Norton

  • Featherbed Frame Theme for Ardingly Summer Show

    Featherbed Frame Theme for Ardingly Summer Show

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    The largest indoor classic motorcycle show and jumble in the South East will return next month with a Norton theme.

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  • Norton Model 50: Something a little different

    Norton Model 50: Something a little different

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    Norton was long associated with sporting singles, especially the firm’s highly competitive cammy racers of the pre-war era. But in the mid-1950s a very different single-cylinder 350 joined the line-up, as Rowena Hoseason reveals…

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  • December issue out now

    December issue out now

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    This month’s magazine features international classics from American and Japan, alongside a bit fat stack of beautiful Britbikes – from a 1920’s flat-tanker to the trad parallel twins of the 1970s. If you’re looking for in-depth articles from experienced owners about Triumph, BSA and Norton bikes then you’ve come to the correct place! RC176 can…

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  • Modern bikes for classic riders

    Modern bikes for classic riders

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    For classic bike enthusiasts, 650 twins pretty much stole the show at this year’s modern bike bash at the NEC. But we spotted another couple of interesting developments which might appeal to classic riders… The big crowds were buzzing around the Norton stand, attracted by what’s been hyped as ‘the first modern affordable’ machine from…

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  • November Issue Out Now

    November Issue Out Now

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    British bikes! Italian classics! Some dodgy old Honda! This month’s magazine has got the lot – and we threw in some spurious exclamation marks, just for fun. Look! There’s another! As ever, this month’s issue of RealClassic magazine tells it like it is, with a selection of stories that come straight from the horse’s mouth.…

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  • October Issue Out Now

    October Issue Out Now

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    British bikes and Continental classics share the stage in RC174, which features a trad Brit twin, all manner of idiosyncratic Italians, an unusual BMW airhead, several superb sporting singles and a smoky old two-stroke tiddler. If you already know you want to read this issue, then here’s where to order it in paper or digital…

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  • NMM Live Open Day

    NMM Live Open Day

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    What could be better than a grand day out, surrounded by British classic bikes and motorcycling personalities? Well, how about a grand day out for FREE? That’s what you get at the National Motorcycle Museum’s LIVE event. Come on a bike and you don’t even pay to park – and you could even collect a…

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  • September Issue On Sale

    September Issue On Sale

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    If motorbike magazines played poker, then the new issue of RC would be a winner – with several singles, a trio of twins, a triple and a four. Full house, surely? Or maybe it’s bingo we’re thinking of? Either way, RC173 is stacked full of cracking classic bikes. Hit the button to start reading about…

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  • Beezumph 2018: Classics On Track

    Beezumph 2018: Classics On Track

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    The word ‘unique’ is probably the most over-used, and misused adjective in the English language but it is a wholly and completely accurate way to describe the Beezumph Rally. There is no other event where what can be kindly described as ‘authentically well-used’ road machines sit right alongside £40,000 classic race bikes in complete harmony.…

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  • Café Racer Montlhéry Festival

    Café Racer Montlhéry Festival

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    Hardcore classic bike enthusiasts, 21st century café racer aficionados and retro roadster riders converge on the historic Montlhéry circuit to make the most of the massive café racer festival. Frank Melling took his own Manx Norton along to ride in the wheeltracks of champions… Battling down the Paris-Orleans expressway, nose to tail with kamikaze French…

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