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.

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Bolt from the blue

MAGAZINE NEEDS YOU…

A pleasure to endure • It’s hard not to be compelled by the combination of a healthy Honda four, their racing red, white and blue, and more than a little endurance cool. Like with this CB900F special…

‘If I had £10,000…’ • Disbursing our imaginary £10,000 is TT-winner, endurance racing star and leading Grand Prix journalist Mat Oxley

12 bikes you can buy • From tiddler dirt bikes to beautifully restored superbikes and unique specials, here are Gez Kane’s hand-picked bikes to tempt your wallet this autumn

Suzuki DR350 • Rugged, practical and capable, Suzuki’s single still cuts it on the trail. Long-term owner and keen trail rider Laurie Taylor explains why you really do want one

12 bikes that sold • The market remains almost as hot as the weather. Gez Kane’s selection shows that lightweights, middleweights and big-bore classics are all in demand – if the price is right

Honda Bros 650 • Otherwise known as Product One, Honda’s late ’80s V-twin was once desirable home-market exotica, but is now rare. Grab a bargain before they all disappear

More Dunlop magic • Michael Dunlop claims victory in three Classic TT classes and does a 129mph average-speed lap on a 1996 Suzuki GSX-R750

New Bultaco TSS350 • Historic Spanish company reprises its 1960s giant-killer

Modern classics threat

What’s new

Old school scrambles • Held in the beauty of Dorset, the British Bike Bonanza is a celebration of the golden era of off-road sport – and a glorious assault of the senses

Rescued, revived & ridden • The classic bikes that you have found, restored or just taken for a ride

In your November issue You can call me Cooley

Classic Bike

WHAT SPECIAL LOOKS LIKE • If you’ve ever fancied building a one-off motorcycle, let this fabulous Harris F1 CB900F be your inspiration

Harris: making bikes go round corners

Graeme Crosby • Arguably the greatest racer never to win a GP and certainly one of the most talented of a gilded generation. We drag the hilariously forthright Croz away from his workshop in New Zealand for a lunch on Zoom

The other Brit twin • With a total production run of around 4000 machines, Royal Enfield’s Interceptor can take some seeking. But it’s worth the effort

Which to buy, what to pay…

MODEL HISTORY

Ossa Yankee 500SS • Best known for off-roaders, Ossa doubled up their 250cc two-stroke single to create a genuinely unusual road bike. Was it just a quirky blip or a Spanish RD beater?

For just a few dollars more…

Moulsdale Foundation • Located on the outskirts of Glasgow is a superb collection of fabulous motorcycles (and more than a few great cars, too). We pop inside the charitable Moulsdale Foundation – the best museum you’ve never heard of…

Autumn deals from just

The road bike that beat Ago • Nothing brought Triumph-BSA more victories than their...