Retro & Classic Bike Enthusiast is a collector’s magazine for true enthusiasts from motorcycle restorers and retro bike owners to businesses that service the industry. This technical guide focuses purely on retro and classic motorcycling content but more importantly the bikes themselves not just the lifestyle. Every issue is packed full of content keeping readers up to date with Club listings, new products and retro bike industry news, as well as showing off its favourite workshops in the My Shop feature, tips on restoration and engine building, staff bike rebuilds and tyre size and buyer’s guides. Perfect for any truly passionate and enthusiastic retro bike fanatics.
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CROSSOVER • One part café racer, one part streetfighter, six parts Honda
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THIS Sporting LIFE • Gasoline Motor Co. pays tribute to the granddaddy of tracker style
THE KING IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE KING
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SUPERIOR COMPLEX • Is the Brough Superior SS100 the most desirable motorcycle ever built?
BROUGHS IN AUSTRALIA
Numero Uno • MV Agusta honours its most famous son with a signature model
AGO IN AUSTRALIA
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BORN FREE • Australia’s wildest chopper escapes from the hallowed halls of Deakin University in Geelong
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MID-CITY MAKEOVER • How to make a Royal Enfield GT 650 stand out from the pack
ENFIELD FACTORY CUSTOM
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INDECENT OBSESSION • With four cylinders, eight connecting rods and 32 valves, Honda’s oval-piston NR750 pushed the boundaries of four-stroke technology
EIGHT IS ENOUGH
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HAPPY DAYS • Phil Rowe turns his considerable skills to a bobber affectionately known as ‘the Fonzie Bike’
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The Duck's Guts • Rob Labuc felt Ducati missed the mark with the Sport Classic range, so he built his own
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STRAIGHT LINE FEVER • From the home of hot rods in Castlemaine, Victoria, a Kawasaki 900 that goes as fast as it looks
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Too cool for school • Pint-sized café racer punches above its weight
ROOKIE RACER
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CULTURE SHOCK • How Kawasaki turned a British dunger into an endearing icon
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ON ANY SUNDAY
BIKES, BLUES & BEERS
CORNERING ETIQUETTE