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Real Classic - May 2011

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If you ever wanted to know more about dynamos, H-D café racers, BSA B31s, BMW boxers, Norton Commandos or sidevalve singles, or even the dohc 350 and 500 Brit twins which were never built - look no further. It’s all in the May magazine...

AJS MODEL 16 REBUILD
The final episode of this three-part rebuild sees the 350 singe back on the road and running well. Well, running well until the moment when it stopped!

BMW R100 REBUILD
The first part in a new series: buying an old Boxer and discovering what might be wrong with it

1959 BSA B31
This uprated Beesa single turned out to be the perfect working Britbike for a day in the lashing rain. None of the glitz of a Gold Star, but plenty of practical aplomb

HARLEY-DAVIDSON XLCR
Many people say they’d never ever buy a Harley, not even a classic café racer like the XLCR. This owner explains how his sporty black beast won him over. It’s a roadster and not a cruiser, he argues: think Ducati or even (horrors) Vincent V-twin...

NORTON COMMANDO
After rebuilding his Hi-Rider last year, Matt Vale’s been fettling the twin as it has settled down. So which bits needed attention over winter, then?

NORTON WD 16H
Norton’s wartime warrior was the stalwart 16H, a simple sidevalve single. This bike was rebuilt from a rusty wreck to a righteous runner in 18 months

TRIUMPH BANDIT 500
Before the old BSA-Triumph company disappeared down the tubes, they built production prototypes of twin-cam Fury and Bandit 350 and 500 models. One RC reader has recreated a 500 Bandit, and he explains the how and the why in here

PLUS Odgie gets muddy at the Fellside Auto Trial; Graham Ham goes over the hill on a haggis hunt; PUB rebuilds a dynamo; Minton takes on a tank at 80mph, and Frank Westworth juggles rebuilding his AJS twin, a rotary Norton and an Ariel single all at once (recipe for disaster, surely?)





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