Classic Bike Guide

Retros make big splash in Cologne

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd November 2018

COLOGNE’S INTERMOT SHOW showed that manufacturers are continuing to target the classic market with a range of retro models and machines that look to their manufacturer’s past glories. Suzuki made the biggest splash by reviving the Katana name for their latest semi-naked roadster based on the company’s 999cc GSX-S. Revitalised German manufacturer Horex revealed a…
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New owner sought for Métisse Motorcycles

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd November 2018

ONE OF THE best-known names in bespoke British motorcycle manufacturing, Métisse, is on the market. Métisse Motorcycles were originally created and developed in the 1960s by Rickman. Gerry Lisi runs Métisse at his Carswell, Oxfordshire premises and is looking for a buyer as he develops a new Rickman/Métisse museum on the site. Work on the 20,000…
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Your magazine needs you!

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd November 2018

Not often, in fact extremely rarely these days, a moment of clarity hits me and the other week I was bludgeoned with said ability to see ahead. You see, I’d looked forward to the coming Saturday with sheer glee – not because of what was planned, but because there was nothing planned. ‘I can spend…
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NOVEMBER ISSUE ON SALE NOW!

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Sam Hewitt

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1st November 2018

Get your hands on the latest issue of Classic Bike Guide NOW! Here’s what you can expect:
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MORINI 350 Sport/Strada

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Sam Hewitt

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31st October 2018

There were many fine motorcycles launched in the 1970s, but not many as widely respected as the Moto Morini 350 V-twin.
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Kawasaki KH400

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Sam Hewitt

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26th October 2018

After years in its larger brother’s shadow, the KH400 is now becoming sought-after in its own right.
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Scorned, derided and mocked; the Suzuki RE5

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Sam Hewitt

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26th October 2018

Scorned, derided and mocked; little polarises opinion like an RE5. Motorcycle history has never been kind to the losers and never more so than in the case of Suzuki’s oft reviled RE5. It was met with initial enthusiasm then furrowed brows before being written off as the late-20th century’s largest two-wheeled white elephant. And the…
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Corser and McGuinness battle it out at Goodwood

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Sam Hewitt

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24th October 2018

AN 89-YEAR-OLD SUPERCHARGED BMW and an Australian Superbike Racing legend were the stars of the show at the Goodwood Revival. Troy Corser piloted the 1929 BMW R57 Kompressor to victory in the second heat of the Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy double-header, combining 21st century knee-down style with mastery of the 125mph hand-change, supercharged, rigid-framed…
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Honda singles

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd October 2018

It was great to see a buyer’s guide to the Honda singles in CBG; it even featured a bike from my ‘wish’ list, the CB400SS, though I doubt I’ll see one this side of a lottery win or rich relative dying… Also of course my beloved CB250RS was in there, as I have two,…
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Modern classics give Avon a boost

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Sam Hewitt

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20th October 2018

Avon Motorcycle Tyres is capitalising on the recent surge of interest in British bike brands, with Triumph and CCM fitting them to new bikes. Royal Enfield is also fitting its 350cc bikes and Himalayan adventure bikes with Avon rubber. Despite the motorcycle market hitting a plateau and remaining largely static in the last 12…
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