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  • Dot Motorcycles

    Dot Motorcycles

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    Famous after WW2 for their lightweight trials and scrambles machines, Dot Motorcycles adopted their ‘Devoid of Trouble’ marketing slogan back in the early 1920s, around five years before the 1928 350 pictured here was built. Exactly where the company’s name came from appears to have been lost down the back of the sofa of time.…

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  • Classic Bikes For Sale

    Classic Bikes For Sale

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    There are simply stacks of brilliant classic bikes to buy in this issue of RealClassic magazine. In fact, there’s so many that we were total spoiled for choice with our online selection – so this month we’ll do TWO Small Ad Showcases. First up, six of the best old British bikes, simply begging for your…

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  • Sunbeam S8

    Sunbeam S8

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    The August issue of RealClassic magazine features a splendid story of perseverance and commensurate success, as RC regular Stuart Urquhart fettles one of Sunbeam’s unique inline twins. There wasn’t space in print to show off the delightful original illustrations to best effect – so here they are in full-size web-o-vision, along with a quick history…

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  • Norton Dominator 99

    Norton Dominator 99

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      Back in the 1950s when young men dreamed of a Norton this is probably what their fantasy bike looked like. A ‘stylish high performance roadster with first-class steering, roadholding and brakes,’ Norton were justifiably proud of its ‘zestful and tireless engine, remarkably powerful brakes and a well-subdued exhaust. Steering is in the best Norton…

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  • BSA C15

    BSA C15

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    BSA’s stalwart 250 single used to be the obvious choice for learner riders, back in the 1960s. Fifty years later the unit construction C15 has become another obvious choice – this time as a starter classic, a first British bike. We featured a Ceefer in the magazine last year, which inspired John Blackburn to share…

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  • Win an AJS Model 18

    Win an AJS Model 18

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    If you’re looking for a typical British bike, then the single-cylinder four-strokes built by Associated Motor Cycles immediately after WW2 are the obvious choice. Small wonder then that the National Motorcycle Museum chose an AJS Model 18 as one of the prizes in their winter raffle. Honest, dependable and free of phoney pretensions, the Ajay…

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