Classic Bike Guide

CBG workshop: Bought the wrong cable?

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Sam Hewitt

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26th August 2019

Damn. I recently bought a new front brake cable from Draganfly Motorcycles for the B31, as retardation was getting worse. Though true to form, I didn’t get around to fitting it until the old one snapped – twit. “Never mind, I have one at home,” I thought. But my bike has the 8in front hub,…
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Insurgent

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Sam Hewitt

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24th August 2019

One man’s triple fascination has led to the bike he always wanted to build. Totally unique, clever engineering means it could be put back to standard if so desired. Words and photography: Stuart Urquhart While admiring this stunning 750cc Trident Special, I could have sworn I saw ‘Insurgent’ ripple fleetingly across its luscious blue petrol…
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Finest hour

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Sam Hewitt

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24th August 2019

Arguably the Norton Rotary racer’s finest hour – Steve Hislop winning the 1992 Senior TT. It has gone down as one of the most famous battles the Island has seen, Hislop on his ABUS-backed Rotary and Carl Fogarty on his Yamaha Loctite OW01. Neither rider was used to their steeds, but both shot off from…
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Money doesn’t buy happiness good advice

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd August 2019

Like you say in Classic Bike Guide’s July editorial, not everyone has £10,000 for a bike – I never have. I would guess my collection of sometimes running semi-wrecks (although I don’t include my Honda VT500 Ascot in that definition, it being my one shiny-ish bike) might bring £3000 at a push, with the right…
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Constellation gearbox mods

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd August 2019

I found reading about the Royal Enfield (Constellation) on page 36 of the June issue of Classic Bike Guide very interesting. It reminded me of when my two boys and I rode Enfield bullets in trials and wrestled with the awful gear change of the Albion gearbox where in the end, in frustration, I tore…
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Laverda 750SF/SFC

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd August 2019

Words by Oli Hulme Photography by Matt and Mortons archive THE NAMING OF motorcycles usually follows a series of conventions. There’s the racing links – Bonneville, Le Mans and Montjuic. There are names that are supposed to represent the machine and rider’s vision – Dominator, Thunderbolt or Fireblade. And there’s those with seemingly random collections…
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Triumph TRW

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Sam Hewitt

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21st August 2019

Words by Oli Hulme PHOTOGRAPHY by Gary Chapman Triumph’s TRW military twin is a motorcycle that is adored by owners and respected by most experts. It’s a motorcycle you couldn’t buy when it was new, with its origins in an ill-tempered spat between two rivals and stayed in production largely unchanged for 17 years. Triumph…
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VMCC Festival of 1000 bikes

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Sam Hewitt

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20th August 2019

For one weekend in July, Mallory Park circuit is the scene of classic bikes from all decades being ridden hard! Words and photography by Matt I now know why so many have waxed lyrical about the smell of Castrol R. This early castor oil-based lubricant not only led to many advances for the internal combustion…
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Cleaning up with a cordless

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Sam Hewitt

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18th August 2019

LIKE MOST MOTORCYCLISTS I like to give my steeds an occasional wash, but I have a problem or two with that. I have no garden or attached garage and no parking outside, so there’s no way to hook up a hosepipe. I keep my bikes in a lock-up that has no water supply or mains…
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Prescott Bike Festivaland Hill Climb

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Sam Hewitt

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16th August 2019

Words and Pictures by Oli PRESCOTT IS A stunning venue for a festival of motorcycling. No soggy field or echoing agricultural shed this, but rather the home of the Bugatti Trust, set in the wooded acres of a Cotswold estate, sheltered from the very worst weather an English summer can provide. And there’s a fabulous…
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