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

Golden Bronze! • Often neglected in favour of more flashy twin-carb twins, Triumph's tourer has long been one of Frank Westworth's favourites

INCOMING! • 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

A CRACKING COLLECTION

SELLER'S REGRET

DUCATI DILEMMA

CARB CLEANING

PLUGS'N'SPARKS

THE RIGHT RUDGE

NAMING OF PINS

OUTWARDBOUND • Adventures, autojumbles and rides on great roads: point your wheels this way…

GOLD STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION • IS BSA REGAL'S SPORTING SINGLE THE GOLD STAR EQUIVALENT OF JEAN-LUC PICARD? ACE TESTER MILES ARGUES THAT THE BRITISH-JAPANESE 500 IS INDEED A WORTHY SUCCESSOR TO CAPTAIN KIRK…

ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS

Royally RUGGED ROUGH-ROADER • Can't quite afford £5600 for a new Triumph 400 Scrambler? Stu Thomson suggests that the original Enfield Himalayan could offer just as much fun at almost half the price…

The Future  Started here • There is some gentle irony in that two of the finest early American motorcycles were inline fours. Alan Cathcart told us about the Pierce last time, and this month he reveals the Henderson

TWO EARLY AMERICANS

CHEAP SPEED • A quarter-century old and still flamin’ fast… if not actually furious. Chris White shares his decade of experience with a deceptively civilised Japanese middleweight

Classic UPGRADED! • How to take a gentle Norton single and transform it into a fire-breathing monster! Martin Hughes-Games explains himself…

A VINTAGE Invitation • A pre-war British motorcycle could be your ticket to ride back to an earlier era. Nigel Stennett-Cox considers whether a 1930s motorcycle might be fine for shows and pushing around, or could it possibly provide a more immersive experience?

THE HISTORY BIT

Too old to ROCK ‘n’ ROLL • Alan SmithdiscoveredaNorton Dominator which wasdefinitelytoo young to die, andsetabout his first everrestoration of aclassic motorcycle…

STARFIRE SCRAMBLER • Last month, Odgie discovered that his BSA 250 engine wouldn't quite fit into its intended Can-Am chassis. Things, surely, can only get better…

PUB TALK • With no shows scheduled for a visit this month, PUB filled in with a couple of museum visits instead

Ollie's ODDJOBS • Take a 750 Kawasaki triple and improve it in unusual ways. Ollie gazes in wonder at Danny's road rocket

TALES FROM THE SHED • Frank's been working on his recently-acquired Bonneville. Everybody knows that all Triumphs are perfect, so why is he doing this?

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