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

THE LUXURY Lightweight • Honda were building middleweight models with indicators and electric starters – why couldn’t Norton do the same? They did, in fact. Rowena Hoseason tells the tale

TECH TALK

NORTON ELECTRA FACT PACK

SPRING FORWARDS

TAKEN FOR A RIDE

ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT

THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING

BACK WITH A BEESA

RealClassic service STAR

PAINT: AGAIN!

BEST OF BRUTISH

BOYISH THINGS

DRUM CONUNDRUM

CHOKE HOLD

THESE FUELLISH THINGS

TIGER TEETHING TROUBLES

BEAUTY, BEHOLDER, ETC

ARTISTIC IMPRESSIONS

Ever READY • It might look like a Frankenbeast of a bike, but Nick Adams reckons you could spend all day in the saddle of this much-modded Triumph twin…

IN THE CLEARING.. • BMW’s air-head twins enjoy legions of dedicated fans and followers. Frank Westworth attempts to join that number. Again…

SPEED WITH SILENCE • In the long, long ago, Triumph were famous for their fine single-cylinder machines. Alan Cathcart explores Triumph before Turner aboard a Silent Scout…

THE Standby BIKE • Andy Hart needed a back-up old bike, a VMCC-eligible machine which would start instantly if his BSA wasn’t available. Enter the Honda CD: the perfect machine for getting you there…

READER ADS

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

LOCKDOWN K8 • Can’t afford an actual AJS Big Port? No problem. Chris Rimmer built a cheap and chirpy homage to the historic heroes of the Roaring Twenties…

Star QUALITY • When a friend was in need of a suitably sprightly BritBike, Odgie sprang into action to build an affordable 250 Beesa. So starts another saga to resurrect another unit single…

Classic Techniques • No need to blow a fuse, says Peter Hatfield, with old bike electrics. Try these modern modifications on your 12V British bike…

Finders SEEKERS • John Lay bought a non-running Ducati, originally built in Barcelona. With a freshly reconditioned clutch and a brand new decompressor, surely it should start first kick…?

PUB TALK • The Amal was, for a long time, the choice of carburettor for almost all British bikes, with which most readers may be familiar. But it was not always so. PUB reviews the origins of our carburettors

TALES FROM THE SHED • Oil, oil everywhere, most of it leaking. Frank is feeling non-poetic about a few things…