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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THE MOTOMAX PROJECT RE • Six weeks, 400 man-hours and a new bike all combined to win the Experts Class Busted Knuckles Bike Build-off
STYLE TO DIE FOR • Notorious early US board-track racers provided the inspiration for this killer Honda custom
FIRST OF THE FACTORY CUSTOMS • Designed in secret for BSA and using mainly stock parts from the standard model, the Triumph X75 Hurricane came too late to save BSA or Triumph
NEW ERA COMES OF AGE • The fast bikes of the 1980s are now the machines of choice to be found at the Island Classic
ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE DESIGN • Daryl Villanueva’s holistic approach to custom motorcycles is equal parts style, workmanship and escapism
SCRAMBLED ITALIAN • Compact, fun and rare, the original Ducati Scramblers are finding fans in Australia
A RE-BORN Jitan • Finding a Suzuki T500 motor led to ticking a project off the bucket list
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ROARING 20s • The Black Douglas Motorcycle Company built these beautiful machines, which are modern bikes inspired by the ‘autocycles’ of the 1920s
A BIKE NAMED JILL
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THE LITTLE LAVERDA THAT COUKD • Developing a world-class Laverda 500 Twin
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THE LAND OF NO BRIDGES • Join Viv Canini and a posse of Royal Enfields on a tour of ancient Mongolia
MASTER OF ENDURANCE • Metal craftsmanship is front and centre on this steel-tough high-speed café racer
MOTO GUZZI LE MANS
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One Year WONDER • The 500cc transverse V-twin AJS Model S3 was 40 years ahead of its time
LONGITUDINAL OR TRANSVERSE?
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ON ANY SUNDAY Social Pages
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ROCKET SCIENCE