Triumph Speed Twin

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

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

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

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…
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February 2020 issue on sale!

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…

New name, new fresh look… even more bikes

Motorbikes are awesome. And so are the people who ride them. That’s why MoreBikes is getting a major upgrade with more pages and even more content. From this month the new publication MoreBikes combines the very best of Motor Cycle Monthly as well as its sister title On2Wheels – a unique publication made specifically for those who want to get into motorcycling, return to it, or…