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The Toastmaster Challenge, Part the Fourth

8th July 2019 Web Editor Features Leave a comment

If you’re going to rebuild a burned-out Ariel Huntmaster, then you’re going to need spare parts. Lots of them. We present Frank Westworth’s guide to autojumbling for idiots… What do you do when faced with the realisation that you’ve started a project which is not what you expected? Do you shovel the whole lot into a deep pit and pretend it never…

The Toastmaster Challenge, Part the Third

1st July 2019 Web Editor Bikes, Features Leave a comment

Is this any way to restore a traditional British classic bike? The story of Frank Westworth’s improbable rebuild continues. Slowly… ‘That’s an Ariel Huntmaster, that is.’ ‘What is? That pile of bits?’ ‘What pile of bits? That’s an Ariel Huntmaster, that is…’ My first Ariel, my first Huntmaster, was not in fact mine. That doesn’t mean that I didn’t ride…

The Toastmaster Challenge, Part the Second

24th June 2019 Web Editor Bikes, Features Leave a comment

Only an expert or an optimist would attempt to rebuild a totally burned-out classic motorcycle. So here’s Frank Westworth’s guide to stripping down for idiots… Every sane treatise on the subject of rebuilding motor vehicles insists that any successful restoration follows a few rules. This is in fact the case, and any sane person should ignore the way I do…

Ariel Huntmaster Rebuild Part 1: The Toastmaster Challenge

17th June 2019 Web Editor Bikes, Features Leave a comment

How to spend uncounted piles of money over many years in the fond hope that a shiny Ariel Huntmaster will arise from its own ashes. Frank Westworth tells an episodic tale from the shed… Everyone likes a challenge. At least, I hope that’s true… I was sat in a local pub, chatting with one Sam Whitehouse, when he mentioned that…

June issue of RealClassic OUT NOW!

11th June 2019 Sam Hewitt Latest Issue Leave a comment

Rickman CR750! Tasty Twins! BSA Flat-tracker! This month’s RealClassic has everything you need for running, riding and rebuilding RealClassic motorcycles. As ever, this month’s issue of RealClassic magazine is packed with glorious machines, tales from the shed, in-depth interviews and striking photography. If you’d like to read June’s RealClassic, then you can cut to the chase and download the digital…

Success for Stratford Autojumble!

15th May 2019 Sam Hewitt News Leave a comment

Stratford Racecourse is renowned as the home of horsepower and last weekend was no exception as the very first Stratford Autojumble was filled with the sound of cars, motorbikes and visitors. May 12 saw the start of the jumble season in Warwickshire with the Stratford Autojumble. Sponsored by RH Insurance, the Autojumble gave punters the chance to have a good…