The August issue of RealClassic magazine is out now. You won’t find it in the shops, so here’s where to browse the British bikes and Italian classics, and maybe buy a copy…

ARIEL SQUARE FOUR, Part Three
Last time, Simon Holyfield started taking his Square Four apart. This month, the engine gradually goes back together again

BSA A10 Golden Flash
When Dave Blanchard bought a big Beesa twin, he thought he’d be riding it around all summer. Instead, it spent rather longer than expected in the workshop after an unhappy rattle proved to be piston slap

LAVERDA 750 TWIN, TWICE
Back in RC121, Steven Troupe wrote about his trio of Laverda triples and ended the article with a teaser about an SF1. Since then, he’s not only restored that bike but acquired and rebuilt a 750 SF to boot

NORTON ATLAS
The ultimate Dominator, taken out to 750 and still equipped with the featherbed frame, Norton’s Atlas was a rapid ride. So it’s no wonder that some police forces used these bike for traffic duties. Odgie explains how one very rare example has been brought back to ‘in service’ condition

ROYAL ENFIELD BULLET
Stuart Urquhart aimed to improve the aesthetics of his 500 Enfield single. Along the way he encountered a range of unexpected mechanical gremlins

ROYAL ENFIELD CONSTELLATION, Part Six
The restoration of a 700cc superbike is almost complete. The bike is back in one piece, road legal and running. Now comes the first phase of shake-down fettling…

SUNBEAM SIDEVALVES
A pair of fabulous flat-tankers from the vintage era. Reg Eyre rings the changes between his two Sunbeams, noting the pace of progress between 1913 and 1923

PLUS! RC readers bid adieu to Dave Minton; Mike Estall tells the story of the sunken Sunbeam; Rowena Hoseason looks at what it costs to buy an old bike at auction; how to mend a petrol tank after an original item splits; Daisy the Triumph Speed Twin and Graham Ham meet a man with a VinDec; PUB hunts veterans, and Frank Westworth starts his new rebuild project, a certain BSA B25…

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