Classic Bike Guide

Classic Bike Guide is a down to earth, practical - and sometimes irreverent - magazine that gets right to the heart of the classic bike world. With a mixture of features, tests, reviews and event reports it is the title that has become a must for the active rider and restorer. Classic Bike Guide magazine - with the biggest and best readers adverts - FREE! Enjoy the digital edition - and save over 50% on the print susbcription price.

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Honda NS400R blue smoke Hondas • In the early 1980s, Honda was constantly chasing the engineering answer to performance

Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) – why did Honda go to two-strokes?

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Winter CLASSIC • The weather smiled, the people came, and Oli had a good ol’ nosey around, while Matt had a go at judging

Frank westworth looks back at: Hesketh V1000 • A twin too far? Frank recalls the most regal of motorcycles, the Hesketh V1000

Moto Guzzi California • One man’s purchase has turned out to be a classic discovery for potential Moto Guzzi owners – but most examples are much better! It’s all part of the fun of 1970s Italian cruiser ownership

Anything to say? • Email || editor@classicbikeguide.com Write to || Classic Bike Guide, PO Box 99, Horncastle, Lincolnshire LN9 6LZ

Iron curtain • At a recent bike jumble, Shaun was amazed to discover that an MZ TS 250 was the star attraction of the ‘bikes for sale’ section. Blokes of his generation were standing around fawning over it, remarking on the bulletproof engine, proclaiming fond memories of MZs back in the day. Er – what?

You can have too many • Matt disagrees with the old adage ‘You can never have enough bikes’

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Cagiva commuter to café racer • This Alazurra 350’s fate was to fulfil one man’s ideal bike – a bike he’d had in mind since school

Old bike mechanics directory • Welcome to the directory of mechanics and engineers happy to work on older bikes, bikes with points, and carburettors to help us all keep on the road

Kitting out for your British bike • If you are setting up a workshop from scratch or planning on organising an existing space, here are some suggestions about what you might find useful, in no particular order...

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Fixing Big Fred • Hutch finds the best answer to a poor thread is to make his own tool – will it work?

Back to basics Motorcycle electrics: Wiring looms • Many of us know next to nothing about wiring looms, so let’s have a look. A great thanks to Mike at Abel Motorworks (01603 890009; mikeabel.co.uk)

In the workshop BMW R100 engine rebuild • After running low on oil and gaining a knock, Matt is reconstructing his freshly-built engine…

Frank’s Famous Last Words • Selling bikes is hard to do, especially to friends…