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Specialist classic bike insurance: why it’s important

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16th August 2025

You own a classic bike, right? It’s a piece of living history, not just a way to get to work. An historic motorcycle is much more than adequate transport: it’s part of the country’s motoring heritage, incorporating the engineering innovation of the past and carrying significant cultural associations. You can’t just pop down to a…
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TRX TURNS 30

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12th July 2025

2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Yamaha’s supersports twin, the TRX850. Jon Lambley helped to organise the bike’s big birthday bash… In late 2024, a few members of the Yamaha TRX Owners Group UK on Facebook, Andy, Paul, Adam and me, decided that we needed to plan an event to celebrate the 30th anniversary in…
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RealClassic Reading

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30th June 2025

Looking for brilliant books about bikes to take to the beach? Here’s some suitable suggestions, from touring tales in the Canadian wilderness to MV Agusta’s grand prix racing history, to a fictional roadtrip through the landscape of life… Regular RC readers will be familiar with Nick Adam’s high-mileage meanderings on various old bikes, typically his…
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Classic Bikes For Sale

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22nd June 2025

This month’s Small Ad selection features the three big Britbike hitters – BSA, Triumph and Norton – plus a sample of some unusual suspects. All are up for grabs in the June issue of the monthly magazine. And there’s even more coming in July’s issue… BSA GOLD STAR, 1959. Immaculate 500cc in Clubman trim. Twin…
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Old Bikes In Ayr

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21st June 2025

The Scottish Classic Motorcycle Show was held on Saturday 14th June. The day dawned and was disappointingly wet. The show is held in the main function room of Ayr Racecourse so that weather was not as big a problem as it could have been. The exhibits are arranged in rosettes in the centre of the…
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Plugs & Leads: Classic Bike News

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20th May 2025

What’s new in the world of classic motorcycles? Hard-to-find magneto spares, a chance to win a Triumph Bonneville, a new book about old bikes, the opportunity to show off your classic in Kent, and something only slightly silly… Magneto shims for the Lucas K2F fitted to so many old British bikes have been unavailable for…
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Classic Bikes For Sale

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11th May 2025

Welcome to our latest showcase of classified ads, selected from the classic motorcycles advertised for sale recently in the RealClassic readers’ ads. There’s more every month in the magazine, but here’s a few which caught our attention in the May issue… TRIUMPH 5T SPEED TWIN, pre unit, 1959. Easy starter, runs and rides as it…
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Classic Racing

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5th January 2025

While it’s winter in the northern hemisphere – which makes short-circuit motorcycle racing a little tricky – the sun is shining on the other side of the world. Stuart Francis reports on the classic track action in New Zealand… The tenth Totalspan CAMS Southern Classic Festival in New Zealand attracted nearly 200 individual entries at…
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Clubmans Corner

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30th December 2024

Classic motorcycle clubs keep the wheels turning on the old bike world. If you’re not a member, this is what you might’ve missed out on in the last couple of months.. A special ceremony was held last autumn to commemorate 100 years of motocross – well, more accurately, a century since the first official competitive…
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Winter Classic Winners

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26th December 2024

We’ve always believed that RealClassic is Britain’s best-value classic bike magazine, and as part of that ethos we’re delighted to give our subscribers a little extra something. So we’re delighted to announce the six winsome winners of our most recent giveaway – that’s six RealClassic readers who’ll be treating a friend to free entry at…
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