Real Classic

RealClassic magazine features the very best British motorcycles from all eras, plus charismatic Continental machines (and the odd Japanese classics crops up occasionally, too). Long term classic riders will recognise many of the members of the RC team, which includes authors, historians and journalists like Steve Wilson, Dave Minton, Matt Vale, Odgie, Jacqueline 'PUB' Bickerstaff, Rowena Hoseason and editor Frank Westworth -- but the magazine's key feature is that it is firmly grounded in the real world. Our articles are written by real life riders and reflect far more than a simple road test ever can. We're never scared of getting grubby in The Shed (and we even admit it when things go horribly wrong!)

Real Classic

FROM THE FRONT

FOREVER Friends • There aren't many relationships which last a lifetime. Rowena Hoseason meets a man and his motorcycle who've been together for more than four decades, and have clocked up more miles than either can recall…

IN COMING! • RC readers write, rant and rattle on… Summat to say? Send your comments, hints, tips, tales of woe and derring-don't to RCHQ@RealClassic.net

SMALL BIKE: BIG FUN

SUPER STARTER

FLEETSTAR SNAFU!

SPECIALS!

LEAPS & BOUNDS

HOT METAL

VESTED INTEREST

LEAPS & BOUNDS

HAPPY HATS

LETTER FROM AMERICA • Hustling a wee beastie…

A VERY BRITiSH makeover • There are bold moves, and there are very bold moves. Alan Cathcart meets Robin Brackett, and is impressed by his customised Ariel…

A FASTER CLASSIC • Led astray by online experts, David Wilkinson decided to make his 350 Enfield just a little bit quicker. Well, OK, maybe quite a lot quicker…

Quick CAT! • You ride one Triumph twin and you've pretty much ridden them all. Right? In fact, Martin Hughes-Games discovered that there's whole world of wonderfulness separating the Bonneville and its rapid single-carb counterpart…

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THIRTY MILES in an hour • Or if you'd prefer a more relaxed ride over local roads, follow David Moore's example. Aboard his mighty New Imperial, he does 21 in 60 instead… v

Magnum FORCE • Take a mighty Norton motor, blend it with the best that AMC had to offer, and build a world-beating off-roader. Paul Henshaw ditched the deserts and got soggy with a towering 750 twin…

Arabian FLIGHT • What's your wildest biking escapade? Did it involve sand dunes, border crossings and armed guards? Rod Evans recalls a memorable ride on a Yamaha trail bike…

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Flat-Track Fettling • Odgie's ‘budget’ lightweight flat-tracker just needed a few tweaks. Nothing substantial. Certainly not an angle-grinder. Until he plunged down a mechanical rabbithole and one thing led to the next…

PUB TALK • A busy weekend in which the Bollée bites back at Banbury -ouch!

Ollie's ODDJOBS • In which Ollie discovers a couple of oddnesses in the complex world of old bike off-road activity

TALES FROM THE SHED • Frank's getting all wired up. Or something similarly incandescent…

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