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

Baby Boxer • Remarkable styling and engineering were combined in the Hoffmann Gouverneur, but its high price didn't help sales. Alan Cathcart sheds light on a continental cruiser…

IN COMING! • RC readers write, rant and rattle on… Summat to say? Send your comments, hints, tips, tales of woe and derring-don't to RCHQ@RealClassic.net

OOPS!

SERVICE STARS

AGREE TO DISAGREE

SNOW JOKES

SHOWING OFF

WINTERS DRAWERS ON

TEST RIDE: REFUSED!

CL STRIKES A CHORD

THE PATH NOT TAKEN

EXCELSIOR DEO

ROAD-GOING

NOT TOO TALL

LETTER FROM AMERICA • Kevin Lemire urges us to embrace our family histories, as he ponders on how motorcycling may be an inherited trait…

Customised Custom • Owners often customise their bikes, even when that bike is a factory custom to start with. Kelvin Gay treated himself to a customised TSX, one of Triumph's finest twins. Frank Westworth took it for a ride

The MILWAUKEE CRIPPLER • Some bikes definitely bite back. Richard Jones’ Ironhead Sportster lives up to its notorious reputation: but he loves it, nonetheless…

RIDING life • Classic bikes can travel through time. So says Peter Beresford about his ex-military BSA M20…

CAFÉ K • BMW's old bricks don't easily convert into café customs. But Tim Pattemore loves a challenge, and Keith Rowles tells us all about it…

Small & Speedy • You may be aware of Velocette's ill-fated efforts in the 1960s with the Viceroy scooter. But two-strokes played a much larger part in the company's history, even significantly influencing the Veloce brand, as Henry Gregson reveals…

A Major REVIVAL • Oily Boot Bob sets about bringing a Matchless C80 back to life, with the assistance of some well-timed chocolate digestive biscuits…

Small Heath Survivor • Odgie likes BSA singles and has indeed built several B31 specials. However, if he was going to choose another B31 then he'd probably not select a 1946 edition. But you don't get to argue when the Cosmic Supply Co kicks in…

PUB TALK • PUB has been to Motorcycle Live to see the revival of the middleweight category (although they sound heavy to her). She also cannot count…

Ollie's ODDJOBS • In which Ollie flirts with outrage by admiring a custom Italian Harley…

TALES FROM THE SHED • Are we having fun yet? Frank's still stripping, and getting pretty filthy while doing it…

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