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  • Classic Bikes For Sale

    Classic Bikes For Sale

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    Britbikes abound in this month’s Small Ads in the magazine, so our ‘six of the best’ selection reflects that. We’ve Triumph twins and triples, a bargain BMW, and not one but two little snappers from BSA – all up for sale from our private adverts… TRIUMPH TR6 TROPHY, 1967. MoT Aug, free tax, approx 19,400…

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  • Vintage Motorcycles (and lightweights as well)

    Vintage Motorcycles (and lightweights as well)

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    The VMCC is a national organisation with the word ‘vintage’ in its title, but it’s organised on a local basis with hundreds of regional sections and groups – and it welcomes all kinds of classic bikes to its events (normally they need to be over 25 years old). Some rides are specifically arranged to cater…

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  • Motorcycling Reminiscences

    Motorcycling Reminiscences

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      Last month, we posed the question ‘what originally inspired you to take to two wheels?’ Derek Reynolds reveals that his lifetime with classic bikes began with a desire for a longer lunch break… I had no previous interest or desire to ride a motorcycle before the age of 16, nor had any members of…

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  • Classic Bikes at Banbury

    Classic Bikes at Banbury

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      You know that sinking feeling when you’re late for something? RC’s roving reporter Richard Jones experienced it in full when he realised he was 24 hours late for the VMCC’s Coventry to Brighton Run. However, as if by magic, a stack of classic motorcycles appeared… I had somehow got it into my head that…

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  • Try A Classic Bike Day

    Try A Classic Bike Day

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      One of the benefits of becoming an official ‘Friend’ of the National Motorcycle Museum is that, besides free entrance to the museum and other goodies, they invite you to events like last weekend’s ‘Try A Classic Bike’ training day. For the nominal sum of £10 to cover insurance you get to ride a number…

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  • Classic Bikes For Sale

    Classic Bikes For Sale

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      Psst. Wanna buy a Triumph Thunderbird? Or a Honda Gold Wing? A Beezer Victor? Rickman Métisse? All these machines and many more are advertised for sale in the May issue of RealClassic magazine. We’ve selected six of the best bikes up for sale in our Small Ads, with prices that start from just £1300…

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  • Thunderfest Fun

    Thunderfest Fun

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    A remarkable range of classic bikes and cutting-edge competitors rocked up to Darley Moor circuit for the seventh Thunderfest on the Mayday Bank Holiday. As you might expect for a British bank hol, the rain tipped down all over the country – except at the demanding Midlands circuit which was blessed with sunshine and high…

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  • Classic Bikes at Boston

    Classic Bikes at Boston

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      Overlapping events meant that classic motorcycles and sidecar outfits converged on Boston in Lincolnshire, bringing a bunch of BSAs and other old Britbikes into close contact with some awesome aircraft… This is a regular event for the Tri-Anglia Wheels Sidecar Club, which is my local club. The campsite is adjacent to the Lincolnshire Aviation…

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  • May magazine on sale now

    May magazine on sale now

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    This eclectic issue of RealClassic features the full range of old bikes, from pioneers through veterans to vintage and classic and even one worthy warrior from the last gasp of the original British bike industry, built in the late 1980s. Two projects reach completion and we attempt to untangle the intricacies of Moto Guzzi’s post-war…

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  • Bargain Classic Bikes

    Bargain Classic Bikes

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    If you’re looking for a cheaper classic bike then it certainly pays to snout around the less well-known sales. You don’t need to travel the length and breadth of the UK to bid on bikes at these auctions – they all offer online access, although obviously you won’t be able to kick the bike’s tyres…

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