic Bike Shows, Spring 09

An array of classic motorcycles has been out enjoying the fine weather already this year, at the all-marques classic clubs' show, Kempton Park and Miller Museum. Anyone for Italian?... More...

Bikes: Honda CX500, Part Two

Two decades ago, Simon Lock had just gotten used to riding his somewhat tired CX when its camchain needed some attention. Out with the engine, then... More...

Magazine: Buy Issue 62

The June 09 issue of RealClassic magazine includes articles about BSA Gold Stars, Velocette's MSS, Moto Guzzi V7s old and new, a Panther sloper, an Enfield single and an optimistic Ariel. Here's how you can order a copy... More...

Ride and Event Reports: Skint in Scotland, Part Two

In the first part of their adventure, Elizah Wolfe's Royal Enfield Bullet enjoys a roadside rebuild and his travelling companion pays a violent visit to the verge. What else could go wrong? (Apart from every thing...) More...

Bikes: 1983 Suzuki GSX1100ED

Roger Prosper had money in his pocket and the urge to own a serious hunk of macho motorcycle. An old air-cooled four-cylinder Suzi fit the bill perfectly... More...

Norton Challenge: Maydays

Sometimes you need an excuse to take your classic bike for a ride. RC readers join in the Norton Challenge, which leads them to all manner of strange locations... More...

Books: Motorcycle Apprentice - Matchless in Name and Reputation,
by Bill Cakebread

In between destroying old bikes, Paul Morgan-Knight pauses a while to read about someone who used to build them, back at the old AMC factory in Plumstead... More...

Ride and Event Reports: Skint in Scotland, Part One

In the spirit of austerity era motorcycling, Elizah Wolfe takes a Royal Enfield Bullet on a cash-strapped tour of the Highlands... More...

Bikes: BMW R80/7 - Part 6: Round the Clock

Roxanne the 1977 BMW R80/7 clocks up 100,000 miles riding to Cardiff and back. Martin Gelder must have got very, very lost in the Cotswolds... More...

Books: A Third Wheel: The Eccentric Alternative by Simon Potter

Celia Walton has been riding and passengering sidecars for many a year, so she seemed the natural person to review this new book about riding with three wheels... More...

Bikes: Honda CX500, Part One

Back in the day, Simon Lock was ready to move up to his first big bike. Eschewing leaky old Brits and electrically-challenged Italians, he opted to tackle the Japanese camchain challenge... More...

Opinion: Great White Hope or Giant White Elephant

We've just received a press release about the launch of a new British Motorcycle Brand, complete with tantalising computer generated images of a range of Buell Blast based singles. Martin Gelder isn't sure whether to laugh or cry... More...

Books: Running With The Moon by Jonny Bealby

For RealClassic readers who enjoy motorcycle traveller’s tales, Paul Grace recommends this memoir of a remarkable ride through Africa... More...

Magazine: Buy Issue 61

Get your hands grubby with the current issue of RealClassic: we're rebuilding a Panther 120, a Speedway Enfield, an Ariel Red Hunter and our Leader, as well as riding a BSA Spitfire, Triumph TR6, Norton Dommi and reporting on Japanese classics. Here's how to read all about it... More...

Norton Challenge: (Very Late) April Outings

RC readers from all over the UK have been riding their classic bikes to anywhere with Norton in the name. And here's the proof…... More...

Books: Hog Fever, by Richard La Plante

In theory this book is about Harley-Davidsons but, as Dave Blendell discovers, the marque is almost immaterial. This could be the funniest book you'll ever read about motorcycling in general... More...

Ride and Event Reports: 33rd All British Rally, Campbells Creek, Australia

Nigel Green squelched his way around the ABR to bring you news of the southern hemisphere's biggest bike event... More...

Bikes: Yamaha XS650 vs BSA A50

Karl Bentley has an owner's in-depth experience of living with a pair of classic middleweight twins from the 1960s and 70s. One was built in Britain, the other hails from Japan. Each has its merits, as he explains... More...

Opinion: Fettling of Parts

There are those who believe that classic motorcycles are poetry in motion. Marc Buffery proves that classic bike poetry can inspire all manner of emotions... More...

Norton Challenge: Five Nortons and a BMW

Martyn(cb750) first posted this on the RealClassic message board a couple of weeks ago, but we thought it was worthy of saving. Five Nortons, one BMW, and a perfect motorcycling day... More...

Ride and Event Reports: Erzgebirge and Beyond - Part 3

Of Bascule Bridges, Barges and Windmills that aren't. Phil Speakman heads for home on his MZ ES250/2, taking in the Oostbloktreffen on the way... More...

Bikes: Starck Naked in London

Aprilia's Moto 6.5 was designed to be different, but does the Philippe Starck styled form detract from the Rotax powered function? Enter Paul Miles on his Marmite motorcycle... More...

Classified Ads and Events Diarys: Updated!

TP has updated the classified adverts and the events pages. Fancy a '72 T100C, a '71 T120R, another '71 T120R, a '60 Tiger 100, a '67 TR6C or a T140? How about a '79 Yamaha XS650, then... More...

Places to Go: The National Motorcycle Museum

Roy Workman visits the UK's biggest collection of classic British bikes... More...

Opinion: It Takes All Sorts

Steve Cooper of the VJMC considers collectors, fettlers and hoarders of classic Japanese motorcycles... More...

Bikes: 1983 Yamaha XJ900 Seca Special, Part 2

Jon Fife wanted to create his ultimate classic bike, a hybrid of Yamaha's 900 Seca and 650 Turbo. But could such a beast actually be built?... More...

Bikes: BSA Spitfire Scrambler

The A10 is one of those British classic bikes which suits almost every occasion, from long-distance touring to the daily commute. This is one of its more glamorous incarnations... More...

Events Diary and Expert Suppliers: Updated!

TP has just updated the Events Diary, and our directory of Expert Suppliers has had a bit of a spruce up too. Go on, have a browse; everyone listed helps support RealClassic.co.uk... More...

Ride and Event Reports: Erzgebirge and Beyond - Part 2

Phil Speakman and his trusty MZ ES250/2 finally arrive at the Erzgebirge rally, where he promptly forgets everyone's name. Pass me the cleaning socks... More...

Bikes: 1972 Honda CL350-K5: On Obtaining Unobtanium , Part 1

The trouble with old Japanese bikes is they don't last and you can't get the parts. Or that's what they told Kevin Dean when he bought is American import Honda Street Scrambler. He begs to differ.... More...

Books: Way to Go, by Geoff Hill

Two of the world's great motorcycle journeys involve riding an Enfield Bullet from India to Belfast and a Harley-Davidson down Route 66. Dave Blendell enjoyed this entertaining tale... More...

Ride and Event Reports: Erzgebirge and Beyond - Part 1

Phil Speakman points his MZ ES250/2 eastwards towards an MZ rally and some Eastern Bloc excursions. First stop; Hameln and Thuringia.. More...

Bikes: 1983 Yamaha XJ900 Seca Special, Part 1

Jon Fife knew that his ultimate sport-tourer would be a bike which Yamaha never actually built. So he set about creating it himself... More...

Books: Black Ariels, 1926-1930, by Dave Barkshire

This high quality, limited edition book about the Ariel motorcycles of the late 1920s will only be available for a short while. Grab it while you can... More...

Ride and Event Reports: The 2009 Land's End Trial, Part Two

Rowena Hoseason had never been a passenger in a trials sidecar outfit. There's only one way to learn how to do this, apparently: in at the deep end... More...

Ride and Event Reports: A Honda CB160 Abroad, Part 2

After encountering big snow en route to the Elephant Rally at the Nurburgring in 1968, Roger Harrold's Honda converted itself to an 80cc single. And then things got really bad... More...

Classified Ads and Events Diarys: Updated!

TP has updated the classified adverts and the events pages. Loads of two-strokes for sale, including an Ariel Arrow, a James Cadet, a Suzuki GT250, a Francis Barnet Plover and a 1965 Follis. More...

Special Offers: Discounts Galore for RealClassic Readers

If you subscribe to the monthly RealClassic magazine, then you can claim a variety of discounts. Adventure holiday in Peru, anyone? More...

Ride and Event Reports: The 2009 Land's End Trial, Part One

Celia Walton is an old hand at competitive trials on two wheels and three. Rowena Hoseason, regular RC scribbler, has never done any. So before they tackle a proper trial, the pair thought they'd best get some practice in... More...

Books: Vroom with a View by Peter Moore

How would you handle a mid-life crisis? This author set off on a classic scooter to see life in rural Italy... More...

Ride and Event Reports: A Honda CB160 Abroad

Back in 1968, Roger Harrold took on a winter trip to the infamous Elephant Rally. It all started with a Simple Plan, which very quickly started to unravel... More...

Bikes: 1974 CZ Model 477 - Part 3

After buying and then fettling his classic CZ, Jeff Nordstrom attempts an ill-advised journey... More...

Opinion: AMC Anorak 38

Frank Westworth has been thinking back to days gone by, and to AJS and Matchless CSR twins of ancient memory... More...

Ride and Event Reports: South of England Show Preview

The 2009 Spring Ardingly RealClassic Bike Show is but a few days away, and some (fairly) famous motorcycles will be on display alongside an array of British, Continental and Japanese classics... More...

Magazine: Buy Issue 59

The March issue of RealClassic magazine is another multi-ethnic mix of many cylinders: British singles, an American twin, Italian triples, beefy Brit twins and a truly exotic MV four. Here's how you can read all about them... More...

Bikes: 1974 CZ Model 477 - Part 2

Jeff Nordstrom bought his dream classic bike and then had to get it going. But, as he explains, this CZ is not a restoration project... More...

Books: Dreaming of Jupiter by Ted Simon

After enjoying the established classic, 'Jupiter's Travels', Dave Blendell has been reading again... More...

Bikes: 1977 BMW R80/7 - Part 5 - ATE Brakes

"Ineffective", "Utterly awful", "Needs beefing up". Familiar phrases to anyone who's had the pleasure of using BMW's single piston ATE front brakes. The one on Martin Gelder's R80/7 was even worse than that... More...

Bikes: Honda CB250N Superdream, Part 2

20-odd years ago Simon Lock 'mended' his previously unbroken 250 twin. It then made a hideous racket. Such is life... More...

Bikes: AMC/Norton Hybrids, Part 3

After examining the UK-spec Matchless G15 Mk2, Frank Westworth turns his attention to the American G15CS, N15CS and P11 models... More...

Bikes: Honda CB250N Superdream, Part 1

Back in the 1980s, Simon Lock discovered Zen and the Art of Superdreaming... More...

Classified Ads and Events Diarys: Updated!

No day of rest for TP; she's updated the classified adverts and the events pages. Loads of 400/4s for sale, plus Bridgestones, Benellis, Bombardiers, BSAs, BMWs, Bonnevilles Bullets and More...