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  • DIY Wheel Alignment Tool

    DIY Wheel Alignment Tool

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    Even the best classic bike won’t corner correctly if its wheels are out of line. Les Howard has come up with an ingenious high-tech method to ensure one wheel follows the other, exactly…

  • Torquing and Tightening

    Torquing and Tightening

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    A combination of modern materials and time-honoured techniques can cause problems when it comes to assembling the bottom end of a classic British bike. RC readers debate the how and the why of it…

  • Bikes: Royal Enfield Sixy-5

    Bikes: Royal Enfield Sixy-5

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    You need to possess a certain sort of Something to really enjoy owning and riding a classic bike. Does Steve The Toast have that Something? He’s probably going to self-destruct in the attempt to find out…

  • Royal Enfield Bullet Sixty-5

    Royal Enfield Bullet Sixty-5

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    After reading various roadtests, Aged P actually bought one. He shares his first impressions of the Enfield Sixty-5 and gives some Real Classic Motorcycle advice to other prospective returning riders…

  • Royal Enfield Bullet 500. Again.

    Royal Enfield Bullet 500. Again.

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    We feel that everyone should be told how Emm’s adventures with her Royal Enfield are progressing (even though we run the risk of becoming RealBullet.co.uk). This time, she gets in a bit of a flap…

  • Royal Enfield Trials Bullet

    Royal Enfield Trials Bullet

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    Steve Wilson didn’t really need to ride another Enfield straight away, but we wanted to do the ‘out standing in his field’ joke. So he just had to go a-trialling-oh…

  • Royal Enfield Bullet 500

    Royal Enfield Bullet 500

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    Emm collects her new classic bike. Emm loves her new classic bike. The new classic bike wasn’t yet available for comment…

  • Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500-T

    Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500-T

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    Big wide bars? Chunky tyres? Single seat? Someone at Royal Enfield is going the distance to tempt her into buying a new Electra, reckons Rowena Hoseason. But she’s more likely to get a T-shirt for Christmas…

  • Shock Absorber Service Tool

    Shock Absorber Service Tool

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    As Alan Goff discovered recently, it’s not always easy fit a new set of shock absorbers to your classic bike (particularly if you have just the one set of hands). He built a special service tool to take the strain…

  • MZ Supa 5 Brake Modification

    MZ Supa 5 Brake Modification

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    Malcolm Thomason loves his MZ, but its going was definitely better than its stopping. He looked at the front brake with an engineer’s eye…

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