CHRISTMAS CRACKERS!

It is traditional around now to suggest gifts that are suitable to fill a motorcyclist’s stockings. Not that we imagine you wear stockings very often – although an extra layer is always welcome in winter! Here at RCHQ we try our best to minimise the creation of yet more unwelcome landfill-fodder. Yet still an uncanny abundance of glossy hardback books…

November 2023

RealClassic revels in the nuts and bolts of running, riding and rebuilding real classic motorcycles. Expert and enthusiastic real-life riders from across the world share their passion for old bikes. This month: BSA Rocket Gold Star The modern Gold Star has stolen the limelight of late. But, as Rowena Hoseason explains, BSA built a rip-snorting roadster back in 1962, one…

October 2023

RealClassic revels in the nuts and bolts of running, riding and rebuilding real classic motorcycles. Expert and enthusiastic real-life riders from across the world share their passion for old bikes. This month: Record Breaker! Cast your mind back a decade, to 2013, when Alan Cathcart went record-breaking with a Brough Superior. He tells the tale… AJS Lightweights Our quest for a…

Championship-winning motorcycles up for sale at Stafford this October

Bonhams will bring a fantastic selection of racing machines to the Autumn Stafford Sale in October. Offered for sale by former World Champion Kork Ballington; the 1979 World Championship-winning, 1979/1980 Kawasaki KR250 Racing Motorcycle © Mortons Archive  Over 480 lots will be on offer at the Autumn Stafford Sale at The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show, running from 14-15 October.  The…