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Celebrate the life & times of Percy Tait with Mortons Archive pictorial

9th April 2020 Sam Hewitt News

In association with Mortons Archive Motorcycle sport lost a true legend when Percy Tait passed away in November 2019, aged 90. Percy will be best remembered for the part he played in the success of Triumph in racing and also the development work he did on the company’s road machines. Percy joined Triumph aged 21 and soon progressed to the…

Velocette MSS: out of the archive

9th April 2020 RowenaH Features Leave a comment

If you like the idea of a Velo MAC but need a little more performance than a 350 provides, then Veloce built your ideal bike in the shape of the MSS 500… Velocette is often seen as one of the ‘high class’ marques of classic bike, something of a cut above the ubiquitous parallel twin and far more refined than…

What’s inside the April issue of RealClassic?

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

The brand new April 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 take a closer look at the last, maybe the best, Featherbed Twin! Plus, another great name rises in the East, it’s the Benelli Imperiale. Also in the April issue: Norton Mercury Two…

Books: India, The Shimmering Dream

5th April 2020 RowenaH Features Leave a comment

In 1933, two students were the first people to ride a motorcycle overland from Europe to India. The story of their epic adventure aboard a 250cc two-stroke offers an ideal escape for riders spending time on the sofa… Max Reisch and his companion Herbert Tichy were determined to travel overland to India through the Middle East in the early 1930s,…

BSA Rocket Gold Star: out of the archive

3rd April 2020 RowenaH Features Leave a comment

BSA’s classic pre-unit supersports 650 was only manufactured in 1962 and 1963 and has inspired hundreds of enthusiasts to build replicas. So how do you know if you’re looking at a real RGS? At the end of the production run for the 650 pre-unit motor, just before the A65 was introduced, BSA’s customers were clamouring for a top of the…

Bill Crosby

1st April 2020 RowenaH News Leave a comment

We’re sad to say farewell to one of RealClassic’s oldest friends, Bill Crosby, who died last weekend, a month before his 88th birthday. William Charles Crosby was one of the stalwarts of the British and then classic motorcycle scene. For 60 years, he ran Reg Allen Motorcycles in west London, as a Meriden Triumph agent in the early years and…