Classic Bike Hub UK

South of England RealClassic Bike Show Preview If you’re joining us at Ardingly on Sunday 12th October 2014, then you’ll find plenty to admire and enjoy at the South of England Showground. Here’s our list of Ten Things not to miss… There will of course be hundreds of classic bikes on display inside the heated…

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Looking for a winter project? There’s a few good candidates going under the hammer in the next couple of weeks… Online auctions have their attractions – not least that there’s something for sale every single minute of every single day – but physical sales still have their advantages too. If you turn up early to…

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The big beasts of the late 1970s and early 1980s will have their own classic motorcycle racing championship in 2012. The VMCC’s British Historic Racing introduce a new version of this class for the summer season… British Historic Racing – part of the VMCC – have resurrected the BEARS format and incorporated it into the…

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British Bike Auction Results Over £1.4 million was spent on classic motorcycles at the Bonhams auction at Stafford last month. The highest bid was, inevitably, for a Vincent Black Shadow, but we were watching the prices of some more down to earth classic British bikes… Looking through the sale results from the Bonhams auction at…

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Be quick! We’ve got six pairs of tickets, worth £20 per set, to give away to RealClassic magazine subscribers. The Show takes place on February 19th and 20th, so you’ll need to get your entry in PDQ… There are many wondrous benefits to being a RealClassic magazine subscriber. We send you a colourful publication at…

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Scrape the frost off your saddle and join the RealClassic Crew at the Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show on February 8th and 9th… If we’re lucky then the Bristol Show provides a perfect excuse for a brisk ride out on a crisp midwinter morning, the eerie mists of the Somerset levels swirling around our wheels, heading…

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If you live within riding range of Cassington and have an interest in British bikes, then the BMRC say you’ll be welcome at their weekly meetings… The BMRC are a group of enthusiastic and dedicated motorcyclists who meet each week at the Red Lion pub at Cassington, which is a short ride away from Oxford.…

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The BSA Bantam celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2008, so now is an excellent moment to introduce the club which caters to fans of the featherweight two-stroke… The BSA Bantam first went on general release to the British public in 1948. Built down to a price (£60 plus purchase tax), the Bantam provided get-to-work transport…

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One of the smallest old bikes inspires some of the most ferocious dedication among its owners and enthusiasts. Go to any classic motorcycle show and you’re bound to meet them… Next time you’re wandering around a classic bike show, keep your eyes peeled for a green gazebo beneath which lurks an interesting array of British…

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Buying Classic Bikes With big-ticket vintage and classic motorcycles selling for mega-money, some folk have been asking if classic bikes aren’t just getting ridiculously expensive. We snooped around the marketplace and found some cracking classics alive and kicking for under £3k… Yes, some Vincents sell for north of £100,000. Yes, a Zed One really did…

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