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

Something SENSIBLE, SIR? • If your days as a wild street racer are passing, why not meet the nicest people on a (small) Honda? Chris Spaett explains an unusual choice of a forever bike. Frank Westworth took notes…

INCOMING! • 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

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MUSEUM Pieces • The National Motorcycle Museum has around a thousand vintage and classic motorcycles on display in five huge halls, so you could be forgiven for not finding every interesting old bike when you visit. Rowena Hoseason highlights one you might've missed…

Art Deco Avantgarde • It looks amazing. It's remarkable to ride. It's remarkably blue. Alan Cathcart uncovers the strange world of the Ascot-Pullin…

Ride, Repair, REPEAT! • When you ride an old bike then inevitably you end up fixing an old bike. Martin Peacock provides a rider's view of Norton's noble big single…

SHOW STOPPERS! • This month's Stafford Show gets a sprinkling of stardust with TT legend John McGuinness and young(er) gun Dean Harrison – plus one of Barry's bikes goes under the hammer…

RACING Days • The classic racing scene goes into hibernation over winter in the UK. But on the other side of the planet, hundreds of vintage racers come out to play. Stuart Francis reports…

Norton NEVERWOZZERS • Pre-production prototypes offer unique insights into what went on in the old British bike industry. Many were broken up and their unique components consigned to the scrap heap. It's hard enough to rebuild working replicas… but what if you actually want to ride them? Paul Henshaw fettles the second of two bikes which Norton never made…

PROUD OWNER SPEAKS

A Major REVIVALL • Oily Boot Bob's 1965 AMC 500 single is almost ready to ride. A few final jobs need ticking off the to-do list, and then it's time for the shakedown ride…

Small Heath Survivor • Just when the end was almost in sight, that ‘interim year’ thing raised its head to plague Odgie once again. But he made a new friend on eBay, so it turned out nice again…

PUB TALK • The return of the PWP (pre-war project), for a bit more tinkering prior to display at the Bristol Classic Bike Show - its first time out in public…

Odgieś ODDITIES • Taking his cue from evergreen Ollie, the ever eccentric Odgie explores a parallel universe…

TALES FROM THE SHED • Will the stripdown ever end? Frank's still tackling a seemingly endless process of dismantling

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