In the January 2013 edition, RealClassic writers get to grips with…
• AJS Model 18
The road to riding delight can be a bumpy and unpredictable one. Stuart Urquhart wanted a bike like his dad’s…
• Featherbed Special, Final Episode
Martyn Roberts created a modern café racer from a Suzuki engine and a featherbed frame. And finally the Manki is finished! It runs! It rides! It brings a smile to Martyn’s face!
• Kawasaki Z1R Turbo
Meet Black Molly, one of the world’s first stabs at a factory turbo motorcycle. Paul Miles discovers the meaning of warped speed…
• Morini 125 Rebuild
Part Cinque: Stuart Thomson’s restoration of his small capacity single-cylinder Morini continues with sprockets, oil filters and the dreaded electrics…
• Royal Enfield Bullet, Part 2
They’re everywhere. They’re affordable. They’re a load of fun. Odgie caught a Bullet and stripped it back to basics
• Ariel 500 Twin
Ariel twins are some of the more neglected of the British parallel lines, but why? Frank Westworth rides one and ponders
• Bert Hopwood Profile
Inspired to investigate the people who created the bikes we call classics, Richard Jones started with one of the old industry’s most well-known characters. He follows Bert Hopwood’s early career from Ariel to Triumph, to Norton and then BSA
• Triumph 3SW
Some outlandish alterations are inflicted on innocent two-wheelers during military emergencies. Rowena Hoseason meets one of WW2’s less well-known warriors and learns about one of its unusual applications
Meanwhile, Frank Westworth tackles an Ariel, a Matchless, grease, grime and backache in The Shed; Dave Minton says farewell to Gordon Lucas; PUB grapples with gearbox grief, and Burman’s b’stard bearings, and Graham Ham considers the best old bikes for riding vast mileages.
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