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  • Classic Bikes For Sale

    Classic Bikes For Sale

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    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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  • Triumph Tiger Cub

    Triumph Tiger Cub

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    Edward Turner’s cobby Cub has been a firm favourite with classic fans since the early 1950s – and the mighty mite is regularly featured in depth in the monthly magazine. Here are some of the highlights, should you be tempted to bid on a T20 right now… Triumph’s first production sprung frame plunged (ahem) into…

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  • Tiger Cub Book Back!

    Tiger Cub Book Back!

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    It’s been out of print for a while, but the Triumph Tiger Cub Bible is now available once again, as Mike Powell explains… The Tiger Cub Bible is back in print from Veloce Publishing as part of their ‘classic reprint’ series. Any owner, enthusiast or rider with interest in these charismatic machines will find an…

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  • Triumph Tiger Cubs: part three

    Triumph Tiger Cubs: part three

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    In the end, everything goes back to the beginning: Paul Henshaw’s Cub career comes full circle… Back to BXS 487, my first Cub. Many years had passed when I decided to strip the engine to see what the knocking noise was about and try to put it right. It had been rebuilt with a new…

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  • Triumph Tiger Cubs: part two

    Triumph Tiger Cubs: part two

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    Last time, Paul Henshaw recalled his first adventures aboard Edward Turner’s Sports Cub. Turns out this was one of those formative experiences which lasts a lifetime… Sometime later after it’d been restored to full working order, I blew a big hole in the bottom of the Sports Cub’s crankcases, with both conrod and piston exiting…

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  • Triumph Tiger Cubs: part one

    Triumph Tiger Cubs: part one

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    In the August issue of RealClassic, Paul Henshaw of Performance Classics gives us his guidelines to living with Triumph famous four-stroke lightweight. And his expertise has been hard-earned; he’s been a Cub enthusiast since his 13th birthday! Here, Paul recalls his early riding life with the tiny Tigers… My inspiration for buying my first Tiger…

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  • August issue out now

    August issue out now

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    RC160 rolls off the production line and this month’s magazine covers more than half a century of classic motorcycling, with tall tales about Continental classics from Italy, Germany and Denmark, plus a selection of brilliant British bikes, and the Japanese interpretation of the trad big Brit single. Here’s exactly what’s inside the issue – available…

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  • May magazine on sale now

    May magazine on sale now

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    This eclectic issue of RealClassic features the full range of old bikes, from pioneers through veterans to vintage and classic and even one worthy warrior from the last gasp of the original British bike industry, built in the late 1980s. Two projects reach completion and we attempt to untangle the intricacies of Moto Guzzi’s post-war…

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