Classic Bike Guide

Classic Bike Guide is a down to earth, practical - and sometimes irreverent - magazine that gets right to the heart of the classic bike world. With a mixture of features, tests, reviews and event reports it is the title that has become a must for the active rider and restorer. Classic Bike Guide magazine - with the biggest and best readers adverts - FREE! Enjoy the digital edition - and save over 50% on the print susbcription price.

Welcome!

■ Just a summer’s holiday

Normandy Beach Race 2021 • Once a year, the historic beach code named Sword in the Normandy landings of 1944, now plays to a different tune – that of vintage bikes and cars racing through the sand.

For your delight, we bring you

Classic Bike Guide UK

Classics join the new at Motorcycle Live

Win tickets to Motorcycle Live!

BRAKING OUT THE RUBBER HOSES

AUSSIE BMW FANS GIVE BIRTH TO NEW SPARKS

OXFORD’S HEAVY METAL BEAST

CCM SET TO MOVE INTO EUROPEAN MARKETS WITH CASH BOOST

KAWASAKI REVIVES CLASSIC 1970s LOOKS FOR ITS NEW 650

LOST OGRIS BREAK COVER

HELP THE AMBUCOPTER WITH ANDY’S CALENDAR

This month’s star letter wins

Vinegar on chips and so much more

Anything to say?

Fancy a day out?

TriBSA 750 • The bike BSA should have built.

The Triton Influence

Dresda Triton • This isn’t just a Triton. This is a Dave Degens Dresda Triton.

SPECIFICATION (1969 DRESDA TRITON)

What do you need TO BUILD A TRITON?

WHAT TYPE OF THREAD DO YOU HAVE?

Nuts and bolts A BEGINNER’S GUIDE • Whitworth, AF, imperial, metric, fine course and Allen heads – what the hell does it all mean? We attempt to make it clear and simple – except it’s not that simple…

DID YOU KNOW?

Hodaka

Honda

Japanese Bike Guide

Kawasaki

Suzuki

Yamaha

Marusho Lilac

Meguro

Moto Guzzi V7 • Moto Guzzi has lavished some love on its V7 to meet the latest laws and keep the Enfield and Triumph-buying public interested. It’s beautiful... does it succeed?

SPECIFICATION:

WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO ON OUR PROJECTS... Steve’s Yamaha AS1 Part five • Hammers, saws, chisels and gas torches all feature prominently this time.

Frame finishes

A sloppy bush • A loose bush on the rear brake is spoiling Hutch's new purchase, a Douglas T35

Rebuild time! • After a brief break from project BMW to get married, Matt now starts to build the R100S

Frank’s Famous Last Words • Do we never learn? Why is it that whenever one of his old bikes reappears in an advert, Frank wants it back? Madness…

Who do they think they are?