Classic Bike Guide - August 2016
CLASSIC BIKE GUIDE || CONTENTS
006 NEWS
Bikes, bits for bikes, that kind of thing
008 SUBSCRIBE!
Save money, get the magazine early.
Thrills undiluted. Excitement unlimited
010 BSA OWNERS’ DAY
We have no idea what a collective
noun for BSA owners is…
014 VINTAGE EVENTS
Two big ones, lots of bikes,
folk riding bikes
022 GET DRESSED!
Some decently groovy bike gear here
026 YAMAHA SR500
Stripped of everything superfluous
032 TRIUMPH THUNDERBIRD
One of those really nice twins
038 BMW R50S
Monochrome magnificence
042 LETTERS
So we made more room this month
044 PAUL D’ORLÉANS
The unappreciated art of luggage
046 MARK WILLIAMS
Mark’s sparks fail to fly
048 PAUL MILES
Harleys, sporty and classic. No, really…
052 BSA ROCKET 3
Build your own, then. From bits
060 MOTO GUZZI STORNELLO
A most recent, and indeed
remarkable, twin
074 AJS CAFÉ SINGLE
Roadster, racer, café
racer. All life is here
082 BRITISH CLASSIC BIKE GUIDE
With a truly remarkable selection of
the prices real bikes were sold for
096 BRAKE CALIPER OVERHAUL
Brakes don’t work? Time to fix that
104 KAWASAKI GPZ500
Rebuilt, repaired, restored. An
everyday tale of sprucing and fettling
110 READER ADS
Send us bargains. We need many
more bargains. We do, we really do…
129 INK WHEELS
Hot Triton, by Ian Cater