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Classic Bike

May 01 2021
Magazine

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

AN EVENTFUL TIME AHEAD

Murray Walker 1923-2021 • CB pays tribute to the lifelong lover of motorcycle sport – owner of an unmistakable voice loaded with passion and enthusiasm

That’ll be the day • Buddy Holly’s old Ariel gets a fitting resting place in the ’50s star’s home town

CYCLONES SELDOM SEEN

Going into combat with a Cub • Norman Emerson had a bit of a battle on his hands when it came to fixing his ex-French Army Tiger Cub

Family history and a mystery • Chris Allen discovers the heritage of his forebears and gets down to the NUTs and bolts of marque identity

SPECIAL FORCES • Bitzas, customs, specials, call ’em what you will – bikers have been building them for ages. Some are more ‘special’ than others’, though, as the ones shown and described here prove...

YOUR LETTERS

KICKS Without the KICKBACK • Norvins make electrifying café racers – and this one is no exception, especially thanks to the modification that takes the legwork out of starting it

HERVÉ’S WORKSHOP • We enter the engineering enclave where the Norvin’s electric start was conceived and developed

Under STARTER’S ORDERS • Yamaha’s XT500 is a much-loved machine – but, like a Vincent V-twin, it can also be a pig to start. No wonder Hervé Hamon has come up with another of his push-button solutions

LET’S GET XTARTED • The ‘Xtatred’ kit for the XT500 is simple to fit using a few basic tools. Here’s how...

Racing into a new future • Fifty years ago, a visionary editor of Motor Cycle News teamed up with an adventurous circuit boss to launch a new superbike series. It took off to the sound of howling triples and growling twins...

HOW THE FIRST MCN SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP UNFOLDED

Robin Miller • The Grand Prix reporter and Motor Cycle News editor became one of Britain’s most successful businessmen. But it’s his motorcycling days he remembers most fondly

Royal Enfield’s top guns • After an incredible 12 decades in continuous production, Royal Enfield has certainly got something to celebrate. We take a look at some of their oustanding models

‘They will run on. Even long after you’ve gone’ • Bevars Binnie is so attracted to the enduring quality of pre-1930 Royal Enfield V-twins, he has accumulated an enviable collection of them in his New Zealand home

ROYAL ENFIELD, THE EARLY HISTORY: 1851 TO 1930

2021 EVENTS • As the world of classic bike events wakes up again, here’s your guide to this year’s best...

Follow the Elk

Fast and furious

Make it Miller time

The show must go on

Founders keepers

Straight up

Buying, selling, racing, watching

Hell for leather at the Ace

The biggie’s back!

Head for the hill

Smokin’ the castle

Pioneering spirit

Winter wanderland

Untrammelled fun

Enjoy a free day out

MUSEUMS TO VISIT

Now Rick’s in a bit of a fix

1938 990cc AJS Model 38-2A...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 116 Publisher: H BAUER PUBLISHING LIMITED Edition: May 01 2021

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: April 28, 2021

Formats

OverDrive Magazine

Languages

English

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

AN EVENTFUL TIME AHEAD

Murray Walker 1923-2021 • CB pays tribute to the lifelong lover of motorcycle sport – owner of an unmistakable voice loaded with passion and enthusiasm

That’ll be the day • Buddy Holly’s old Ariel gets a fitting resting place in the ’50s star’s home town

CYCLONES SELDOM SEEN

Going into combat with a Cub • Norman Emerson had a bit of a battle on his hands when it came to fixing his ex-French Army Tiger Cub

Family history and a mystery • Chris Allen discovers the heritage of his forebears and gets down to the NUTs and bolts of marque identity

SPECIAL FORCES • Bitzas, customs, specials, call ’em what you will – bikers have been building them for ages. Some are more ‘special’ than others’, though, as the ones shown and described here prove...

YOUR LETTERS

KICKS Without the KICKBACK • Norvins make electrifying café racers – and this one is no exception, especially thanks to the modification that takes the legwork out of starting it

HERVÉ’S WORKSHOP • We enter the engineering enclave where the Norvin’s electric start was conceived and developed

Under STARTER’S ORDERS • Yamaha’s XT500 is a much-loved machine – but, like a Vincent V-twin, it can also be a pig to start. No wonder Hervé Hamon has come up with another of his push-button solutions

LET’S GET XTARTED • The ‘Xtatred’ kit for the XT500 is simple to fit using a few basic tools. Here’s how...

Racing into a new future • Fifty years ago, a visionary editor of Motor Cycle News teamed up with an adventurous circuit boss to launch a new superbike series. It took off to the sound of howling triples and growling twins...

HOW THE FIRST MCN SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP UNFOLDED

Robin Miller • The Grand Prix reporter and Motor Cycle News editor became one of Britain’s most successful businessmen. But it’s his motorcycling days he remembers most fondly

Royal Enfield’s top guns • After an incredible 12 decades in continuous production, Royal Enfield has certainly got something to celebrate. We take a look at some of their oustanding models

‘They will run on. Even long after you’ve gone’ • Bevars Binnie is so attracted to the enduring quality of pre-1930 Royal Enfield V-twins, he has accumulated an enviable collection of them in his New Zealand home

ROYAL ENFIELD, THE EARLY HISTORY: 1851 TO 1930

2021 EVENTS • As the world of classic bike events wakes up again, here’s your guide to this year’s best...

Follow the Elk

Fast and furious

Make it Miller time

The show must go on

Founders keepers

Straight up

Buying, selling, racing, watching

Hell for leather at the Ace

The biggie’s back!

Head for the hill

Smokin’ the castle

Pioneering spirit

Winter wanderland

Untrammelled fun

Enjoy a free day out

MUSEUMS TO VISIT

Now Rick’s in a bit of a fix

1938 990cc AJS Model 38-2A...


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