Real Classic

RealClassic magazine features the very best British motorcycles from all eras, plus charismatic Continental machines (and the odd Japanese classics crops up occasionally, too). Long term classic riders will recognise many of the members of the RC team, which includes authors, historians and journalists like Steve Wilson, Dave Minton, Matt Vale, Odgie, Jacqueline 'PUB' Bickerstaff, Rowena Hoseason and editor Frank Westworth -- but the magazine's key feature is that it is firmly grounded in the real world. Our articles are written by real life riders and reflect far more than a simple road test ever can. We're never scared of getting grubby in The Shed (and we even admit it when things go horribly wrong!)

Real Classic

FROM THE FRONT

RACING THROUGH College! • Alan Cathcart introduces Matt Capri and his Triumph dragster - and very much else…

INCOMING • RC readers write, rant and rattle on…

LETTER FROM AMERICA • If misery loves company, then what does it mean if old bike owners tend to congregate together? In this instance, it means becoming very familiar with Norton Isolastics…

A Goldilocks BIKE • Small bikes equal big fun: it’s an ongoing theme in these pages. RC regular Reuben Fowles is the latest convert to the cult of the small-capacity classic…

IT’S A STAR! • Not all of BSA’s Stars were Gold or flashy. Frank Westworth casts an eye and a leg over a Silver Star - the perpetual runner-up? Rowena Hoseason provided some actual history…

Jwist & GO • Two-wheelers with tricksy automatic gearboxes are all the rage these days. But Nick Adams revisits one of the originals, a lazy air-cooled V-twin that swaps its own cogs…

MATCHLESS MACHINE • For four decades, one mighty racing outfit has dominated the sidecar sessions Down Under. RC regular Stuart Francis and builder Neville Mickleson tell its tale…

THIRTY MILES in an hour • Classic motorcycles, it transpires, are almost perfect time machines in more ways than one. Martin Peacock takes a ride through history on his Triumph…

CLASSIC TECHNIQUES • If you’ve only ever ridden Japanese or Italian motorcycles then you might not have the faintest idea what wet sumping is. For old BritBike owners, it can be far too familiar. Meets Andy Marks, who came up with his own solution to solve this pesky problem…

Flat-Track Fettling PART FIVE • Last time, Odgie took his unit single engine down to a shell for sizing purposes. This time, it’s a proper frame-up guv…

PUB TALK • PUB did not ride in the VMCC Cyclemotor section ‘100 miler’, nor even at ‘Wartime in the Vale’. The feeble excuses follow…

TALES FROM THE SHED • Getting those gasses into and out of the engine. Frank’s keen to hear the Thudderbird roar again…

Ollie’s ODDJOBS • Name a famous motorcycle manufactured in India. No, not that one…

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