Buying Classic Bikes at Auction
With big-ticket vintage and classic motorcycles selling for mega-money, some folk have been asking if classic bikes aren't just getting ridiculously expensive. We snooped around the marketplace and...
View Article2015 VMCC British Historic Racing Practice Day
The classic racing season is almost upon us. Richard Jones goes to Mallory Park to watch the VMCC's historic racers take to the track for the first official practice day of the year
View ArticleStafford Classic Motorcycle Show Preview
HobNobs? Check. Stripy tablecloth? Check. Random selection of magazine back issues? Check. Right then, we're all set to head north for the Stafford Show on 25th and 26th April
View ArticleBMW R45
Mark Holyoake tries a classic airhead BMW, and reckons this small but perfectly formed flat-twin has been especially under-rated
View ArticlePrescott Bike Festival and Hill Climb 2015
Richard Jones attends this annual Gloucestershire hillclimb and presents a selection of classic motorcycles in action for your entertainment
View ArticleAirel Huntmaster Rebuild - From the Archive
How to spend uncounted piles of money over many years in the fond hope that a shiny Ariel Huntmaster will arise from its own ashes. Frank Westworth tells an episodic tale from the shed
View ArticleOpinion: Rules of the Road
Do you wave or nod to every other bike rider you meet on the road? Dave Whiting has undertaken four months of statistical research to see who responds (or not) to his greetings
View ArticleRealClassic Magazine: Issue 133 On Sale
In this month's RealClassic magazine: old Brits, old Italians, shiny bikes, scruffy bikes, airheads, enthusiasts and experts. Here's how to buy a copy and what you'll find inside
View ArticleRound Britain Rally 2015
Here's an opportunity to ride your old bike to out of the way places, as far flung as you please, on any day throughout the summer. Roy and Chris Workman explain
View ArticleKawasaki Z650
Way back when, Darren Carter began the transformation of his standard Z650. At the time, he didn't know this was going to be a long-term project. Here's the start of his cautionary tale about planning...
View Article2015 Sunbeam MCC Oxon and Bucks Run
Richard Jones finds some fabulous vintage motorcycles for you to admire, on a splendid day out with the Sunbeam MCC around Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
View Article2015 Hoghton Tower Sprint
Just to confuse you, we sent a man called Iain Houghton to Hoghton Tower. No relation. No hogs, either, but plenty of classic bikes sprinting
View ArticleNational Motorcycle Museum News
There's a special RealClassic Ride-In to the NMM at Birmingham this week. For all those who can't come along in person, here's a quick round-up of what's been going on at the Museum in recent weeks
View ArticleA Penguin In A Sparrow's Nest 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 a book about it
View ArticleNational Motorcycle Museum Ride-In 2015
Last year the RealClassic Ride-In to the National Motorcycle Museum was unexpectedly but overwhelmingly successful. So this year, we did it again. Martin Gelder was there with his camera
View ArticleKawasaki Z650 - Part 2
Darren Carter didn't expect to spend 15 years on the transformation of his Z650. But that's just what happens when you start out with no particular plan. This time: sorting the front end
View ArticleThe Lincolnshire Wolds Bikers' Run 2015
Roy Workman joins an annual charity ride for classic bikes old and new, and enjoys the added bonus of a Lancaster bomber
View ArticleWhere the Streets Have a Name
Irish rock band U2 once sang about a place where the streets had no names. More famously, Roy Smith jumped on his XBR500 and took us to some places where the streets do have names
View ArticleRealClassic Magazine: Issue 134 On Sale
This month’s magazine is an Ariel extravaganza, telling the tale of the Square Four from its prewar OHC origins through to the Healey 1000. Oh, and there's heaps of other classic bikes in this issue,...
View ArticleOpinion: Buyers Eye
Richard Jones goes browsing through the classic bikes on offer at Pembrokeshire Classics in south Wales. He encounters a couple of Villiers two-strokes, an Ariel Arrow, a really rare Laverda Jarama and...
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