Buying Guide Archives

New BSA Gold Star

9th July 2023 RowenaH Buying Guide, Features, New & Features, Reviews

We take the new BSA super-single for a spin in the July issue of the magazine. We also hear from one owner who put his money where his mouth is. Chris Golby tells us exactly what it’s like to own and ride the dohc 652cc Goldie… Unfortunately, however, there wasn’t a whole lot of space on the printed page to…

TriBSA 650

20th January 2023 RowenaH Buying Guide, Features, From The Archive, Your Ride

Out of the archive: in another blast from the past we look back at an article John Walton wrote in the early days of RealClassic… looking back at a bike he owned a couple of decades before then! Step into our time machine to meet a pre-unit Triumph 650 twin housed in a BSA A10 chassis… Back in the mists…

Triumph Tiger Cub

21st November 2022 RowenaH Buying Guide, Features, Reviews

Edward Turner’s cobby Cub has been a firm favourite with classic fans since the early 1950s – and the mighty mite is regularly featured in depth in the monthly magazine. Here are some of the highlights, should you be tempted to bid on a T20 right now… Triumph’s first production sprung frame plunged (ahem) into existence when the T15 Terrier…

Veloette Viper Highlights

8th September 2022 RowenaH Buying Guide, Features, Reviews, Road Tests

In the August issue of the magazine, Peter Hatfield shares his experiences of owning a 350 sports Velocette single. Here’s some of the background to the model, to get you in the mood for the full-length feature… Back in 1955, Velocette’s design engineer, Charles Udall, transformed the 350 MAC and 500 MSS all-rounders into sprightly sporters, the Venom and Viper…

Yamaha TZR125

13th March 2022 RowenaH Buying Guide, Features, Retro Classic, Reviews, Road Tests, Workshop, Your Ride

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 the metal box that had…

Your Guide To… BMW K100

7th March 2022 Sam Hewitt Buying Guide

This was one of the last stories Rob Davies, a regular CBG contributor, wrote for us before illness took him. Right to the end, he was trying to convince himself of bikes he didn’t think he would like. Words: The late Rob DaviesPhotography: Robin Horton, Ales Tomis and BSK SpeedworksPublished: Classic Bike Guide – December 2021 Remember the story of…