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  • June Issue Out Now!

    June Issue Out Now!

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    The June jamboree of RealClassic motorcycling is now available for mail-order or digital delivery. With a couple of swift clicks you could read all about a really rare three-cylinder prototype, a trio of vintage British singles, a classic Japanese thumper and a truly unusual European two-stroke. Oh! And a Triumph twin or two. Of course……

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  • Hurricane Warning!

    Hurricane Warning!

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    We’ve just heard from the Trident and Rocket 3 Owners’ Club that their annual track-based festival of fabulous motorcycles will have a distinctly orange tinge to it this time around. The club’s Beezumph Rally is celebrating its own 30th birthday and also the 50th anniversary of the commercial launch of the iconic Triumph X-75 Hurricane.…

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  • Triumph celebrations at the National Motorcycle Museum

    Triumph celebrations at the National Motorcycle Museum

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    50 years ago in the September of 1972, one of the development engineers at Triumph’s Meriden factory accomplished something amazing. Norman Hyde wheeled his home-made Trident-engined outfit onto the runway at RAF Fairford – and went home with a world record. To celebrate the half-century anniversary of this event, the Triumph Owners’ MCC and Norman…

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  • Beezumph Is Back!

    Beezumph Is Back!

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    The TR3OC’s fabulous weekend festival returns to Cadwell Park for summer 2022… Along with so many other excellent events, the triple-tastic track-based Beezumph rally fell by the wayside in 2020 and 2021 – but now it’s back at Cadwell Park in July. This year’s event, organised as ever by the Trident and Rocket 3 Owners’…

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  • Beezumph bounced to 2022

    Beezumph bounced to 2022

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    The annual triple-cylinder extravaganza that is Beezumph will NOT go ahead this summer as planned, despite extensive efforts by the organisers, the Trident and Rocket 3 Owners’ Club. The TR3OC is dedicated to promoting the use of BSA and Triumph pushrod engine triples, and has run its annual track-based rally for 28 years. Last year’s…

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  • Classic Bikes For Sale

    Classic Bikes For Sale

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    Our autumn edition Small Ad Showcase features half a dozen different types of classic bikes – all of them up for grabs in the current issue of RealClassic magazine. We’ve chosen three old Britbikes, an ideal Japanese classic for someone making the switch to something more modern; a European alternative and a truly unusual Italian…

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  • Hinckley Triumphs: out of the archive

    Hinckley Triumphs: out of the archive

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    Hinckley Triumphs went into production nearly 30 years ago, and the first generation were definitely built to last. A 1990s Triumph is still a lot of motorcycle for not too much money, as our buying guide reveals… John Bloor’s Hinckley Triumph factory started producing bikes in 1991, and this article covers the first couple of…

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  • 50-50 Triple Challenge: Winners On The Way!

    50-50 Triple Challenge: Winners On The Way!

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    On 26th January, the year-long 50-50 Challenge results will be announced by organiser John Young. To celebrate 50 years of the BSA Rocket 3 and Triumph Trident in 2018, John organised this worldwide event to ‘get triples out of garages and on the road’… and raise a shedload of cash for charity. Participants based anywhere…

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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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  • July issue available now

    July issue available now

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    Beezumph triples and howling two-strokes; a BSA on the bench and many more at the club’s open day; a beefy Boxer and a unique classic racer; two totally different types of Royal Enfield and an oft-overlooked AJS. This month’s magazine features a truly international cast of classics from Great Britain, Germany, Italy, India and Japan.…

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