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!)

WHO’S DONE WHAT

FROM THE FRONT

SWEETLY Sloping • Is a sloper engine more than just a passing fashion? Alan Cathcart investigates a handsome Ariel…

ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT

MONEY MATTERS

HIGH BEAM

ARCHIVE HOUR

THE ELECTRIC AGE

SERVICE STARS

EQUAL OPS

IMPALED BY IMPALA

A THREAD ON THREADS

TERRIER TIMES

TURNER’S TERRIFIC TERRIER

66 REASONS TO SMILE

SLIP SOLUTION

ONE IS ENOUGH

norton's WORK HORSE • Everybody knows the famous ES2, Norton’s handsome ohv single. Fewer folk are aware of the Model 18, its workaday stablemate. Frank Westworth encounters an old friend…

Hooray FOR HOLLYWOOD • Talk about living with legends: the film stars associated with Triumph twins could fill any hall of fame. Steve McQueen, James Dean, Clint Eastwood and, erm, The Fonz have taken turns in the sprung saddle of Turner’s twin. Paul Miles joins them (could get crowded)

Vintage SAKI • Kawasaki’s 250 two-stroke always was a potent brew. Andrew Smith discovers that it’s hardly mellowed with age…

WHAT THE PAPERS Said

REAL ROCKET • When Rob Smith bought a café racer A10 more than half a century ago, it wasn’t quite the Rocket Gold Star which the seller had described. Since then it’s been reincarnated several times and is still going strong…

Riding HIGH • When BMW built their first Gelände/Straße boxer, no one knew they were inventing an entire class of modern motorcycle. Yet the original adventure-sport machines are still going strong. Mick Webb’s airhead has taken him to the top of the world…

OUTWARD BOUND • Back in the saddle? Here’s some dates for your riding diary

Classic Techniques • Stuart Francis has been fault-finding and fixing electrical systems on old bikes for more than four decades. Dynamos, he says, can be very reliable when correctly set-up and maintained…

Finders SEEKERS • John Lay wasn’t looking for another project, but one found him anyway. Say ¡Hola! to the Ducati which was built in Barcelona…

PUB TALK • In these difficult times, some rare compliments for DVLA and even DfT…

Ollie's ODDJOBS

TALES FROM THE SHED • Life in AMC Corner. Frank’s been riding a Bracebridge Street Norton while fiddling with Plumstead plodders. How creative, or something. Exhausting, maybe?