classic british bikes

  • Classic Bikes For Sale

    Classic Bikes For Sale

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    Welcome to our latest showcase of classified ads, selected from the classic motorcycles advertised for sale recently in the RealClassic readers’ ads. There’s more every month in the magazine, but here’s a few which caught our attention in the May issue… TRIUMPH 5T SPEED TWIN, pre unit, 1959. Easy starter, runs and rides as it…

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  • Three Decades At Drags

    Three Decades At Drags

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    Engineer Mick Holmes is one of the behind-the-scenes guys at British bike specialist Draganfly Motorcycles. He’s an engineer in their in-house workshop, one of the team who develops and fabricates the company’s unique components – those rare spares which are essential for keeping old BSA, Ariel and Triumph motorcycles on the road. And he’s been…

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  • Frank’s Famous Last Words, #46

    Frank’s Famous Last Words, #46

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    Everyone gets excited by the new project. But take care, say Frank Westworth, a man who has begun more projects than most. It is too easy to stumble along the way especially if, for some bizarre reason, you choose not to restore a Norton… A most excellent friend has just ground to a halt in…

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  • Shepton Snapshots, part two

    Shepton Snapshots, part two

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      We return to the VMCC’s brilliant bikejumble to view some bargain Britbikes, an outstanding Ariel, ‘cheap’ Triumph twins and an original Ninja… Just the other day we were talking about ‘bargain Bonnevilles’ and how the prices of Triumph T140 twins seem to have gone sky-high recently. Just to prove us wrong (or possibly not…)…

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