Classic Bike

Classic Bike helps and inspires enthusiasts to get more from their passion for classic motorcycles. The magazine shares their fascination with motorcycling’s heroic past while also helping them buy, fix and improve the bikes in their shed. Our main areas of content are: - Inspirational and entertaining reads that celebrate the glory of motorcycling, from riding stories that put the reader in the seat of history’s greatest bikes to incredible racing tales - Restoration stories and instructional features that inspire and help people get their tools out and sort out their old bike - In-depth technical features from the most expert and authoritative writers in motorcycling If you share our passion about classic motorcycles from the last century, you'll enjoy reading Classic Bike.

CONTRIBUTORS IN THIS ISSUE

Welcome

Life in the fast lanes • This year’s road racing season kicked off at Cookstown in Ulster, with plenty of classic racers making the journey from southern Ireland, the UK and beyond to experience the joys of racing between the hedges

See it for yourself… • With no road racing in southern Ireland this year, the only other opportunity to see classics in action on the island will be in the north, at the Armoy road races on July 26-27. It’s just 40 miles north of the ferry port at Larne. amrrc.com

Bordering on Italy • The Marches Moto Italia on June 2 is for Italian bikes, but all are welcome. Bob Dixon rates this relaxed event in glorious surroundings

The party that never ends

Show us yours • We love to see your acquisitions, regular rides and projects – keep ’em coming to the address above

BUILT FOR A BLAST • Reassembled from boxes of bits, this 1985 Honda VF1000R was rebuilt to be enjoyed – and ridden hard

Arthur Browning • World championship trials and motocross, professional speedway, multiple ISDT gold medals… was there nothing Big Arthur couldn’t do? In a word: No

ARTHUR BROWNING • Biggest bike sport all-rounder ever

TRIUMPH DAYTONA • The Triumph Daytona was named after racing success in America, but the same market demanded the bigger engines that spelled its end – so is bigger really better?

Wizard for Aussies • Precipitous changes in elevation, a one-mile straight and tortuous turns faced motorcycle racers at Australia’s greatest annual races – and spectators loved it too

RAZOR'S EDGE • Laverda’s 1990s rebirth in Zanè may have been financially precarious, but it produced some of the sharpest-handling Italian bikes ever made – and they’re seriously good value

The 668 & 750 models explained • Negotiating your way around the different Zanè-built models can be somewhat mystifying. Here’s our buyer’s guide to what’s what

The corps of volunteers • CB meets some of the dedicated enthusiasts who keep Britain’s motorcycle museums running

Old fibre washers and net zero • Rick says not throwing away stuff that could come in useful one day is his contribution to saving the planet

Boxing clever

Imperial Fixes • Problems with old iron? Rick can help

Information vacuum

At the workbench • This month, Rick has been getting down to some valve guide reaming, enjoying the adjustability of hinged C-spanners and revelling in old-school stores work in this computer spreadsheet-ordered world

Metric Fixes • European and Japanese classic bikes sorted with Alan Seeley

At the workbench • This month, Alan has been avoiding the collapse of needle roller bearings (and western civilisation), grinding his rings and shining light on the path to inclusion when it comes to Italian motorcycles

House of horrors • Rupert’s Brit twin turns out to have the motorcycle equivalent of rising damp and subsidence

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