Real Classic

RealClassic magazine features the very best British motorcycles from all eras, plus charismatic Continental machines (and the odd Japanese classics crops up occasionally, too). Long term classic riders will recognise many of the members of the RC team, which includes authors, historians and journalists like Steve Wilson, Dave Minton, Matt Vale, Odgie, Jacqueline 'PUB' Bickerstaff, Rowena Hoseason and editor Frank Westworth -- but the magazine's key feature is that it is firmly grounded in the real world. Our articles are written by real life riders and reflect far more than a simple road test ever can. We're never scared of getting grubby in The Shed (and we even admit it when things go horribly wrong!)

Real Classic

FROM THE FRONT

CENTENARY Bike • Early motorcycles can offer a considerable challenge to modern riders. Alan Cathcart encounters the Omega, sent from Coventry…

INCOMING! • RC readers write, rant and rattle on… Summat to say? Send your comments, hints, tips, tales of woe and derring-don’t to RCHQ@RealClassic.net

LETTER FROM AMERICA • A fitting way to remember a good friend: rebuilding Ronnie’s bike…

WHAT THE PAPERS SAID

REFLECTED Glory • The Zenith marque isn’t normally associated with workaday utility singles. So of course, that’s exactly what Rowena Hoseason uncovered…

Strudel STROKER • Bored with grey porridge? Ace Tester Miles reckons this lightweight two-stroke is good enough to make anyone want to Puch…

ONE OWNER from new • These days, people pay a pretty penny for barn-find bikes in original condition. When Alan McMullen started looking for a project, there was one ready and waiting in his very own shed…

THE PAGE PROJECT • It’s the riding season right now, but preparing an old bike for sunny summer excursions takes plenty of preparation. Reg Eyre narrates a winter’s tale…

A LIVING LEGEND • Fifty years after the T160 Trident went out of production, rumours of its long-lost, long-stroke siblings abound. Jerry Hutchinson investigates the appearance of the Thunderbird III 900…

Make DO & MEND PART TWO • Last month, Stu Thomson began to discover which components he’s not got and how easy they aren’t to find. This time: top end tangles and ignition adventures…

Finding FINE FETTLE PART THE LAST • Last month, Paul Henshaw got to grips with a Triumph 350 in trail trim. A few teeny-tiny little tasks remained to be completed, like fitting the centrestand spring…

PUB TALK • Jacks Caff opens with a bang, or more precisely a Bangers & Cash visit by Derek from Mathewsons auction house and the eponymous TV programme

Olie’s ODDJOBS • In which Ollie discovers that the current urge towards electric 2-wheelers is nothing new…

TALES FROM THE SHED • Rebuild time! This is the moment Frank’s been waiting for. Prepare for a slow story, then. Meanwhile…

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