Real Classic

RealClassic magazine features the very best British motorcycles from all eras, plus charismatic Continental machines (and the odd Japanese classics crops up occasionally, too). Long term classic riders will recognise many of the members of the RC team, which includes authors, historians and journalists like Steve Wilson, Dave Minton, Matt Vale, Odgie, Jacqueline 'PUB' Bickerstaff, Rowena Hoseason and editor Frank Westworth -- but the magazine's key feature is that it is firmly grounded in the real world. Our articles are written by real life riders and reflect far more than a simple road test ever can. We're never scared of getting grubby in The Shed (and we even admit it when things go horribly wrong!)

Real Classic

FROM THE FRONT

Best Kept SECRET • When you’ve seen one 750 Bonneville, you’ve seen them all. Right? Not so, says Rowena Hoseason…

JOB DONE

INCOMING!

Italian TWINS • A load of hot air? Both Benelli and Motobi offered Tornados for sale. Frank Westworth samples one of these badge-engineered beauties…

Dream MACHINE • Is it a scooter? Is it a sportster? And who stole the clutch lever? Andrew L Smith reveals the engineering accomplishment of Honda’s auto-transmission 680c V-twin…

Way Out WEE VEE • And you thought that Panther built only stonking great singles? Think again. Alan Cathcart reveals the Panthette…

THE MILLER MUSEUM

The Lost CRUSADE • Returning an old Enfield to the road should’ve been reasonably straightforward. But this Crusader’s future appears to be wrapped up in red tape. Robert Finan tells a cautionary tale…

The Colossus OF ROADS • When Nick Adams bought his 1980s behemoth, we all raised a few eyebrows. Surely this big old beast wouldn’t survive his epic adventures in the Canadian wilderness? After 30,000 miles, we might have an answer to that question…

MEET Mister John • Why does John Walden own not one but two pre-unit BSA 500 twins? Why is one them called 'Mister John’? And what started his life-long association with BSAs anyway?

READER ADS

Too old to ROCK 'n' roll • After many months of painstaking progress on his first British bike build, at last Alan Smith can try starting Doris the Dominator. And then it’s surely time to take to the road…

Let’s TORQUE NORTON • Fifty years ago, there surely was a lotta torque about Norton. And so the chatter continues, with this year’s Norton Day at the National Motorcycle Museum…

STARFIRE SCRAMBLER • Odgie gets trapped in an interdimensional space-time rift with his budget flat-tracker build. It’s all about matching BSA bits to the Can-Am chassis

PUB TALK • PUB reports on Founder’s Day 2024, shares some interesting machinery, and attempts to create her own Flying Flea lighting set…

Ollie's ODDJOBS • Ollie stumbles across the Listerlicious, which is probably the one and indeed only…

TALES FROM THE SHED • Projects? Everyone needs a project, surely? Frank plainly needs than one. Nobody knows why…

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