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3rd July 2009

Places to Go: Anglesey's Transport Museum

Click for MoreIf you have a few hours to while away in North Wales, Roy Workman recommends this friendly museum...
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1st July 2009

Bikes: Suzuki GSX550E

Click for MoreOver in Canada, Roger Prosper's first big bike was hardly a classic; more like disposable excellence... More...


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30th June 2009

Special Offers: Special Triumph Bonnie Offer

Click for MoreThe 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...


29th June 2009

Ride and Event Reports: 65th D-Day Commemoration

Click for MoreThe 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...


26th June 2009

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

Click for MoreSome 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...


24th June 2009

Bikes: Velocette MDD 350

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


23rd June 2009

Ride and Event Reports: Uttoxeter Classic Motorcycle Show Preview

Click for MoreWould 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...


22nd June 2009

Ride and Event Reports: Classic Bike Shows, Spring 09

Click for MoreAn 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...


19th June 2009

Bikes: Honda CX500, Part Two

Click for MoreTwo 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...


17th June 2009

Magazine: Buy Issue 62

Click for MoreThe 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...


16th June 2009

Ride and Event Reports: Skint in Scotland, Part Two

Click for MoreIn 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...


15th June 2009

Bikes: 1983 Suzuki GSX1100ED

Click for MoreRoger 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...


12th June 2009

Norton Challenge: Maydays

Click for MoreSometimes 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...


10th June 2009

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

Click for MoreIn 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...


9th June 2009

Ride and Event Reports: Skint in Scotland, Part One

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


8th June 2009

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

Click for MoreRoxanne 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...


5th June 2009

News: Royal Enfield Open Weekend Preview

Click for MoreYou'll have seen the photos of the new unit-construction, fuel-injected Royal Enfields already. Here's your chance to inspect one in the metal and take it for a spin... More...


3rd June 2009

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

Click for MoreCelia 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...


2nd June 2009

Links: Suppliers and Clubs Pages Updated

Click for MoreWe've updated the Classic Bike Experts and Suppliers links page and the Classic Clubs links page. Fancy a week in a cottage on the TT course or looking for some fellow motorcycling musicians?


1st June 2009

Bikes: Honda CX500, Part One

Click for MoreBack 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...


29th May 2009

News: Classic Motorcycles On Track

Click for MoreFancy taking your own classic bike on track or watching past masters in action? Famous racers mix with clubman chasers at circuits across the UK this summer... More...


28th May 2009

Opinion: Great White Hope or Giant White Elephant

Click for MoreWe'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...


27th May

Books: Running With The Moon by Jonny Bealby

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


26th May 2009

Magazine: Buy Issue 61

Click for MoreGet 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...


22nd May 2009

Norton Challenge: (Very Late) April Outings

Click for MoreRC 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...


20th May

Books: Hog Fever, by Richard La Plante

Click for MoreIn 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...


19th May 2009

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

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


18th May 2009

Bikes: Yamaha XS650 vs BSA A50

Click for MoreKarl 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...


15th May 2009

Opinion: Fettling of Parts

Click for MoreThere 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...


13th May 2009

Norton Challenge: Five Nortons and a BMW

Click for MoreMartyn(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...


12th May 2009

Ride and Event Reports: Erzgebirge and Beyond - Part 3

Click for MoreOf 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...


11th May 2009

Bikes: Starck Naked in London

Click for MoreAprilia'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...


8th May 2009

Norton Challenge: Frank Goes Further Afield

Click for MoreThe Norton Challenge is an excellent excuse to drag an old bike out of the shed and head off into the blue, looking for anywhere called 'Norton'. Frank Westworth's wheels turned east, towards Sussex... More...


7th May 2009

Classified Ads and Events Diarys: Updated!

Click for MoreTP 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...


6th May 2009

Places to Go: The National Motorcycle Museum

Click for MoreRoy Workman visits the UK's biggest collection of classic British bikes... More...


5th May 2009

Opinion: It Takes All Sorts

Click for MoreSteve Cooper of the VJMC considers collectors, fettlers and hoarders of classic Japanese motorcycles... More...


30th April 2009

Bikes: 1983 Yamaha XJ900 Seca Special, Part 2

Click for MoreJon 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...


29th April 2009

News: Classic Bike News, April 2009

Click for MorePosh photos at the TT races; half-price stainless fasteners, bag a blast on a Bullet, meet some fine Beezer geezers and more in this month's classic motorcycling news... More...


28th April 2009

Bikes: BSA Spitfire Scrambler

Click for MoreThe 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...


27th April 2009

Events Diary and Expert Suppliers: Updated!

Click for MoreTP 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...


24th April 2009

Ride and Event Reports: Erzgebirge and Beyond - Part 2

Click for MorePhil 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...


Tuesday 21st April 2009

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

Click for MoreThe 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...


17th April

Books: Way to Go, by Geoff Hill

Click for MoreTwo 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...


15th April 2009

Ride and Event Reports: Erzgebirge and Beyond - Part 1

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


Tuesday 14th April 2009

Bikes: 1983 Yamaha XJ900 Seca Special, Part 1

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


8th April 2009

Norton Challenge: FW's Initial Excursion

Click for MoreThe Norton Challenge involves taking an old bike to anywhere called Norton. It's basically Frank Westworth's monthly excuse for a ride. His first proper trip took him north to Worcestershire... More...


7th April

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

Click for MoreThis 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...


6th April 2009

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

Click for MoreRowena 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...


3rd April 2009

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

Click for MoreAfter 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...


2nd April 2009

Classified Ads and Events Diarys: Updated!

Click for MoreTP 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...


31st March 2009

Special Offers: Discounts Galore for RealClassic Readers

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


30th March 2009

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

Click for MoreCelia 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...


27th March 2009

Norton Challenge: Mad March Hares?

Click for MoreRealClassic riders have been bounding around, bagging 'Nortons' across the UK. Some rode Nortons, others rode BMWs and one brave soul took a Triumph to Norton Honda... More...


25th March

Books: Vroom with a View by Peter Moore

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


24th March 2009

Ride and Event Reports: A Honda CB160 Abroad

Click for MoreBack 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...


Monday 23rd March 2009

Bikes: 1974 CZ Model 477 - Part 3

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


20th March 2009

Opinion: AMC Anorak 38

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


18th March 2009

Ride and Event Reports: South of England Show Preview

Click for MoreThe 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...


17th March 2009

Magazine: Buy Issue 59

Click for MoreThe 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...


16th March 2009

Service Stars: Service Stars 11 - Good Service Reviews from Our Readers

Click for MoreAre you looking for a classic bike specialist who goes the extra mile and charges a fair price? RC readers recommend their top traders... More...


Friday 13th March 2009

Bikes: 1974 CZ Model 477 - Part 2

Click for MoreJeff 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...


11th March

Books: Dreaming of Jupiter by Ted Simon

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


10th March 2009

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

Click for More"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...


9th March 2009

Bikes: Honda CB250N Superdream, Part 2

Click for More20-odd years ago Simon Lock 'mended' his previously unbroken 250 twin. It then made a hideous racket. Such is life... More...


6th March 2009

Bikes: AMC/Norton Hybrids, Part 3

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


4th March 2009

News: Classic Bike Components

Click for MoreThe days are getting warmer and your thoughts should turn to fettling your classic motorcycle. Here's a selection of the latest new bits for old bikes (and old bikers, too!)... More...


3rd March 2009

Bikes: Honda CB250N Superdream, Part 1

Click for MoreBack in the 1980s, Simon Lock discovered Zen and the Art of Superdreaming... More...


2nd March 2009

Classified Ads and Events Diarys: Updated!

Click for MoreNo 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...


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