Real Classic

RealClassic magazine features the very best British motorcycles from all eras, plus charismatic Continental machines (and the odd Japanese classics crops up occasionally, too). Long term classic riders will recognise many of the members of the RC team, which includes authors, historians and journalists like Steve Wilson, Dave Minton, Matt Vale, Odgie, Jacqueline 'PUB' Bickerstaff, Rowena Hoseason and editor Frank Westworth -- but the magazine's key feature is that it is firmly grounded in the real world. Our articles are written by real life riders and reflect far more than a simple road test ever can. We're never scared of getting grubby in The Shed (and we even admit it when things go horribly wrong!)

FROM THE FRONT

One Year WONDER • In between the original Marston company’s Sunbeam singles and BSA’s Sunbeam twins, there was a period when AMC built their own singular Sunbeams down in London. They’re very rare. Alan Cathcart rides one…

ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT

A HEX ON IT

VENOM HEAVEN

TOUR DE FRANCE

SOLID STATE

THE RIGHT RETRO?

AN EFFECTIVE REPAIR…

EARLY ADVENTURES

CRUNCH TIME

G'day, COBBER ! • Small, springy and built for life in the bush: the Wallaby is an indigenous marsupial native to Australia… and a really rather rare Royal Enfield. Rowena Hoseason reports

CXSTASY • David Nesbitt and his family wandered into the world of the Honda CX and seem utterly unable to escape…

LIKE A Rocket! • What could be faster than a speeding Rocket? A Lightning Rocket! Frank Westworth went out to play…

THE FINAL Bike • We all recall the first bike we owned and rode. Roy Cross has built something a bit different – his last bike, the culmination of 60 years of experience with Vincent motorcycles. Is this the ultimate featherbed V-twin special?

A Thoroughly MODERN MOTORCYCLE • When Trevor Cook got back into regular riding, he wanted a British bike which wouldn’t spend too much time in the shed. A modern Bonnie was the obvious option – so what’s the verdict after more than a decade together?

Classic Techniques • Old motorcycles are frequently held together with a bewildering array of different types of bolts and screws of various threads, pitches and tensile strength. Paul Hague shares his insights into fascinating fasteners…

TERRIER TALES PART THE LAST • Last time, Terrier and Tiger Cub expert Mike Estall had resolved various teething troubles with his 1956 T15. So it was now ready to ride off into the sunset, yes? Well, we all know how that turns out…

Vs benissimo! • At the end of every project comes the moment of truth. Do your design decisions make sense when everything is assembled? Will it… you know… start? Stu Thomson finds out

PUB TALK • A treatise on tricycles, because PUB is tyred of the traumatic tussle with recalcitrant rubber on the garden path

Ollie's ODDJOBS • Once upon a time, cyclemotors were a stepping-stone from pedal-power to motorcycles. Maybe they will be again…

TALES FROM THE SAED • Ah, the sweet sounds of hair being torn, spanners being thrown and invective blown into the breeze. Frank’s having a good time, plainly…

THE OILY WAY