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Inside the March issue of RealClassic…

5th March 2020 Sam Hewitt Latest Issue, News Leave a comment

The March issue of RealClassic magazine is packed full of classic machines, tales from the shed, in-depth interviews and striking photography. In our latest issue, we ride an AJS V-Twin, plus we re-trace the route of the 1949 ISDT on an array of Royal Enfields! Also in the March issue: Velocette MAC Have we tempted you to try a pre-war British…

Triumph Speed Twin

25th February 2020 RowenaH Features Leave a comment

You never know what you’ll find at your local bike show. Roy Workman discovered an award-winning pre-war Triumph twin at Sleaford, which reminded him of his own time with a Tiger… At last year’s Sleaford Classic Car and Motorcycle Show, I spotted the immaculate 1938 Triumph Speed Twin you can see here. It had been rebuilt from a pile of…

A Classic Ride

20th February 2020 RowenaH Features Leave a comment

Do you need a modern motorcycle to go touring? Hardly. Mark Redfern and his pals from the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club take a selection of classic Hondas on a whistlestop tour to the Continent… One winter, the riders of the Taunton and Bridgwater section of the VJMC concocted a plan to visit the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in…

Generation Gap

12th February 2020 RowenaH Features Leave a comment

What does the hobby of model kit building have to do with classic bike riding? Harley Richards explains what they have in common – and suggests that we should stop worrying so much about it… ‘If we don’t get some younger faces in here soon, I don’t know how much longer this has got.’ Chances are we’ve all heard or…

Royal Enfield Interceptor 650

6th February 2020 RowenaH Road Tests Leave a comment

Few modern motorcycles have attracted as much attention in the classic world as the Royal Enfield 650 twins. Husband and wife John and Anne like the Interceptor so much they bought a matching pair! John reveals why and how, and Anne explain why the Enfield was so much better for her than a Hinckley Bonneville… I’ve always ridden bikes and…

February 2020 issue on sale!

6th February 2020 Sam Hewitt Latest Issue, News Leave a comment

This February issue of RealClassic is packed full of classic machines, tales from the shed, in-depth interviews and striking photography. In our latest issue, we investigate the reliability of a roadster matched with the style of a supersport star, the Ducati Darmah SSD. Plus Frank takes a trip down memory lane with the Triumph Tiger 750. Also in the February…