Just about every aspect of the classic motorcycling world has been captured, scrubbed up and presented for your delectation in the July 2011 issue of RealClassic magazine. Order a copy here...

AJS MODEL 18C
All life’s a trial! Dave Blanchard answered an ad for an AJS trials bike in bits. The rest is his story...

ARIEL SQUARE FOUR OUTFIT
Ariel’s remarkable four-cylinder machine casts a long shadow over motorcycling history. Rowena Hoseason joins the dots...

BMW R100 RESURRECTION
There is a steadily increasing number of riders who really rate the air-head BMW boxer twins. Why? Duncan Cooper explains more in Part Three: a terrifying tale of mechanical disaster

BSA A10 SPECIAL
Prepare to be shocked if you are off a delicate disposition. Some folk are sticklers for originality in its purest form; others have their very own ideas of how a motorcycle should look. Odgie could well be one of the latter...

KAWASAKI Z1B
The shock of motorcycles with four cylinders, overhead cams and electric starters had worn off by the mid-1970s. Many riders felt that the Kawasaki 900 Z1 was the ultimate, that it would be king forever. Paul Miles felt a need to see for himself, a little later...

1921 LEVIS 211cc TWO-STROKE
Discovering and researching the history of an elderly motorcycle can be an intriguing affair. John Lay has a Levis. He needed to know about it. So he looked and he learned

NORTON COMMANDO RUNNING REPAIRS
Matthew Vale spent a long time raising his Commando from the dead. After a decent interval, he has started to make its life even better. Part Three: endless mysteriousness involving gearboxes and other strange things

ROYAL ENFIELD 250
Norman Stevens has enjoyed an enduring love affair with Royal Enfield’s 250 singles. Steve Hodgson tells a tale. It’s a Continental undertaking...

1939 TRIUMPH SPEED TWIN
The first of (too?) many. It spawned a million twins. It set the trend for the rest of the classic British bike Industry. Why was it so revolutionary? Frank Westworth rides a Triumph twin...

PLUS Graham Ham and his well-travelled Triumph, sometimes known as Daisy, ride far and wide in search of adventure; readers reveal all about adapting AMC crankshafts and infuriating ethanol angst; Bickerstaff commemorates a hero of the single-speed era; Minton recalls riding to the 1978 Austrian Grand Prix and Frank Westworth gets philosophical in the Shed.