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.

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Moto Guzzi Nuovo Falcone – The Italian banger • Think big single; think electric start; think eccentric styling; think great brakes. Frank Westworth does all of those things and ends up aboard a Moto Guzzi Nuovo Falcone…

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We Went to Motorcycle Live!

Living with CCM • The CCM range looks to have many different styles based on one single-cylinder platform. We try two of them…

Honda CB750 • In 1969, the CB750 changed the motorcycle world forever. And it’s still a great, useable bike with all the mod-cons. Here’s our sandcast, four-cylinder, sexy exhausts guide to all the CB750s

Fancy a day out?

Old bike mechanics directory • Your guide to those who are willing to help us!

Egli-Harley 1600 Café Racer • Take a tuned Harley V-twin and a skilled frame builder – and create a giant café racer! Alan Cathcart finds out whether it’s a winner…

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

The BSA Owners’ club • Why should we join the club, Bill? “Because you bought an excellent bike!”

Excelsior Model 3 • One of the most wonderous names, a range of racing and reliable plodders in the range and, by evidence of this example, built well. A great story about a great bike…

That trip to France: The naked truth • Shaun Varga looks at why you should take your classic bike abroad – and how to do it

Not all that involves two wheels is gold… not even bronze • Oli finds the tribulations of sorting various winter motorcycle matter

Welcome to Classic Bike Guide's British Bike Guide 2024

British need-to-know! You may find these terms useful • For the uninitiated, the world of the British classic motorcycles contains many terms; some obvious, some arcane, and lots get misunderstood. In order to make life easier, here is a basic guide to some of the things you might have read about or overheard.

Are you sitting comfortably? How a seat is reupholstered • Maria’s Honda CL350 is a great bike with charming, unrestored looks, but the seat was knackered. Could a professional repair the seat without it looking brand-new?

Off with its head A tale of mechanical woe and eventual success • Reader Paul Smith very kindly recounts how a simple exhaust problem went from bad to worse, taking his everyday ride off the road. Thank you, Paul, we hope it will be of use to others

Frank’s Famous Last Words • Never do today what you can put off until… tomorrow?

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