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  • Beezumph Is Back!

    Beezumph Is Back!

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    The TR3OC’s fabulous weekend festival returns to Cadwell Park for summer 2022… Along with so many other excellent events, the triple-tastic track-based Beezumph rally fell by the wayside in 2020 and 2021 – but now it’s back at Cadwell Park in July. This year’s event, organised as ever by the Trident and Rocket 3 Owners’…

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  • Winning RC Readers!

    Winning RC Readers!

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    We’ve always offered RC subscribers a little bit extra, to say thanks for your continued companionship with our shared adventures with classics (and clunkers!). So as well as receiving the best-valve old bike magazine on the market, delivered direct to the door, regular readers also benefit from a monthly subscriber newsletters, access to the exclusive…

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  • Motorcycles in the Movies

    Motorcycles in the Movies

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    The book ‘Taking it to the Limit: 20 Years Of Making Motorcycle Movies’ explores the untold stories from 40 films about motorcycle racing, including the award-winning Take It To The Limit. The author and filmmaker Peter Starr (above) reveals otherwise unpublished stories about some of the world’s greatest motorcycle stars, including Kenny Roberts and Barry…

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  • 50 Not Out

    50 Not Out

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    Half a century years ago (that’s 1972, for anyone who struggles with numbers that large!), Lynbrook Insurance was created – which makes the business something of a classic in its own right. So we’d like to say a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY from the whole RC Crew. 30 years ago, due to the personal interest of…

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  • Ride-In to Romney Marsh

    Ride-In to Romney Marsh

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    The popular Romney Marsh Ride-In Show and bikejumble returns on 8th May, for the first of three events scheduled for the 2022 season. As well as the usual motorcycle-only jumble, with outdoor pitches and more stalls in a huge marquee, this event also includes a special ride-in show. Visitors riding to Romney Marsh on a…

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  • Motorcycling Memories

    Motorcycling Memories

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    Frank Burbery has a warning for readers of RealClassic. Beware! After reading his first copy, he immediately bought two classic bikes (and a subscription to the magazine. Top man). This classic motorcycling thing is catching… I bought a 250 Can-Am Bombadier after reading about it in the RC. This was the first 2-stroke I’d owned…

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  • Tiger Cub Book Back!

    Tiger Cub Book Back!

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    It’s been out of print for a while, but the Triumph Tiger Cub Bible is now available once again, as Mike Powell explains… The Tiger Cub Bible is back in print from Veloce Publishing as part of their ‘classic reprint’ series. Any owner, enthusiast or rider with interest in these charismatic machines will find an…

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  • Which Japanese classic motorcycles are the most easy to live with?

    Which Japanese classic motorcycles are the most easy to live with?

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    In our quest to uncover practical classics that are easy to live with, we turn to Japanese machines. Enter Mark Redfern, who’s in an ideal position to compare three popular middleweights… There are plenty of people looking for a middleweight, easy to ride classic. We speak to lots of prospective purchasers who come to our…

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  • Which Japanese classic motorcycles are the most easy to live with?

    Which Japanese classic motorcycles are the most easy to live with?

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    In our quest to uncover practical classics that are easy to live with, we turn to Japanese machines. Enter Mark Redfern, who’s in an ideal position to compare three popular middleweights… There are plenty of people looking for a middleweight, easy to ride classic. We speak to lots of prospective purchasers who come to our…

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  • Yamaha TZR125

    Yamaha TZR125

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    Phil O’Hara wanted to make his learner-legal Yamaha stroker go faster. He also wanted to stop it oinking like a pig. The results of his experiments were a revelation… It was 1990 and I’d sold my car and required transport. These days one car generally replaces another, but this was then, not now. To substitute…

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