All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey, but we had a good time earlier this year. RC reporters remind us of those final rides of Summer 2006... More...

Dutch Panthers, Argentinean Panthers, Chopped Panthers; and we haven't even mentioned the British Leyland cars, the trailers, and the caravans yet. E.J. Loon tells the story of a motorcycle club with no members' 180th meeting... More...

Part two of Reg Eyre's trip to the other side of the world to enjoy 12 weeks riding on a BMW R65. Reg finishes by listing the good, the bad and the thoughtful... More...

Reg Eyre gave himself an extra-special present to celebrate his early retirement, and flew to the other side of the world to enjoy 12 weeks riding on a BMW R65. Here's the first part of his photographic record... More...

BikerBabe joins the Scottish Classic Club on their annual ride-around, and finds herself a-swimming weeth the feeshes...
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Yet more old bikes in action, this time at the Popham Megameet and Ariel Club Annual Rally. As the Megameet is held at an airfield there's probably a joke to be made about 'aerial' and 'Ariel' (feel free to insert your own punchline)... More...

The summer months are just packed with things to do with classic - and vintage -- motorcycles. This time, RC reporters have been out and about with proper old bikes dating back to the 1920s and before... More...

Alun Thomas aka Captain Constellation took his Royal Enfield Constellation on a pilgrimage to the Isle of Man while raising money for charity. Finally, he set wheel on the TT course... More...

RC Reporters turn up everywhere - and in the last few weeks they've been to North Weald, Cassington, Swaton's vintage day and even glimpsed behind the scenes at glorious Goodwood... More...

Ner-a-Car Ken takes the Slowest Way Round in pursuit of Gwenda Glub. "The only problem is Hatfield..."
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Alun Thomas (aka Captain Constellation) always wanted to ride his Royal Enfield Constellation around the TT course. The second leg of his journey took him to within shouting distance of the Isle of Man... More...

At opposite ends of the UK, BikerBabe and Rowena met up with VMCC members carrying the best wishes of the club all around the country. Better weather in Scotland than in Cornwall, it seems... More...

Many classic bike shows and most rallies involve an overnight stay. In a field. Inebriated. PaulG80 presents his guide to camping for incompetents... More...

BikerBabe bites off more than she can chew in the shape of an 'easy' off-road trial. We feel completely awed that she started it, never mind gritted it through to the bitter end. Round of applause, please! More...

Alun Thomas (aka Captain Constellation) had always wanted to ride his Royal Enfield Constellation around the Isle of Man TT course. This year, he had an extra-special reason for setting off on the trip of a lifetime... More...

In a bid to win the 'furthest travelled' award, Robert Flapjack Taylor journeyed 3800 miles or so from the UK to Canada and then went to a bike show. Of course, he immediately fell over a clutch of RC readers... More...

Torrential rain washed out the club show at Stanford Hall but did nothing to damper the determination of the Herts and Essex riders to get out and enjoy their motorcycling. Anarchy reports... More...

One thousand people through the gate, a T150 raffle prize and a free lunch. Melbourne Metisse has a confession to make...
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Our Kent Correspondent goes camping with what seems to have been the entire RealClassic Message Board. Rain, wind and ChazzyB's legs were bound to follow... More...

Looking for a weekend of automotive action, RC Clubman Pete456 discovered a selection of older vintage and classic bikes, plus a 1280hp V12... More...

'Can you send a scribe along to our event?' asked the BSA Owners' Club in Northern California. As it happens, Jim Algar fell conveniently to hand... More...

Down yere in the West Country, there's a strong tradition of celebrating the summer solstice. So it was only natural that a bunch of RC riders should go RC'ing about on Dartmoor on June21st last year... More...

John Blades has discovered that by far the best way to see the huge variety of classic motorcycles and old bikes on the Pioneer Run, is to turn tail and travel in the opposite direction... More...

Last autumn the Malvern Show was struck by torrential rain and floods. This spring we got… snow. Half a foot of the stuff. And some folk still rode their bikes to the event! More...

Peter Twyman rode his 650 twin to a BSA rally in Holland. For the 15th time. In January. In the snow. To go camping. No wonder he needed a teddy bear... More...

Come the Spring, Anarchy will be riding his 1959 Royal Enfield off-roader in competitive pre-65 scrambles. It must be time to get some practice in, then... More...

He started out with an almost standard unit T100, and now he's riding a work-in-progress, tricked out Triton around street circuits on the Continent. John Randle explains why he loves racing on the roads, Dutch style... More...

Inflatable sheep, missing gearbox bolts, Yorkshire hospitality and a 600 mile ride on 50 year old motorcycles, in October. Duncan Moss braves the AMC Club's alternative annual rally... More...

It was definitely November: we had torrential rain for one end of season show and freezing fog for the final RealClassic bash of 2005. But RealClassic Riders are made of stern stuff, it seems... More...

Fancy a challenge? Roger Nicholls can recommend this Spanish Rally - although it's worth checking local regulations about lighting headlamps, no matter how old your bike is... More...

Jim Algar goes in search of Brit beauties and Euro stars at an American classic bike show. We'll avoid making any comments about Harley Mamas at this point... More...

Melbourne Metisse really know how to show a girl a good time. Flowers? Chocolates? Romantic candlelit supper? Or how about a trip to the Historic Motorcycle Racing Association of Victoria's big weekend... More...

Part One saw Shaun (the Kent Correspondent) and the Chuffing Chariot arrive in foreign parts. Continental touring on a BSA M21 Outfit? Read on... More...

Ken Philp went touring on the Continent with his club, and loved it so much he had to go back the following year with his missus. So they embarked on a two-up Tour de France… on a 350 Morini Dart? More...

The Chuffing Chariot crosses the sea with Shaun (the Kent Correspondent) at the controls... Were the Danes prepared for Shaun and an M21 outfit? More...

Mick Merrick likes to visit a traditional French classic bike rally during his summer holidays and, being a sensible fellow, he always arranges continental breakdown cover. Just in case... More...

The first RealClassic Rally took place in Leicestershire, and very jolly it was too. But we sent Anarchy just a little bit further to experience a Russian Bike Rally - all the way to Siberia, in fact... More...

Fifty-odd tents, forty nine pasties, three litres of milk, two punctures, two crates of Belgian beer, one clutch cable, one hog roast, and some very fine classic motorbikes... More...

Most rallies last a weekend, but the VMCC's Manx Rally goes on for a whole week. Terry Cooper, the Rally Secretary, was delighted to welcome an additional 60 entrants this year... More...

Martin Peacock takes his 1972 Triumph 650 on two different organised rides. He gets wet in the Dales (surprise!) and travels back in time on the longest day... More...

Two events in one weekend? Not so many bikes at Buntingford, but there must have been hundreds (including all the usual suspects) coming and going throughout the day at the second RealClassic Ride In to the London Motorcycle Museum... More...

If your RC Rally ticket arrived in the post a couple of weeks ago, then you're probably eagerly awaiting details of the utterly informal ride-in to the campsite. So here they are! More...

Classic Bikes and Trackdays go together like... Bacon and Egg, or Morecombe and Wise. Martin Gelder has ketchup on his chin and short fat hairy legs... More...

Kim Porter rode British bikes back in the 1970s. How would it feel going back to biking on a modern machine after all those years away? More...

Been anywhere nice lately? RealClassic Clubmen have been out and about so we've the results from the Rye Show in Kent, and RichardM reports from Capesthorne Hall in Cheshire... More...

After prepping his vintage motorcycles so they're ready to be ridden by the RC Crew, Humbernut heads to Founder's Day and enjoys a grand day out... More...

Where have all the real seventies bikes gone? Anarchy looks but doesn't find them at the Ace Café's 70s day...
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Want to get away from it all and ride some great classic bikes on brilliant roads, under a shining sun? Steve White tried a Sunbeam and a Velo during his last days in the south of France... More...

Real Classic Clubman Kent Shaun celebrated owning a troublefree BSA A10 by belting over to Belgium and back for a wild time with the BSAOC... More...

Steve White had just settled down to the Provencal routine of open roads, blue skies and brilliant classic bikes. Time to see how well the BSA A65 Lightning could perform, then... More...

The first time PaulG80 went to the Knebworth Show, it was Matilda the Matchless' initial foray into the classic bike show scene. This year, he ended up getting a little bit more involved... More...

RealClassic riders hit the road: Clubman Kent Shaun celebrates owning a troublefree BSA A10 by belting over to Belgium and back for a wild time with the BSAOC... More...

Feel the urge to escape to the sun? Can't be bothered to haul your classic across the Channel? Steve White took the easy route to ride classic bikes in Provence... More...

Finally, Ray Johnston was ready to race a GSX-R1100 in the Classic Superstock series with team-mates from yesteryear, all enjoying mild forms of mid-life crises. When the flag finally drops, the talking stops... More...

The Real Classic Roadshow attended the Ashford Classic Motorcycle Show for the first time this summer; there's more of the same to come in July, at Rye... More...

Where is the natural place to ride a 1950's single cylinder motorcycle for a day at the seaside? Answer: East of Ipswich of course! Anarchy follows... More...

Finally, Dan Barratt manages to make his Ural run right. And then he has to queue up for the ferry...
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Loads of updates on the events page today (including the George Brown Memorial Run on 17th July) and there are also some photos from yesterday's Meldreth Manor show here... More...

Riding a 40 year old Russian combination around Europe, Dan Barratt discovers the one vital phrase you need to gain assistance in Germany... More...

After travelling 11,000 miles by Enfield, Dan Barratt was ready for another challenge. Two 40 year old Russian bikes seemed to fit the bill... More...

Finally, Dan Barratt explains what it takes to travel over 11,000 miles on an Indian Enfield. Oh, and what to avoid riding in to, too... More...

After buying a pair of Bullets and learning to navigate around India, Dan Barratt needed somewhere to stay. And put on a bit of a stunt show, parking the bike... More...

Ray Johnston has decided which classic class he's going to race in, and which bike he's going to use. Now he just has to build the thing... More...

Ancient and modern Latin Lovelies rub stylish shoulders at the Ace's celebration of Italian Motorcycling. Real Classic's Moto Morini riding Martin Gelder was there. On a Yamaha... More...

It's become fashionable to take a holiday in India on an organised tour. Dan Barratt did it the hard way, bought a pair of Bullets and started to learn the rules of the road... More...

Never mind riding a modern Bullet around Britain, Dan Barratt has done the proper job. Part One: buying the bikes and going nowhere in Delhi... More...

So what is RealClassic, then? A website, a magazine, a roadshow - and what about this 'club' thing? Graham Ham offers explanation and an introduction to the Kent branch... More...

So Ray Johnston raced in the 80s, went into retirement, got dragged back into action, and then had to find a classic racing category which would suit his forty-something style... More...

Carmen Sheppard takes her Honda CB350F for a spin, and meets an inevitable tractor or ten, avoids White Van Man, and wonders if that was really Ewan McGregor on board his BMW...? More...

Although some folk still use their old nails as daily transport, most classic bikes only come out on high days and holidays. Neil Thomas runs a fleet of nine classics which do all of the above, and his bikes work really rather hard for a living... More...

After some notable successes in the world of endurance racing in the 1980s, Ray Johnston and his team went into retirement. So how did they end up racing again at the start of a new century? More...

You think it's tough riding a classic bike in Britain? DC Slowcoach takes to two wheels in the American capital, and risks imminent incarceration every time he blips the throttle... More...

Matt Little had a yearning to explore Eastern Europe - so he took the plunge last year and entered his R90S in the Kurland Rally. And he won an award, too! More...

Some people only want to take their classic bikes out in the sunshine. Stephen Benson (aka AJS/BSA) always wanted to be at the Dragon in the snow... More...

Back in 1987, Ray Johnston went endurance racing at the Le Mans 24 hour race - on a bike named 'Tyson'. Worrying...
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...is the splendid title used by the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit for the 12th Annual Island Classic for Historic Motorcycles. Melbourne Metisse was there... More...

Ray Johnston went from spectator to racer at Le Mans nearly 20 years ago. He starts this short series by reelin' in the years, and almost inevitably explains how old gits end up racing once again... More...

Due to the time difference between Australia and Real Classic's Cambridge office, the classic bike rally that RealClassic member Melbourne Metisse visited yesterday will now take place a week on Thursday... More...

Instead of curling up by the fire like a sane and sensible person, Graham Ham takes Daisy the redoubtable Triumph Speed Twin to go Walking With... Puddings! More...

Just when you thought it was safe to venture out on your classic bike... here comes the snow! Could be worse. You could live in Iceland... More...

You wait three days for the frost to clear, just so that you can get blinded by the sun. Martin Gelder goes in search of a Cold Christmas... More...

So what did you do over the Christmas holiday? RealClassic readers went for a ride on their classic bikes, it seems...
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As part of our 'what did you do during the winter holiday' series, Duncan Moss reveals that he enjoyed a traditional Christmas... More...

You probably have a long list of Things To Do before a winter ride. Phil Speakman reveals that he's always (well...) prepared to Be Prepared... More...

Back in the old days, they built motorcycles to ride in all weathers. And they didn't grit the roads much then, either. Martin Peacock takes his classic on Teesdale's Cresta Run - and survives! More...

Bored with going to the same classic bike shows and rallies? David B Bullivant suggests you make a proper holiday of it, and enjoy some Nordic hospitality... More...

NVNL needs to test his wet weather riding gear. So an invitation to a breakfast ride seemed like the perfect opportunity to go for a splash... More...

After a short saga of disasters, Mick M's continental holiday on board his Ducati finally got on track in Spain. From there, he struck out for some previously unexplored territory... More...

Classic racing comes in all shapes and sizes. Roy Workman enjoys a day out with the outfits, at Mallory Park's annual sidecar event... More...

Mick M took his Ducati ST4S on a continental holiday, rather than risk a run of classic catastrophes. So, naturally, everything that could go wrong... did. Three incidents later, could the riding holiday finally begin? More...

We last saw Ozboy enjoying the refreshments after walking halfway round his local show. Never one to avoid controversy, his Bike of the Day might just be a single-cylinder Vincent... More...

When your Britbike is stuck in the shed there's only one sensible thing to do - sneak out for the day and admire other people's Britbikes. Ozboy discovered so many interesting classics we couldn't fit them all on one page... More...

There are moments when it seems appropriate to leave the classic bike at home and take a more modern motorcycle. After all, you wouldn't want to be plagued by disaster on holiday... would you? Meet Mick M: RealClassic Clubman of many mishaps! More...

In the UK, we have a classic bike show to go to almost every weekend. In California, Jim Algar has rather less opportunity to exercise his bike-spotting skills... More...

That BikerBabe gets about a bit. This time she partook of the VMCC's Regularity Run and Rally, collected a sprig of lucky heather and considered the correct dress code... More...

Ride an old bike and see the world. Well, see Belgium; in the company of Shaun from the Kent branch of the BSAOC...
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After travelling through the world's troublespots two decades ago, Goat Maison finally made it to Pakistan aboard his pre-featherbed twin. But the going had been tough... More...

This whole show came as something of a surprise, 'cos we didn't know we were going until we did. Last minute decision. Likewise for Paul G80... More...

Twenty years ago, Goat Maison set off on his 1958 600cc twin to ride halfway around the world. In the previous episode, we'd left him in Iran... More...

Fancy a spot of Brighton Rock? Robert Lane joins the mods and rockers at the annual Ace Cafe Reunion...
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Back in 1984, aged 22, Goat Maison set out on a Great Adventure aboard a Norton Dominator. In the first chapter he discovered the M25, then the English Channel, and then Greece... More...

What is it about west London? What with the Ace Caff and the LMM, the classic bike scene seems to be thriving in the capital. Roy Workman investigates another classic event... More...