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.

Havin’ a trek

■ Slippery science

Triumph TRW • Simply a soldier? Triumph’s relaxed and reliable, durable and dirt-resistant all-roads twin. Frank Westworth remakes an old acquaintance…

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Triumph Hurricane X- 75 • Rare, brave and gorgeous, the Hurricane is great to ride and has a great story behind it to help create one of the most desirable classic bikes ever

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Bailey Rudge • A superbly engineered bike, as rare as rare can be, and a great ride. What is there not to like about a Bailey Rudge?

The BSA Low(e) Flyer • To make a replica of a bike you’re fascinated by on the other side of the world with just a photo takes a certain character. Kiwi home builder Don Lowe was just that, and much, much more…

The Brass Rajah • Who needs too much power? Turning a Royal Enfield 350 Classic into a stunning café racer is no easy feat, but Australian bike shop Mid Life Cycles has gone one step further and put it into production.

Shetland here we come! • To borrow from Scotland’s Bard, Rabbie Burns, “the best laid plans o’mice and men, aft gang agley” (Scots for ‘often go awry’). So, just imagine, for a moment, how agley the worst-laid plans can gang…

The Shetland Classic Motor Show • Few will experience the most UK’s most northerly classic show, so here is what Oli and Sean travelled all that way to see. Was it worth it? Oh, yes!

Resistance is futile! Checking coils and High Tension Systems • Replace or renovate? We bring a pair of HT coils back from the abyss

Building myself an American Triumph • Stuart Urquhart gets his American-style Trophy finished and on the road – after a few more issues than he imagined

You never know when it’s the last time you park your bike up… • Oli laments about not preparing his Yamaha XS650 for hibernation as he digs it out from the back of the shed, and pays the price for not emptying the fuel tank and carbs

Frank’s Famous Last Words • Deliberately buying a non-functional motorcycle with a view to returning it to the road is surely a noble challenge? A cautionary tale or two…