Classic Bike Guide

New Retro: What’s the new Royal Enfield like to live with?

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Sam Hewitt

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16th April 2019

A lot has been said about the Interceptor 650. So Oli and Matt try living with one in the UK. What’s it like? Words by Oli and Matt photography by Gary ‘I’ve got man flu’ Chapman Thanks to GV Bikes in Taunton and MotoGB, importer, for the loan bikes. This is a brand-new motorcycle. It’s…
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German Red Indian Scout

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Sam Hewitt

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16th April 2019

Until seven years ago, this Indian Scout had been owned by just one man. But this American was built, and has spent its life, in Germany. PHOTOGRAPHY: Gary Chapman Indian has always been a marque at the very forefront of motorcycle design and technology in the opening decades of the 20th century. Today, Indian is…
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MORE THAN 400 MOTORCYCLES TO BE OFFERED AT BONHAMS’ TWO-DAY STAFFORD SALE

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Andy

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12th April 2019

Bonhams biggest motorcycle auction to date April 27-28.
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Our pick at the Carole Nash Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show

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Sam Hewitt

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10th April 2019

Even snow couldn’t hinder the Bristol show and the South Westalways surprises. Here’s six that caught our eye… Words and Photography by Oliver Hulme Three weeks separated the weekend when the Bath and West Showground was turned into a snow-covered winterscape, postponing the Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show, and the positively spring-like rescheduled event. The later…
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Kickback and enjoy Cotswolds bike fest

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Sam Hewitt

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10th April 2019

PRESCOTT BIKE FESTIVAL returns to the Gloucestershire hills on June 15-16. The festival includes the best in custom builds, race bikes, factory bikes, prototypes, historic and record beating machines. The event features the popular ‘Run the Hill’ where more than 200 members of the public run the historic hill climb course on a range of…
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Eventful times with my BSA C10

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Sam Hewitt

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10th April 2019

A letter by Alan Freke has reminded me of an event with my first motorcycle, a 1954 BSA C10L. It was 1962, I was 16 years old and purchasing my first motor vehicle, a used motorcycle. My mother had suggesteda bike, her parents had travelled around England for many years on a bike and sidecar.…
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Motorcycles that matter: Vincent Grey Flash

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Sam Hewitt

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10th April 2019

The Vincent Grey Flash is one of the most iconic British competition machines from the 1950s. Rachael Clegg discovers that the Grey Flash – so recognisable for its chalky livery – lived up to its name in every way imaginable August 1951: it’s the Auto Cycle Union’s International Race Meeting at Thruxton circuit, Hampshire. The…
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Middle class parenting at its best!

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Sam Hewitt

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10th April 2019

Oh, the shock – a father sitting on a motorbike, smoking, while his young son looks on. Nowadays, such behaviour could be seen as bad parenting; however, said gentleman is Graham Walker, who has just won the Lightweight TT race, and the young boy is one Graham Murray Walker. The year is 1931 and Graham…
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Old or new?

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Sam Hewitt

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10th April 2019

At the moment I am a lucky boy and have a varied concoction to ride. Royal Enfield have loaned me one of their new 650 Interceptors, which you can read about what it’s like to live with on page 52. I’ve been enjoying the blend of ‘hop on and go’ of a new bike, with…
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Kop Hill Climb Festival marks 10 years this autumn

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Darren Hendley

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5th April 2019

Organisers are calling for owners of interesting motorcycles to join them to run the hill.
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