Real Classic Bikes (and what you need to know about them)

18th April 2007

RealClassic Bikes (what you need to know about them)
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Before buying your first real classic bike, there's probably a few things you should know. KarlB has compiled a list of the things which have proved important to him...

I was wandering around the internet recently, looking for a fix for a printer bug that's sowing some confusion at work and I came across, by accident or serendipity (who knows) a list of stuff one should know, like the top twenty things you should know.

Now I thought it rather interesting that there should,

a) be a list of stuff like that, and

b) someone thought they should decide for me.

Anyway, it got me to thinking, what would the top twenty things I should know about Real Classic biking be?

And so in no particular order:

1. How to start and stop a big four stroke single.

2. How to change gear on any bike from any country.

3. How to use the engine and gears to slow down as I know the brakes won't.

4. How far to push my bike down the road on an early Sunday morning before I start it up.

5. When to change gear just from the sound and feel of an engine.

6. That oil needs changing, often.

7. Use, keeps bikes young, neglect ages them fast.

8. All bikes can be classics in their owner's eyes.

9. There is a classic bike for every taste.

10. British bike engineers and designers were fallible.

11. Everyone knows something about Real Classic bikes, but no one knows everything.

12. The spanner you need for your Real Classic bike will always be just out of reach.

13. Threads come in many sizes and varieties.

14. Just because you have the right bolt for your Real Classic doesn't mean you'll have the right nut.

15. Rust and corrosion are great adhesives on Real Classic machinery.

16. Just because it's shiny on the outside doesn't mean it works on the inside.

17. Just because it's grimy on the outside doesn't mean it's not immaculate on the inside.

18. My shed / garage will never be big enough.

19. Hitting Real Classics with big hammers will hurt them.

20. All the agony Real Classics can cause is vastly outweighed by the sheer pleasure they can bring.

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What do you think we should know about Real Classics?

I prefer the silver one, that's what *I* know.

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