sunbeam motorcycle Archives

September Issue On Sale

3rd September 2018 RowenaH Latest Issue

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 traditional Brits, classic Italians and…

March magazine out now

5th March 2018 RowenaH Latest Issue

There’s something of a twin-cylinder theme to this month’s magazine, which features a really rare postwar V-twin, a sidevalve parallel twin, an overhead cam inline twin, a traditional British ohv twin and a BMW Boxer. If that’s too many cylinders for your tastes, RC167 also includes a couple of old-fashioned singles (and one rather more modern example). If you already…

Sunbeam S8

9th August 2017 RowenaH Features

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 of BSA’s luxury shaft-drive 500,…

Vintage Motorcycles (and lightweights as well)

7th June 2017 RowenaH Events

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 to a particular type of…

Classic bikes for sale

13th March 2017 RowenaH Classified, Features

Each month RealClassic magazine features a selection of classic bikes and old motorcycles which are up for grabs – on sale at dealers or offered by private vendors. And without fail, the RC Crew are always distracted by the array of weird, wonderful and just plain WOW classic motorcycles on the market. So here are six of the best…