Classic Bike

Classic Bike helps and inspires enthusiasts to get more from their passion for classic motorcycles. The magazine shares their fascination with motorcycling’s heroic past while also helping them buy, fix and improve the bikes in their shed. Our main areas of content are: - Inspirational and entertaining reads that celebrate the glory of motorcycling, from riding stories that put the reader in the seat of history’s greatest bikes to incredible racing tales - Restoration stories and instructional features that inspire and help people get their tools out and sort out their old bike - In-depth technical features from the most expert and authoritative writers in motorcycling If you share our passion about classic motorcycles from the last century, you'll enjoy reading Classic Bike.

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Letters • Classic Bike, Media House, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, Cambs, PE2 6EA

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MAGAZINE NEEDS YOU… • Have you just bought a new project? Or have you finished a project, taken part in an event or just been for a ride? Do you have pictures of you or your friends from your biking past? Or can you identify the riders or a face in the crowd from the Startline image on page four? Please write and tell us

Very fast when parked • Named to celebrate victory at a municipal area of relaxation that doubled as a notorious Barcelona street circuit, this 1980 Laverda Montjuic looks just as temptingly thrilling

‘If I had £10,000…’ • Former GP and WSB racer turned TV commentator James Whitham shows what a canny classic bike fan he is, as he burns through an imaginary £10k gift

12 bikes you can buy • Gez Kane is always on the lookout for the tastiest bikes on sale. Here’s what he’s spotted for sale this month - there must be something to tempt you…

Kawasaki Z1 • Kawasaki’s Z1 and its derivatives changed the face of motorcycling in the early ’70s. Jerry Humpage of the Z1 Owners Club explains its lasting appeal

12 bikes that sold • Auction prices, live and online, provide a genuine guide to values. Gez Kane selects the most desirable and revealing bikes that were sold over the last last month

Post-war British heavyweight singles • The traditional thumper is a great, affordable means of entry into the world of British bikes. We’ve been monitoring recent prices to see just how affordable…

ROAD RACING RETURNS! • After two years with no racing between the hedges in the Republic of Ireland due to insurance issues, at least four meetings will be going ahead in 2025

What’s new

Rose Hanks RIP

Triumph sell 134,635 bikes

Rescued, revived & ridden • The classic bikes that you have found, restored or just taken for a ride

Yamaha RD350 restoration story

Summer EVENTS Special

1982 Grass needs cutting again

April • Races, places & events for this summer

Against the grains • Taking on the dunes in April’s arduous Sandraiders Morocco is a serious business. Harry Metcalfe’s £1600 Yamaha TT600 is fit for the purpose – after a lot of prep work

1964 Mod, mod world

May • Races, places & events for this summer

Bolognese source • What better way to celebrate the 50th birthday of your GT750 than to ride it back to the factory that built it? Will Suttie describes how he and brother Jim took their bevel and belt-driven Ducatis down to Bologna on the trip of a lifetime

1992 IoM TT extra

June • Races, places & events for this summer

Summertime at the seaside • Scarborough’s Oliver’s Mount circuit is one of the most spectacular and historic in the UK. Former Scarborough race winner...