Shed Treasure Hunt
A TV team of classic motorcycle enthusiasts are seeking interesting sheds to explore, and old bikes (and cars, and tractors, and bicycles, and stationary engines, and fuel cans) to buy.
View ArticleHonda GB500 TT
Honda's Brit-style big single isn't just better than the XBR500, says David Romaine, it's better than a classic Velocette
View ArticleMotorcycle Live - Retros and Scramblers
We are living in the age of the Retro. And the Scrambler. Maybe next year it'll be the age of the Scretro. Or the Rambler. Martin Gelder went to the NEC in search of enlightenment and found some...
View ArticleCompass Challenge Closes: November
The competition has officially closed, but before we can announce the winners of this year’s RealClassic riding challenge, there are a whole heap of late entries to admire
View ArticleSimple Single 'Sickles: Herald, Mash, Enfield, SWM and Hollis
'If only there was a simple, air-cooled single cylinder bike with decent performance and economy, and that wasn't too heavy or too expensive,' we hear you cry. Well there are quite a few around, as...
View ArticleMartello Sidecars, Part Two
The Martello sidecar story started with a one-off outfit named Moby Dick. Steven Lancaster explains how the idea grew into a production model
View ArticleBuyer Beware: Fraud Attempts via Classified Ads
Fraudsters are becoming ever more inventive with their attempts to part unwary classic bike enthusiasts from their cash. Here are two recent examples of suspected criminal activity
View ArticleCafe Racer Kits for Modern Triumphs
How to transform an old Hinckley triple into a rapid cafe racer, no spannering skills required. Don't do it yourself - let an expert take the strain
View ArticleRealClassic Magazine: Issue 152 On Sale
This month's magazine features vintage motorcycles, classic bikes and other interesting oddities: singles, twins and triples; two-strokes and four-strokes, built in Britain, Japan and even elsewhere....
View ArticleAJS Model 18 – 500 Single Review
The National Motorcycle Museum are giving away a handsome AJS big single in their winter raffle. Read more about it here
View ArticleVintage Vehicle Survey Results
The average vintage vehicle travels 1100 miles a year, and there are nearly 300,000 classic bikes on the DVLA's database. Which classic motorcycle marque do you think is the most popular? Triumph? BSA,...
View ArticleBook Review: The Flying Penguin by Frank Melling
Perhaps best known in recent years for organising the Thundersprint, it turns out that Frank Melling has a past. And he's written another book about it
View ArticleFamous Last Words 41: Fully Retarded
On some classic motorcycles, there’s an intriguing lever on the left handlebar. Back in the days before automatic ignition timing, it did something quite important. Frank Westworth has been reminded of...
View ArticleCBG Winter Classic Preview: 7/8 January 2017
Do you plan to spend the chilly winter season bringing an old bike back to life? The Winter Classic show at Newark is the perfect place to stock up on spares and spanners while you admire a cracking...
View ArticleThe Arbuthnot Trophy
The Arbuthnot Trial is an annual event for vintage and classic British motorcycles. David Wright explains how this event commemorates a naval officer who died during the battle of Jutland
View ArticleClassic Bike Carol
Just when you thought you'd avoided the carol singers, Paul Goff presents the Twelve Days Of Classic Biking Christmas
View ArticleThe Top Mountain Motorcycle Museum
On his Continental travels, Dave Whiting discovered an amazing motorcycling road. And at the end of it, he found an amazing motorcycle museum, stuffed full of iconic classic bikes and vintage motorcycles
View ArticleRealClassic Magazine: Issue 153 On Sale
British bikes, Italian icons, Japanese classics and American iron are all featured in this month’s eclectic collection of classic motorcycles and old clunkers. Here’s how to order a copy of the...
View ArticleHarley-Davidson "Evolution" Sportsters - A Brief Guide
Looking for a modern bike with a modicum of classic character? There is an alternative, argues Martin Gelder, provide you don't mind the taste of Marmite
View ArticleNorton - Classic Motorcycle Marque Profile
All of the Norton reviews and articles on RealClassic.co.uk, in one place for your delight and delectation. Road tests, DVD reviews, Norton rides and Norton parts. The classic British motorcycle
View ArticleMZs: Second Class Classics?
Why is it that some marques never quite seem to achieve complete classic status? KarlB considers MZ's history and his own association with MZ motorcycles
View ArticleBSA Gold Star: Everything You Need to Know
Some experts consider the Gold Star to be the best bike ever built by BSA. Make up your own mind, after examining our quick fire classic bike guide to the breed
View ArticleClassic Endurance: Endurance Legends Donington 4 Hour
Action On Track – Action Off Track – Action in the Paddock – Here's what's planned so far at the Donington Park 4 Hour round of the European Classic Series
View Article2009 Royal Enfield EFI Bullet 500
The latest incarnation of the Enfield Bullet uses a fuel-injected, unit-construction engine. So far, Jonathan Roy has clocked up over 1000 miles on this more sophisticated single
View ArticleBMW K75RT Part 1 of 7
Steve MacGregor wanted a semi-serious touring motorcycle and BMW's three-cylinder 750 seemed to fit the bill. We join him on his initial long ride home
View ArticleTriumph Tiger Cub - Classic Model Profile
The tiny Tiger was in production for over a decade and nowadays the Cub has something of a cult following. If you're thinking of buying, here's a quick overview of the market
View ArticleTurbo-Powered Motorcycles - Classic Model Profile
Dean Fountain considers the Suzuki XN85, Kawasaki 750 Turbo, Yamaha XJ Turbo and Honda CX Turbo, and remembers a remarkable moment of motorcycling
View ArticleGraham Ham Retrospective - Start Here: Triumph Speed Twin - Daisy's Diary Part I
Daisy the Speed Twin has carried Graham Ham half around the country and has become more than a little bit famous in the process. But just how did their adventure begin?
View ArticleAdler MB200/250 Two-Strokes
Phil Speakman has unusual tastes in motorcycles, and finding parts for them isn't easy. His search for spares finally led him into the eagle's eyrie
View Article1960 Bianchi Bernina 125cc
If you're looking for a lightweight classic, you don't have to be restricted to a two-stroke. Bill Wood has brought a little Italian back to life
View ArticleChang Jiang CJ750
Fiery Fred bought a modern classic - a brand new Chang Jiang 750 built into a 1950's frame. And behold! On its maiden journey it behaved almost exactly as a 50 year old bike would
View ArticleDiesel-Engined Royal Enfield Bullet
Paul Grace rides an old Enfield fitted with a diesel engine and, true to form, makes the most of this opportunity to reflect on a few political truths. This, he suggests, might be our future when the...
View Article1975 Garelli 50cc Tiger Cross
Back in the 1970s, teenagers dreamed of wild sixteener special sports mopeds like this one. Richard Brown has just restored one
View ArticleHonda CB750 SOHC Four
Fancy a true Japanese classic? Steve The Toast has owned and run most examples of the Bike Which Changed The World and offers sage advice for 21st century riders
View Article1913 Indian Racer
Restoring a vintage motorcycle is a labour of love, says Dennis W Lid, and some times the result is a Vintage Supreme
View Article1972 CZ Jawa 175
As a child, Jeff Nordstrom’s first encounter with an old bike involved his dad’s CZ-JAWA. That probably explains quite a bit
View ArticleTriumph T100 Bonneville vs Kawasaki W650
If you're talking about modern classically-styled twins, then which is actually better, T100 or W650? Brady Davis rides both regularly, and so take us down some parallel lines
View ArticleLaverda SF750
In the 1970s Dave Minton first greeted the idea of a high-speed, high-mileage 750cc parallel twin with suspicion, but he was fast won over. Here's how, and why
View Article1956 Norton Dominator
You know how it's just... so... easy to click a bid in when you're visiting an online auction? That's how Jim Algar transformed a mild midlife crisis into a Featherbed Norton Dommi 99
View ArticlePuch Maxi
David Stracey becomes the owner of an old moped and, while bringing it back to life, also rebuilds a way back to biking
View ArticleQuasar - Feet-Forward
Some time ago, we mentioned Quasar machines and managed to spell the name wrong. Here's more on the subkject (spelling not necessarily correct)
View ArticleRoyal Enfield Continental GT
We rode the new 535cc Continental GT last week and it'll be featured in full in RealClassic magazine. While you're waiting for that roadtest, here's the background info about this all-new café racer
View Article1987 Simson S51 Comfort Sports Moped
On a clear, cool spring evening, Phil Speakman takes to the saddle and storms some passes aboard an unusual East German moped. En route he encounters mysterious moorland, startled sheep, and possibly...
View ArticleUral Cross Outfit
The indefatigble Ural 750 twin appears in cross-country trim for off-road adventuring
View ArticleVelocette MSS 500
If you like the idea of a Velocette MAC but need a little more performance than a 350 provides, then Veloce built your ideal bike in the shape of the MSS 500
View ArticleYamaha YDS3 250
This nifty classic 250 went down a storm in the 1960s, and four of them are due to go under the hammer this weekend
View Article1965 Lambretta TV175
Andy Wilson's classic bike is a prize-winning concours champ - with a difference...
View ArticleMoto Morini 350 / 507
Take a humble 350cc Morini Strada and turn it up to 11 by fitting the beating heart of a 507cc Excalibur factory custom, then add lightness. Paul Miles liked the Moreini Special so much, he bought it...
View ArticleAmbassador Supreme
Not all small capacity classic bikes were built as low-cost budget bikes. This two-stroke tiddler was intended to be the aristocrat of the road
View Article1950 BSA Bantam D1
The BSA Bantam will be old enough to collect its state pension next year, but it's still the natural choice for newcomers looking to experiment with a certain sort of classic motorcycling
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