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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From our archive

Bultaco 250 Alpina • Whatever you wanted to do, Bultaco had an off-road bike for you, like this immaculate Alpina. It’s an interesting story that involves great off-road bikes, mixed with politics and sometimes dodgy workmanship

Classic news • Stafford Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show reunites 916 rivals Foggy and Frankie!

We’ve been to Calstock Bike Show

Fancy a day out?

Thirty years in the making • Nick Jefferies reunited with the Britten V1000

Norton Dominators • Fancy a 99 with a flake? A Norton twin felt very different to its rivals

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Frank westnorth looks back at: The Norton International • The Cult Of The Camshaft… why do some folk go all misty-eyed whenever overhead cam singles are mentioned? Frank Westworth takes a personal approach…

Stocker supreme 1985 Suzuki GSX-R750 Superstock racer • Every so often a bike comes along that jumps everything forward. In 1984, 40 years ago this month, it was the birth of the ‘Gixxer’

Lunch and a bimble with Norman Hyde • Norman Hyde started working at Triumph motorcycles 60 years ago. We thought it would be interesting to go for a ride and have a chat over lunch

Project Honda CBR600FV • A box full of spares is no use if the spares are junk… Matt gets closer to finishing the CBR and finds a little about his BMW on track at the same time

Nortons in India • It’s a long way from Bracebridge Street… we look at two families and their connection with Norton

XS work – two steps forward, one step back • Oli’s Yamaha is getting a new starter, sorted rear suspension, and it is nearly time for the tank to go back on. Nearly…

Frank’s Famous Last Words • A tale of two Triumphs: a twin and a triple. One deliberately drab, the other an orgy of colour and chrome…