Features
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Northern Lights
Earlier this summer we announced the opening of a bike-inspired café for the motorcycling community in Lancashire. RC regular Henry was wowed when he stopped for a coffee at the Brew ’n’ Sprocket in Preesall. Now we hear more about this unusual venue from Gary, the man who started it all… About 20 years ago,…
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A Classic Day at Crich Tramway
A 1922 BSA won the hearts and minds of the judges and public at last month’s Classic Motorcycle Day at Crich Tramway Village. The Model A is owned by John Shepherd and was awarded the trophy for the Best Pre-War Motorcycle – and then was paid the highest compliment possible by the visitors to the…
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Big Bike Sunday get even better!
Back in 1996, a club was formed to encourage the use of classic motorcycles in the North Yorkshire area. As you can see from the photos, the Aire Valley Classic Motorcycle Club has more than succeeded with its annual headline event, Big Bike Sunday. This charity fund-raiser started in 2002 as a bike night. It…
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New BSA Gold Star
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…
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Yorkshire Classic Bike Tour
What a week I’ve just had, says Derek Manders, in god’s own county, taking part in the VMCC Scarborough Touring Week for the eighth time. You would have thought that I would have had enough of riding in the same area year after year: no chance. North Yorkshire is like a drug, I’m hooked and…
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Plugs & Leads: news from the classic motorcycling scene
CRAVEN KITS FOR ENFIELD CLASSICS Owners of the current Royal Enfield Classic can now fit vintage-style Craven luggage to their machines, making the popular 350s even more practical. Craven Equipment have already produced fitting kits for the Meteor, Interceptor and Continental models, and now the Classic 350 can be easily equipped with Craven’s stylish and…
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SURVEY: Win a pair of Held gloves worth £190
RealClassic needs your feedback – and you could win a pair of Held’s award-winning gloves! We want to learn more about the old bike enthusiasts who read RC – every issue or just now and then – so we can keep the magazine firing on all cylinders for you. We’ve created a survey to help us do exactly…
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Book of the Week: Agostini on the British Circuits
Our latest book of the week is the new Agostini on the British Circuits by James Robinson, out next week and available to pre-order now! Celebrating the great Giacomo Agostini, winner of 122 motorcycling Grand Prix on his way to 15 world titles, Agostini: On the British Circuits is a stunning collection of period photographs…
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Hurricane Warning!
We’ve just heard from the Trident and Rocket 3 Owners’ Club that their annual track-based festival of fabulous motorcycles will have a distinctly orange tinge to it this time around. The club’s Beezumph Rally is celebrating its own 30th birthday and also the 50th anniversary of the commercial launch of the iconic Triumph X-75 Hurricane.…
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TriBSA 650
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…
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