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Honda CL350

19th September 2017 RowenaH Features

Here’s another contender for our ‘compact classic’ competition. Honda’s street scrambler from the late 1960s comes with 100mph potential, electric starting and a not too scary purchase price. Richard Jones examines its credentials… So here’s the problem. You like the look of those trail / adventure bikes that seem to be ridden by everyone yet you don’t want the cost,…

Classic Bikes for Sale

14th September 2017 RowenaH Classified

There were so many brilliant old bikes for sale in this month’s magazine that we’ve had to do two online Small Ad selections. Last time, we looked at British classic bikes. This week, the spotlight falls on Japanese and Continental classics. We’ve got ready-to-ride roadsters for a grand, and gloriously restored Italian icons for just a tiny little bit more……

Egli Vincent

12th September 2017 RowenaH Features

Take an iconic British V-twin engine and wrap it in an uprated Continental chassis and – voila! – you have created the Egli Vincent. Well, that’s exactly what Fritz did. Richard Jones bumped into this example of the breed at a recent British Historic Racing meet, and it inspired him to investigate the background of the beast and its more…

Suzuki GT750

9th September 2017 RowenaH Features

Now that it’s an acknowledged cult classic, this iconic 1970s water-cooled 750 triple doesn’t come cheap. But if you spend one single quid to enter the VMCC’s raffle, there’s a chance you could win this very bike. So what’s it like to ride? Remember the ‘Universal Japanese Motorcycle’, that faintly derogatory term from the 1970s and 80s? Its point was…

Classic Bikes For Sale

8th September 2017 RowenaH Classified

There are simply stacks of brilliant classic bikes to buy in this issue of RealClassic magazine. In fact, there’s so many that we were total spoiled for choice with our online selection – so this month we’ll do TWO Small Ad Showcases. First up, six of the best old British bikes, simply begging for your attention… SUNBEAM S8, 1951. VGC.…

Moto Guzzi Falcone

5th September 2017 RowenaH Features

Which aspect of classic motorcycling is more important – the nuts, bolts and engineering which produces the bike’s performance potential? Or its charisma, its character; its joie de vivre? Richard Jones reckons this iconic Italian encapsulates all the attributes of a timeless classic bike… I could tell you that the Moto Guzzi Falcone of the 1950s has a single cylinder,…