July 2015
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Real Classic - July 2015

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This month’s magazine has a rough-stuff theme, featuring Triumph’s Trophy, a genuine ISDT Ajay, BSA’s Spitfire scrambler and a Velocette mud-plugger. Back on tarmac, roadgoing classics include the Ariel Square Four, Daisy the Speed Twin and a Royal Enfield big twin. RealClassic isn’t available in UK shops, so here’s how to buy a copy…


AJS MODEL 20
When Lawrence Howes was a lad, he used to gaze in admiration at posters of Gordon
Jackson and Hugh Viney, superstar riders on AJS trials bikes. Now, decades later,
Lawrence has a chance to ride a genuine factory competition machine, the ISDT bike ‘AJS 5’

ARIEL SQUARE FOUR, Part Two
Last month, Simon Holyfield told us all about the history of Ariel’s famous four. Now he
has to get to grips with the mechanical bits, starting with the speedo and moving on to
strip the engine

BSA A65 SPITFIRE
The fastest production 650 twin of its time turned out to be a bit too hot to handle, as
Rowena Hoseason discovers…

NORTON UNIFIED TWIN, Part Two
From time to time, tales surface concerning the great What-Ifs of the old industry. One
such is the story of the unit-construction Norton heavy twin. Anthony Curzon has a couple of the engines, and Richard Negus rebuilt one. This is the concluding part of his
story…

ROYAL ENFIELD CONSTELLATION, Part Five
Stephen Herbert’s restoration of a 700cc superbike turns towards completion after an
engine strip and rebuild, then resolving carbs, sparks and cosmetic quandaries. Now it’s time for the big twin to return to the road…

TRIUMPH TR5
A real-life tale a tale of pre-unit Trophy twins. More than one of them; a fine tale of riding, restoration and reward…

VELOCETTE SCRAMBLER
Velocette weren’t renowned for producing scramblers, and you certainly won’t have
seen one like this before. Odgie meets a most unusual Velo single

PLUS! Daisy the Triumph Speed Twin and Graham Ham conquer Scotland, we take a backwards glance at classic fairings, Jacqueline Bickerstaff goes to the bike museum and other places, Frank Westworth starts a new project in the shape of a BSA 250, and Dave Minton takes his curtain call…

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