February 2024

Latest Issue, Latest Issue RC
RealClassic revels in the nuts and bolts of running, riding and rebuilding real classic motorcycles. Expert and enthusiastic real-life riders from across the world share their passion for old bikes. This month: Rickman Interceptor Last month, Oily Boot Bob bought a ‘ready to ride’ Rickman Interceptor. Almost immediately, he has to take it apart. And then it takes some time to…
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Clubman’s Corner: cover your Kettle!

Features, News
Members of the Kettle Club – which caters for Suzuki’s iconic 750 two-stroke – now benefit from a bespoke insurance scheme, specifically tailored to meet their needs… Launched in 1971, the water-cooled inline triple established itself as a smooth, comfortable grand tourer, unique in a world dominated by identikit four-cylinder four-stroke sportsbikes. At 550lb, the GT750 was never particularly frisky…
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Norton Model 50: Something a little different

Features
Norton was long associated with sporting singles, especially the firm’s highly competitive cammy racers of the pre-war era. But in the mid-1950s a very different single-cylinder 350 joined the line-up, as Rowena Hoseason reveals… Not to be confused with Norton’s pre-war Model 50, the post-war 350 arrived for 1956 and shared many of its cycle parts with the Model 19…
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The Bristol Classic MotorCycle Show set to return in February with special guests

News
The 2024 Bristol Classic MotorCycle Show will once again be the ‘Best in the West’ as it is set to return with a weekend celebrating the nostalgia, timelessness and elegance of classic bikes. Taking place from February 24-25 at The Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet, thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts will head to the south-west of England to…
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