November 2024

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The November edition of The Classic MotorCycle magazine offers a lavishly illustrated celebration of legendary machines, riders and races, and news, reviews and rare period images from the golden age of motorcycling.

Drawing on an archive stretching back to 1903, The Classic MotorCycle magazine provides an unparalleled insight into more than a century of motorcycle design, development, riding, racing and much more.

This month:

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Still sensational

BSA’s Rocket Gold Star remains a joy to ride, as this glistening example of the 650cc twin proves. Plus, we sample a brand-new single-cylinder Gold Star 650 too. 

So good they banned it

This Vincent racer came to Goodwood in 2014 and cleaned up. Its Aussie creators were hoping to come back in 2024, but were denied an entry… as it’s too fast…

Grass track in the golden era

The halcyon days of the sport were arguably the late 1960s and into the 70s; this is an evocative first-hand account by a former TCM editor as sidecar passenger and solo racer. 

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Big Montgomery single

In the Pioneer days, Montgomery originally made sidecars, which they continued into the 1920s, when they introduced motorcycles too. This 1924 JAP-powered 600 is one of them.

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