Classic Bike Guide

Classic Bike Guide is a down to earth, practical - and sometimes irreverent - magazine that gets right to the heart of the classic bike world. With a mixture of features, tests, reviews and event reports it is the title that has become a must for the active rider and restorer. Classic Bike Guide magazine - with the biggest and best readers adverts - FREE! Enjoy the digital edition - and save over 50% on the print susbcription price.

Things are meant to slow down at this time of the year…

■ BMCRC MEETING, BROOKLANDS, 1923

BSA B32 Competition 350cc • Electrical genius usually turns up in a van – but this one arrives in more style

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Classic news

We've been to New Classics at Motorcycle Live! • Always a fun day, even if there was nothing new

Old bike mechanics directory • Our directory of mechanics and engineers happy to work on older bikes, bikes with points, and carburettors to help us keep on the road

Products

Medaza Wasp • Hand-crafted in Ireland, Don Cronin’s latest creation looks like the sort of bike that Captain America would ride, not a Royal Danish postman

Specialists who help us RS motorbike paint • Arthur Bancroft always had an eye for colour. This accurate and unusual skill was to lead to RS Bike Paint, a company now helping bike fans like us around the world to repair and restore bikes, old or new, with accurate paint colours

Oli’s opinion • Buy another bike, or not?

Shaun’s shrinking world • Guest columnist Shaun Varga looks at how large bikes are and asks – ‘should we go smaller?’

Anything to say? • Email || editor@classicbikeguide.com Write to || Classic Bike Guide, PO Box 99, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 6LZ

Fancy a day out?

Frank Westworth looks back at: Norton 650SS • 650SS – Something Special – Super Sports – but not Super Smooth. Frank has history with Norton’s 650SS...

Japanese 250s 1977 to 1983 • In the final part of our look at Japanese learner 250s, we reach the end of an era

Buying an old British bike • For part two of your British Bike Guide, here are some things to look out for. Most vendors will be honest, and most bikes for sale will be legitimate. Some sellers will just want their pride and joy to go to a nice person. But some will not. Some will be baddies. This may seem like we don’t trust anyone – we don’t. Always best to take a knowledgeable friend, too

Welcome to Classic Bike Guide's British Bike Guide 2023

Back to basics Painting your bike • The paintwork on your bike is the most visually important part but can also be the most expensive. Should you let the professionals do it or have a go yourself?

Droopy the lever

Strip tease • Check your oil level! Such an obvious statement, which many ignore at times – but to our cost

Frank’s Famous Last Words • Encouraged by the doom-mongers, Frank tries to buy a scruffy old bike going cheap. And fails...