Classic Bike Guide
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Fantic to bring back the Caballero
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
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
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
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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New MoT exemption rules firmed up
THE GOVERNMENT HAS clarified details of what will happen when the new 40-year MoT Exemption is introduced in May 2018. Details of what the words ‘substantially modified’ mean, which is the term used to classify whether a vehicle can be considered exempt, have been firmed up. There has also been a change in the date…
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GPO Bantams
Forever young Teenagers, telegrams & two-strokes Hear the highest revs and see through the haze of blue smoke – it’s the GPO’s finest, disappearing from view, remembering great times gone yet still delivering half a century on. ‘What do you want to do when you grow up?’ It’s a question I was never allowed to…
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Bremen show goes to the TT
THE ISLE OF MAN TT is the focus at one of Europe’s biggest classic vehicle shows in February. The organisers of the Bremen Classic Motorshow are exhibiting a group of 20 British motorcycles never shown together before, from Friday, February 2 to Sunday, February 4, at the Bremen Fair in Germany. The special exhibition entitled…
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Welcome
Blimey – it’s cold outside. All too quickly, the nights are drawing in and the temperature is dropping like a valve on a botched downshift. So is it time to wrap the bikes up and dream of next spring? Well if you’re like us at CBG, then fewer riding opportunities signal the busiest time of…
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December 2017
From the archive We look at the varied life of the BSA Bantam. Telegram Bantam boys! Two of the original telegram boys tell their tales of the days on GPO BSA Bantams. Subscribe! Get your magazine before everyone else and for this month receive one of our great new T-shirts for free! Buying Guide –…
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Getting to know you
Working on your bike can be as satisfying as a good ride, once you know how. We look at how to go through some basic maintenance to make sure your ride on a British bike isn’t a sour one. In our modern world of cars that need for nothing but petrol in between 20,000 mile…
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