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!)

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FROM THE FRONT

THE STREAMLINER • Motorcycle Art? Never seen an Art Deco motorcycle? Here's one now, all the way from the USA. Alan Cat heart tells its remarkable tale…

SHURELY SHOME MISHTAKE? • 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

AMC MEETS FVQ

AN AJS UPDATE

CALLING 189 UMV

MORE FROM THE LAW

SERVICE STARS

VISUAL STIMULATION

IN PRAISE OF WINDMILLS

SO IT GOES AGAIN…

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SILVER LINING

CLASSIC BIKES & HEALTH BENEFITS

STAR STRUCK?

GENERATION GAP?

ONCE A BIKE PERSON…

…ALWAYS A BIKE PERSON

DELTIC DELIGHTS

TOURING TALE #1

TOURING TALE #2

WHAT EXACTLY IS IN NATIONAL BENZOLE?

A Right FRAME - UP • When a motorcycle with an oil-bearing frame reveals a persistent lube leak, there may be something significant going on. Henry Gregson explains how the sudden onset of Seller's Regret led to a bad case of Buyer Beware…

Red Zed Roadster • How could Kawasaki follow the phenomenal success of their 900cc monster, the Z1? Easily. Take a look at the Z650, smaller, slower, less powerful and… better?

GREAT LEAP FOR WARD • Fred Harrington owns a British 250 two-stroke twin and he's just rebuilt the Japanese 250 two-strok twin you see here. They're separated by 15 years or so, and what a difference those years make…

COMPARE & CONTRAST

SERVICE STARS

THINKING OF BUYING? (AND RESTORING)

Waratah One man's WARATAHS • What, you might ask, is aWaratah? It's a flowering shrub (of course). Noel Tuckey explains how it came to be emblazoned on the petrol tank of these Villiers-powered lightweight bikes…

TRIDENT TIMES • Paul Henshaw has been hooked on Triumph's triple since his first wild teenage ride. He bought a T150 as soon as he passed his test, and has owned it ever since…

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MORE FROM PAUL

Riding Life • In his 66 year riding career, Alan Freke has owned many a classic motorcycle. He recalls a few of them and suggests a practical approach for finding new homes for machines when they become surplus to requirements…

READER ADS

LEGGERA LUSSO! • Stu Thomson has been rebuilding an ohc Italian single. Now comes the tricky bit: into the engine…

Ollie's ODDJOBS • It's a Bantam, boys, but not as we know it…

PUB TALK • At the wrong end of her life PUB finally makes it to Cambridge University, and King's College in particular (but only for a day), immediately followed by complete failure with the Bollée at Banbury.

TALE FROM THE SHED • It lives! It rides! It's legal! Frank basks in something. We're unsure what, exactly…