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.

HARVEY MUSHMAM Motorcycle fun ON EVERY SUNDAY • ‘Harvey’ had a major inspirational role in On Any Sunday – as well as many other Hollywood movies…

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SLIDE RULES • It may not happen every Sunday, but here in Britain there’s a racing series that lives up to the legend of Bruce Brown’s iconic ’70s movie. We get an insider preview of the 2021 championship

Dick Mann 1934-2021 • We celebrate the incredible life of the On Any Sunday star, BSA rider, Daytona 200 winner and general all-round American racing legend

THE WAY WE WERE

MINE’S A BUD • Jack Curwell bought himself a project as a birthday present — and turned it into this desert sled in a homage to Bud Ekins

Nothing compares to Z

Trident and tribulations

March issue stirs memories and prompts praise

Hoping for an endless summer • Our diary pages are back as the event season starts to move up through the gears…

ON ANY SUNDAY • CB celebrates the enduring appeal of Bruce Brown’s inspirational movie, released 50 years ago. Dedicated to Bruce, Steve McQueen, Mert Lawwill, Malcom Smith and all the racing heroes who made it a joy to behold

SLED HEADS • On Any Sunday reflected the prime of US desert racing - a sport in which Triumph and BSA riders like Bud Ekins excelled, propelled by their purpose-built desert sleds

DESERT RACERS

WHO NEEDS A DESERT? • Bruce Brown’s iconic movie made desert sleds super-cool. Half a century after the film’s release, they still are – even when they’re miles away from the nearest sand dunes

Going for a P • If you like the desert sled look, but don’t want a Triumph, Norton’s P11 is a rarer alternative

“RACING IS LIFE. ANYTHING BEFORE OR AFTER IS JUST WAITING”

All this and he was a test rider too

One to keep for Sunday best • McQueen’s 1963 Bonneville T120C remains the definitive desert sled – and the most expensive

JUST LIKE STEVE’S • There are plenty of McQueen replica Triumphs around, but few have been built with the attention to detail of Ace Classics’ faithful tributes

Dishy in the dirt • US brand Hodaka’s off-roaders with goofy names were serious fun

KNOW YOUR HODAKAS • Underneath the often kooky names there’s a roster of pukka machines that helped to blaze a trail for dirt bikes in the USA

‘WE ALL KNEW THE MOVIE WAS GOING TO BE AUTHENTIC, NOT A FAKE’ • We talk to Mert Lawwill, the 1969 AMA Grand National Champion and On Any Sunday star whose post-racing career has included creating a proper Harley street tracker… and a range of medical prosthetics

Who’s the daddy? • After a poor start, Harley’s XR750 became the flat-track king

AMA season 1970 • Standout stats from the US championship highlighted in OAS

Beautifully BRUTAL • Neil Armstrong loves the poise and purpose of flat-trackers. That’s what inspired him to build this pair of Triumphs – along with some input from one of the racing stars of On Any Sunday

A genuine film star • The...