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Plugs & Leads: Classic Bike News

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RowenaH

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20th May 2025

What’s new in the world of classic motorcycles? Hard-to-find magneto spares, a chance to win a Triumph Bonneville, a new book about old bikes, the opportunity to show off your classic in Kent, and something only slightly silly… Magneto shims for the Lucas K2F fitted to so many old British bikes have been unavailable for…
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Classic Bikes For Sale

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RowenaH

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23rd February 2023

Welcome to our latest online selection of classic motorcycles seeking new homes. This time we showcase three very different Triumphs – one genuine collector’s item, no less – and at least one machine you’ve probably never heard of. Could you be tempted to make space in your shed for one of these old bikes? Prices…
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Classic Bikes For Sale

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RowenaH

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9th August 2020

This month’s Small Ad Showcase features six of the best classic bikes for sale which are advertised in the current issue of RealClassic magazine. We’ve covered all the bases with three of the most popular British bikes, an Italian, a German and a Japanese classic. Prices start at a sniff over £3k – five grand…
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Triumph Silver Jubilee Bonnie: one to win

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24th June 2020

In 1977, Triumph celebrated the Queen’s silver jubilee with a ‘Silver 750’ T140 limited edition, a Bonneville with a distinctly red, white and blue theme. 1000 were built for the British market – and this year you have the chance to win one of them in the National Motorcycle Museum’s summer raffle… Although the April…
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Triumph TSX Shock Shrouds Back In Stock

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RowenaH

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20th September 2019

Among classic British bikes, Meriden’s venerable unit twins have perhaps the greatest range of parts still available at a reasonable price. That goes a long way towards explaining why the later T120s, T140s and TR7s make such straightforward restoration projects. However, Triumph’s rarer models have a nasty habit of using parts made from pure unobtanium,…
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Classic Bikes For Sale

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RowenaH

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12th June 2018

In every issue, RealClassic magazine features a superb selection of classic bikes and vintage motorcycles for sale, both private sales and from traders. Here’s our Britbike* bonanza – a special showcase of six of the best classic British motorcycles from the June magazine. Bikes you can buy, unless someone’s snapped them up already! BSA A10,…
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Classic bikes for sale

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RowenaH

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9th October 2017

As usual, the monthly magazine includes an eclectic collection of classic bikes you can buy. Here’s a tempting selection of some private-sale classic motorcycles from our Small Ads, including two radically different Triumphs, an Ariel off-roader, a BMW bruiser and one of Kawasaki’s more civilised two-stroke triples… TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE 750. 1977 T140J Silver Jubilee. 14,700…
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Classic Bike Bargains

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RowenaH

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25th April 2017

It’s easy to be blinded by the bling and overwhelmed by the extreme amounts which some classic motorcycles sell for at auction. However, even at the most prestigious sales – like the recent Bonhams auction at the Carole Nash International Classic Motor Cycle Show at Stafford – there are affordable old bikes selling for…
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Shepton Snapshots, part two

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RowenaH

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28th March 2017

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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Triumph Bonneville T140

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RowenaH

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24th March 2017

Considering your first classic British bike? The Triumph T140 Bonneville (actually a range of 750 twins built between the mid-1970s and early 1980s) is still the obvious choice. There’s always a good selection of 750s up for sale at any time, so you have plenty to pick and choose between. Spares supply is superb. There…
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