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  • AJS Lightweights

    AJS Lightweights

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    Many RealClassic riders are keen to find a trim and nimble motorcycle with classic credentials. Rowena Hoseason considers the modern AJS range – and talks to actual owners who’ve bought these bikes…

  • Unfairly maligned? Another look at the Yamaha YZF600R Thundercat

    Unfairly maligned? Another look at the Yamaha YZF600R Thundercat

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    Often maligned and sniggered at for its name, the Yamaha YZF600R Thundercat is actually a very good, cheap bike. Andy Bolas is the cat who’s got the cream…

  • From the archive: The travelling motorcycle repair shop

    From the archive: The travelling motorcycle repair shop

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    Mobile service in the southwest of the UK, offered by Plymouth company Chapman’s, is put to work righting a rear tyre ‘issue.’

  • In the workshop: stripping an engine

    In the workshop: stripping an engine

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    Check your oil level! Such an obvious statement, which many ignore at times – but to our cost…

  • Riding two Kawasaki KH250s

    Riding two Kawasaki KH250s

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    The weather’s good, the roads are clear and he’s got TWO saucy Kawasaki two-stroke triples to play on… Steve Cooper is in heaven!

  • Gallery: Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show Autumn 2023

    Gallery: Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show Autumn 2023

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    We can’t wait for this year’s Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show in a few weeks! In the meantime, take a look back with us at last year’s event.

  • Is the 500cc Triumph the most important British motorcycle ever made?

    Is the 500cc Triumph the most important British motorcycle ever made?

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    There’s something about 500cc Triumphs which brings a smile to the face, exampled perfectly by this willing, beautifully presented version.

  • From the archive: BSA C15

    From the archive: BSA C15

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    With the factory focused on its star man’s 500cc world title it fell to others to keep the C15 flag flying for BSA.

  • Classic Racers: Jimmy Aird

    Classic Racers: Jimmy Aird

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    What can be said about hard-as-nails Jim ‘Jimmy’ Aird, legendary off-roader, Scottish champion and proprietor of SCOTT Leathers?

  • Yamaha RD250LC: swansong of the 250cc learner motorcycle

    Yamaha RD250LC: swansong of the 250cc learner motorcycle

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    They were the answer to the dreams of a generation and, like so many good things, were banned. We bring you a guide to the Yamaha RD250 and 350 LC.

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