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.

HOT LAPS AND COOL CLASSICS

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The white charger • How Hislop’s historic 1992 Senior TT victory marked a moment for British motorcycling

Motocross mayhem • The Mortimer 100-miler is four hours of frantic fun on classic dirt bikes. We went along to enjoy the On Any Sunday-style action – on a Saturday

From the mists of time trials • An insight into the men and machines that engaged in competition in the early days of the 20th century

Road Atlas revised • American market 1967 Norton gets sympathetic upgrades and a British design makeover

On the wild side of the seaside • CB reader unearths early ’60s photographs of sprint pilgrimage to Ramsgate

ISDT COVERAGE WAS IN VGC

Midsummer gladness • Racing, scrambling, shows, autojumbles, ride-ins, sunshine! We’ve a lot to be thankful for...

GREEN GENIUS • Moto Guzzi’s V7 Sport propelled the firm into a new era of soul-stirring sporting bikes. We ride one 50 years after its launch and recount the model’s turbulent inception

RESPECT THE UNEXPECTED • This Moto Guzzi started out as a V7 Sport – but ended up as a no-compromise racer that did the business at Daytona

Norman White • The famed Norton Commando expert reveals how he beat the Americans at drag racing, what he used to argue about with Peter Williams and why he can’t retire

ENDURING APPEAL • As the Bol d’Or celebrates its centenary, we look back at how the French passion for racing around the clock developed

Japauto Honda 950SS • Japauto saw the racing potential of the CB750 quicker than most, but added some tweaks of their own that would create one of the most iconic endurance racing machines of all time

Godier & Genoud Kawasaki Z1 • This innovative machine set a new benchmark for world endurance racing machines, due to its ease of maintenance as well as its performance on the track

Sonauto Yamaha TZ750 • With the aim of grabbing an hour’s primetime TV, Sonauto Yamaha ran a TZ750 two-stroke at the Bol d’Or – and ended up realising they had a real shot at winning

Laverda V6 • Still lauded as one of the great technological achievements of 1970s endurance racing, this machine nevertheless was only allowed one chance to match the hype with racing success

Honda ELFe • The radical Eighties racer looked set to redefine the motorcycle as we knew it… but, some 40 years on, the old traditions that pre-dated it continue to flourish

Smoke & Mirrors • Acres of chrome and polished alloy along with all the snap and crackle you could want. Is Suzuki’s 50-yearold GT550 a real overlooked gem?

Two-wheeled antics in Antarctica • Being a scientist stuck in the south polar regions researching climate change sounds a hard life. But these guys have a history of larking around on bikes like this Matchless, as we discovered...

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The hole truth • It‘s been a carburettor month in Rick’s world, so to kick off here’s a...