Classic Bike Guide

Tribute Twin

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd May 2017

What’s this? Did BSA build a previously undiscovered prototype cammy A10? WORDS AND PHOTOS BY PAUL MILES KAWASAKI’S MILLENNIAL W650 parallel twin has deservedly carved out a niche in the marketplace as a go-to, easy to live with retro-styled machine. The long-stroke 72 x 80mm 676cc air-cooled motor is very much of classic proportions, the…
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Real or replica?

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Sam Hewitt

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28th April 2017

FROM THE ARCHIVES The final version of BSA’s pre-unit 650 twin was so good that people have been recreating the things ever since Small Heath stopped building them IF THERE WAS an award for the most widely faked classic motorcycle in the world, then BSA’s Rocket Gold Star would be a strong contender. BSA only…
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Vee time too

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Sam Hewitt

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26th April 2017

ALL OF A SUDDEN – and it always somehow comes as a complete surprise – the clocks spring forward and winter’s gone. You can perform physics as well as I can, and we both know that the clock shift has no effect on the weather. Come along now, it can’t. But it does. No sooner…
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May 2017

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Sam Hewitt

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26th April 2017

[su_note note_color=”#c0142b” text_color=”#ffffff”]Current issue: May 2017 – Next issue: June 2017 (on sale: May 31)[/su_note] RIDING LIFE News, much of it. New oil can and even more excitement. Also a report on a super Scottish show SUBSCRIBE! Save a little money, get the magazine a little early. Thrills beyond imagination. Hopefully EARLY WARNING Get ready for the Beezumph…
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IN THE MAY 2017 ISSUE

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Sam Hewitt

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25th April 2017

Classic & Custom: MINDFUL THAT MARCH in Scotland can mean ice, blizzards, floods or brilliant sunshine, the Scottish Motorcycle Show is now mainly contained in three large, heated halls. Thankfully this year’s show broke recent tradition with uncharacteristically mild weather and no snow. As a result the stunt shows and bike fire-ups were very well…
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Strife on an auction wave!

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Sam Hewitt

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19th April 2017

After a bike? Fancy a fun day out kicking tyres? Try visiting an auction: fun for all the family WORDS BY Oliver Hulme PICTURES BY Christopher Dickinson and Bonhams THANKS TO Jonathan Hoare for the headline YOU’VE DECIDED THAT you want to buy or sell a classic bike, but where do you start? If you…
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Dressing up

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Sam Hewitt

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19th April 2017

Summer’s approaching. Time to sort out new waterproofs… WORDS BY OLIVER HULME SUMMER IS COMING, and anyone who rides all year round will know the uncomfortable feeling of sweat trickling down their back and the smell well-worn all-weather gear acquires after a long ride on a hot summer day. Most people will shed layers to…
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Rebuilding the Bimmer

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Sam Hewitt

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19th April 2017

Fancy a challenge? Rebuilding an airhead BMW can be its own reward WORDS BY ROB DAVIES AND COLIN WILLIAMS PHOTOS BY COLIN WILLIAMS AFTER BEING RAISED on the good old British names of BSA and Triumph during the golden years of the 1970s while at the same time being spoon-fed such patriotic films as ‘Reach…
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TRACKMASTER for the road

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Sam Hewitt

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19th April 2017

Heinz Lange watched some dirt track racing, loved the bikes, so built his own. This is it… WORDS BY PHILLIP TOOTH PHOTOS BY PHILLIP TOOTH & DAN MAHONEY “The first time that I saw a Trackmaster framed Triumph was when I was at Daytona for the AHRMA classic race series,” says Heinz Lange, who had flown…
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SPECIAL K

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Sam Hewitt

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19th April 2017

I BOUGHT CBG specifically for the article on the BMW R90 special. I was a little disappointed to see how inaccurately the machine was described with K1100 front and rear ends. I would suggest that they are in fact from an early K100 with later model wheels. K1100s have paralever rear ends and the front…
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