Classic Bike Guide

Two new Royal Enfield twins offer ‘pure motorcycling’

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Darren Hendley

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31st December 2017

TWO NEW TWINS from Royal Enfield have broken cover as the company says it wants to promote ‘pure motorcycling’. A brand new 648cc ohc twin engine developed in India and the UK will power two new machines; a café racer Continental GT and an Interceptor INT roadster. Royal Enfield’s president, Rudratej Singh, and CEO, Siddartha…
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BMW R90S

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Darren Hendley

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25th December 2017

It is hard nowadays to believe that during the early Seventies BMW suffered from a poor and staid image. BMWs were well-designed and extremely reliable machines, but they were not seen as the most desirable motorcycles on the planet. Words & photography by Stuart Urquhart Falling sales became a significant threat to the motorcycle division…
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Manx road race legend Don Padgett dies

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Darren Hendley

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22nd December 2017

LEGENDARY ROAD RACER Don Padgett passed away on Monday, November 13. Don, along with his brother Peter, started the famous Padgetts of Batley dealership in the late 1950s which has expanded into what is now one of the biggest motorcycle dealers in the country and the UKs longest standing dealer in Honda, Suzuki and Yamahas.…
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January 2018

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Darren Hendley

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22nd December 2017

From the Archive: John Cowie on the Gus Kuhn-prepared BMW, TT, 1976 BMW R90S: A look at a beautiful, unrestored R90S Subscribe! Get 12 issues for the price of 10 when you subscribe for a year – bargain! Buying Guide – Ariel Super Sports Arrow: Innovative, fun, charming and great value Buying Guide – Kawasaki…
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Thermals? Check. ‘I’m just popping out, dear’

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Darren Hendley

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22nd December 2017

All that well-intentioned squit last month I wrote about workshop jobs to do? Well, I, er, there’s an issue. You see, as lucky as it is working around bikes, you are constantly reminded just how much fun riding them is, like my friend Martin, above, on his wonderful Guzzi Ambassador. Never mind that the temperature…
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Thruxton thriller

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Darren Hendley

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16th December 2017

Allan Jackson wanted a new Triumph Thruxton, so took this non-running Bonneville and created his own. Friend of Allans, Stuart Urquhart, recalls the story behind the superb job this first-time builder has done and shows what can be done with a little help from your friends. Words & photography by Stuart Urquhart Allan Jackson is…
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Fantic to bring back the Caballero

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Darren Hendley

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15th December 2017

THEY PRODUCED A 16-year-old’s dream in the 1970s – the 60mph GT50 moped. They also made the 50cc and 125cc Chopper and one of the best small trail bikes of the era, the Caballero. Now, Italian manufacturer Fantic is bringing back that name for a brand-new scrambler-themed machine with a look that is both up-to-date…
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Ethanol treatment is a star

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Darren Hendley

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14th December 2017

The risks of leaving modern ethanol-rich petrol sitting in tanks and the damage it can do is becoming more commonly understood, especially in the winter when motorcycles see less use on the roads. Spares supplier Wemoto is now selling ethanol treatment Star Tron in quantities from 30ml to a litre – enough to treat 720…
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Kawasaki invokes the spirit of ‘72

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Darren Hendley

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9th December 2017

KAWASAKI HAS FINALLY unveiled the long-awaited retro-themed Z900RS, based on the look of the classic Z1 of 1972. Tagged a ‘Retro Sport’ thanks to its RS moniker, the new Z900RS has been painstakingly created by Kawasaki’s styling department and factory engineers as an all-new machine sharing some lineage with the four-cylinder water-cooled Z900. The Z900RS…
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JMC Norton and Metisse

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Darren Hendley

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6th December 2017

A perfect brace When you commission your dream bike to be built from scratch, if you can’t decide what you want, why not have two? Words Matt Hull Photography Jason Critchell Standing in the workshops of JMC Classics and Restorations, between a multitude of Vincents in various stages of undress, I’m faced with two very interesting…
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