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Clubmans’ Corner: the International Laverda Owners’ Club

9th June 2021 RowenaH Features

Founded in the UK in 1974, the ILOC aims to enhance all aspects of Laverda ownership. Club chairman Mark Hastings explains what the club is all about, and how it’s adapted to the new normal… The club’s activities range from helping members to keep their bikes on the road, by drawing on the vast pool of technical knowledge and expertise…

BSA Bantam

14th May 2021 RowenaH Features, Reviews

Richard Smith recalls his early riding times with BSA’s stalwart two-stroke. He started with a fairly standard D7 Super, but soon the 174cc machine evolved into something a little quicker… My first bike was a Honda C100, the Super Cub; a lovely machine, perfect for learning and nipping around locally. When I left home to start my aero-engineering degree, I…

National Motorcycle Museum announce Winter Raffle draw results

10th May 2021 Sam Hewitt News

The National Motorcycle Museum have announced the results of their highly-anticipated Winter Raffle to win a brand new/old stock 1979 Triumph Bonneville T140D Special 750cc motorcycle. Due to COVID-19 restrictions postponing April’s International Classic Bike Show at Stafford, the raffle was instead drawn by racing legend John Cooper and his wife Rosie at their home in Derbyshire on April 25, 2021. John can be…

Royal Enfield Electra-X: Enfield’s underdog

9th May 2021 RowenaH Buying Guide, Features, Retro Classic, Reviews, Your Ride

The Bullet buying guides in RC198 and 199 prompted Keith McKechnie to put electronic pen to paper about his experience with a 2006 Royal Enfield Electra-X. It’s a machine which has become something of an orphan among Royal Enfield enthusiasts, he says: ‘but I’ve grown to like it over the years while sorting out a few problems on the way…’…

AJS Adventures

8th May 2021 RowenaH Features

Riding a motorcycle at night can be rather lonely, says Greg Powell. Here are two experiences that he recalls from many years ago, one natural and the other (almost) supernatural… One winter evening, I rode my AJS 18 over to Ross-on-Wye to visit my friend Alan. After a pleasant few hours and the disposal of several pints of Newcastle Brown…

PREVIEW: May issue of RealClassic magazine

4th May 2021 Sam Hewitt Latest Issue

The brand new May edition of RealClassic magazine is packed full of classic machines, tales from the shed, in-depth interviews and striking photography. Here’s what’s coming up in the May issue: Sunbeam B24T Competition In between the original Marston company’s Sunbeam singles and BSA’s Sunbeam twins, there was a period when AMC built their own singular Sunbeams down in London. They’re very…