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Real Classic - August 2014

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Three Triumph motorcycles are featured in this month’s magazine, but not one of them is a twin. Two alternative V-twins also make an appearance; one Hesketh and one Moto Guzzi, and a whole heap of other classic bikes…

 

HESKETH 24
It’s a time for rebirths of great names from the past. The latest marque to rise from the ashes is Hesketh. Paul Miles reports on the launch of their first offering, the 24

MATCHLESS G80 ENGINE REBUILD
Engineer Richard Negus enjoys a challenge. Here are his overhaul notes for a 1965 Matchless G80 engine together with plenty of pictures in case you fancy taking on something similar at home

McKENZIE 170
Roger Woods has produced both a heart-warming tale and a rather rare motorcycle. Read all about Gentleman Jamie, a veteran two-stroke from 1923 equipped with a Hobart engine

MOTO GUZZI 750S
Nick Adams bought a 1970s Moto Guzzi 750 sportster on impulse, and then discovered that he had something rather unusual on his hands…

NIMBUS REBUILD, Part Three
Lasse Horskjær rescued a rare Danish relic from the scrapheap, after it was written off as being uneconomic to repair. Last time the engine got all the attention. This time, there’s much work to be done to the chassis

TRIUMPH TIGER 80
It’s hard not to think of Turner’s twins when someone says ‘Triumph Tiger’. But the success of the Speed Twin and all its offshoots was preceded by an altogether more singular kind of cat. Rowena Hoseason makes a new feline acquaintance in the shape of a single-cylinder 1936 T80 or two

TRIUMPH T150 CAFÉ RACER
Odgie found a truly unusual three-cylinder Triton. It’s more than a little bit of a beast!

PLUS! We reveals the secrets of the saleroom, behind the scenes at Bonhams; Jacqueline Bickerstaff enjoys the Banbury Run, Dave Minton meets a man who’s owned a Shadow several time, and Frank Westworth celebrates an outing to Andy Tiernan’s giant shed


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