Classic Bike Hub UK

Every inch of Russ Gannicott’s 250cc Enfield racer has been tweaked and tightened or gas-flowed and lightened. Time to give it a try, then… With the bike finally built we got permission to do our testing at Hurn Airport, and on a sunny February day the Super 5 first burst into life. On first push,…

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Russ Gannicott gets a yen to go classic racing, so finds himself an unusual 250cc Royal Enfield and starts prepping it for action… I guess it all started when I was sixteen, riding my new FSIE back and forth across the New Forest to attend Brockenhurst sixth form college. Every morning at around the half…

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The lean-burn Electra X Enfield isn’t everyone’s cuppa tea, so how about heading back to basics with the Spartan Pre-65 trials bike? Or if you prefer to travel on tarmac, maybe the full-dress touring Sixty-5 would suit you, sir? For classic bike fans, the Spartan Bullet was just about the most exciting bike on display…

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A giant leap for mankind? Or just another new Bullet? Rowena Hoseason takes a quick spin on the latest Royal Enfield to go on sale in the UK… Royal Enfield have been talking about their lean-burn engine since the late 1990s. It’s been on the drawing board for a while, the 350cc version has been…

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What happens when you combine classic motorcycle wiring and feminine intuition? Emm lights the blue touch paper and we should all stand well back… Royal Enfield motorcycles bear the slogan ‘Made like a Gun’. Olive, as an example of a Royal Enfield 500 Bullet, is not so much a motorbike ‘made like a battle-ready, empire…

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You need to possess a certain sort of Something to really enjoy owning and riding a classic bike. Does Steve The Toast have that Something? He’s probably going to self-destruct in the attempt to find out… Classic British grey skies greeted me when I squinted out the window on the Sunday morning. This seemed most…

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After reading various roadtests, Aged P actually bought one. He shares his first impressions of the Enfield Sixty-5 and gives some Real Classic Motorcycle advice to other prospective returning riders… Bear in mind that, after many years away from bikes and biking, I regard myself now as a ‘returning novice’, and I never was much…

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We feel that everyone should be told how Emm’s adventures with her Royal Enfield are progressing (even though we run the risk of becoming RealBullet.co.uk). This time, she gets in a bit of a flap… Despite rabid heckling from the gallery for ‘Royal Enfield Bullet – the First Service’ and ‘Bullet 500cc – The Next…

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Steve Wilson didn’t really need to ride another Enfield straight away, but we wanted to do the ‘out standing in his field’ joke. So he just had to go a-trialling-oh… If you want to go trail riding in proper classic style, then you need to get something relatively reliable, affordable and fuss-free, and do it…

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Emm collects her new classic bike. Emm loves her new classic bike. The new classic bike wasn’t yet available for comment… Visitors to this site will know that I have eagerly awaited the opportunity to collect a new motorbike recently and, with thanks to those of you that have whet my appetite over the last…

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