Classic Bike

Classic Bike helps and inspires enthusiasts to get more from their passion for classic motorcycles. The magazine shares their fascination with motorcycling’s heroic past while also helping them buy, fix and improve the bikes in their shed. Our main areas of content are: - Inspirational and entertaining reads that celebrate the glory of motorcycling, from riding stories that put the reader in the seat of history’s greatest bikes to incredible racing tales - Restoration stories and instructional features that inspire and help people get their tools out and sort out their old bike - In-depth technical features from the most expert and authoritative writers in motorcycling If you share our passion about classic motorcycles from the last century, you'll enjoy reading Classic Bike.

Classic Bike

MARVELLOUS MADNESS

Swiss ’crossers on a roll • Switzerland may have famously strict rules governing motorised sporting activities, but it’s also a hotbed for classic and vintage motocross. We gave it a go and met some of the riders involved in this thriving scene

A real high flier • Half a century ago, Colin Seeley sprung a huge surprise on the British motorcycle industry when he launched the most expensive road bike in the UK. CB looks back on what made it worth every penny

Classics get dramatic on the Adriatic • Rare Frera machines and Bimota prototypes make Rimini’s Museo Nazionale del Motociclo a must-visit for fans of Italian classics. But with almost 250 bikes on display, this museum has something for everyone

Bouncing back • The diary’s taken a knock, but here’s what we hope is happening as we enter the new year

From outback to race track • Aussie CB reader Greg Hayes recounts a biking life of adventures and tussles – both on and off the circuit

Time travelling Bonnie

Riding against all the odds

COCK-UP CORNER • We do our best to make sure all facts in CB are correct, but we’re only human. Apologies to the correspondents below...

CHARACTER BUILDING • Norton Commando fan Jim Hodges owned one in his youth, but couldn’t resist transforming this latest acquisition into his idea of Brit bike perfection - without destroying the essence of the beast

Ivan Rhodes • We persuade one of the world’s leading Velocette experts to take a break from restoring yet another factory racer

Suburban VISIONARY • Bob Geeson’s REG 250cc twin racer, hand-built as a part-time project in his shed, humbled factory-backed teams and even led Honda’s top brass up the garden path…

Alain Nibart • A Frenchman with an appetite for Italian bikes, especially Aermacchis and Lintos

HERO OR VILLAIN? • Thunderdrome ace Paul Anderson was an American pioneer of motorcycle racing in the 1920s - but sparked controversy by hopping from his Harley factory ride to Indian

OFF THE BEATEN TRACK • Andy Astle veered off at a tangent from his path of period-perfect restorations with his latest creation

Green Genius • If ever a bike gave Giacomo Agostini and MV Agusta a wake-up call in the 1970 500GP season, it was this one - Kawasaki’s H1R two-stroke triple. Especially in the hands of New Zealander Ginger Molloy

Beginning to see the light? • Are lightweight bikes the perfect passport to classics for non-grey beards? Or just all they can afford?

How to… Making a shim punch • I needed to make a couple of shims from ten thou shim-steel. It’s not hard to cut, but making holes is tricky. Here’s how I did it…

Bearing the brunt

RICK’S TOP TIPS

RICK ANSWERS YOUR QUERIES Piston broke

RICK’S FINAL WORD Perfectly boring

Let’s think about this... • It’s been a frame-up for Rick in the workshop this month – trying to make sense of both the Scarlet Runner recreation and the Cotton...