Retro & Classic Bike Enthusiast is a collector’s magazine for true enthusiasts from motorcycle restorers and retro bike owners to businesses that service the industry. This technical guide focuses purely on retro and classic motorcycling content but more importantly the bikes themselves not just the lifestyle. Every issue is packed full of content keeping readers up to date with Club listings, new products and retro bike industry news, as well as showing off its favourite workshops in the My Shop feature, tips on restoration and engine building, staff bike rebuilds and tyre size and buyer’s guides. Perfect for any truly passionate and enthusiastic retro bike fanatics.
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MISSION IMPROBABLE • Alan Cathcart road tests Europe’s most outrageous custom bike
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Style FOR MILES • From Queensland, a stunning BMW bobber that goes as good as it looks
LAST OF THE AIRHEADS
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Easy rider • A change of pace from Gold Coast custom workshop Purpose Built Moto
HONDA’S FIRST 4X4
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Best of BOTH WORLDS • Chris Wilson wanted a light and powerful motorcycle that went like a new bike but looked like an old one
BEVELS TO BELTS
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THE GOOSE • It wasn’t only the bad guys who rode motorbikes in Mad Max
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ART DECO • David Lake transforms a humble postie into a vintage BMW tribute, with a little help from his dad
RIDE IMPRESSION
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Black BEAUTY • Leading Euro café racer workshop Eastern Spirit Garage builds its first bobber
Excessive 650
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HEAVY METAL • German duo transforms a late-model Indian tourer into a stylish 1960s café racer
RIDE IMPRESSION
INDIAN TIMELINE
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Urban WARRIOR • Some bikes are built for the open road. This one was built for the city
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MUSCLE BIKE • Radical styling and an aggressive flat-six transplant breathe new life into a vintage Honda Gold Wing
A WING AND A PRAYER
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LEATHERMAN • Vic Summers follows his own muse with this budget stunner
LEATHER LEGS
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HEAVY DUTY • An unlikely touring bike was all but unbeatable in the glory days of Australian production racing
NATIONAL TREASURE
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ON ANY SUNDAY Social Pages
'THE WAY WE WERE'
Retro STYLE
SIMPLER TIMES