January 2016
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Real Classic - January 2016

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RealClassic #141 on sale

New year! New issue of the magazine! Featuring big Brit twins, a smoky stroker, a couple of Italian classics and a dodgy old Honda 350. Read all about them…


BSA A65 LIGHTNING
Nolan Woodbury discovers that BSA’s unit 650 twins makes an ideal first Britbike, and it’s totally at home on the dry roads of Arizona…

DUCATI 350
In the 1950s, Fabio Taglioni was inspired to make the world’s most beautiful motorcycle. One that would stir men’s souls in a way they had never been moved before. By 1974 this had evolved into the Mk3 single; not a desmo, but still beautiful to behold

FRANCIS-BARNETT PLOVER
Once a common sight on every street, Francis-Barnett’s two-stroke commuters are now rather rare birds. Frank Westworth gets taken for a ride by a  Plover 95

HONDA SL350 PROJECT, Part One
Odgie plans to go scrambling on a budget of just one thousand pounds. Hence the cunning ‘grand scrambler’ nickname. This project demands ingenuity, incredible engineering talent, and an extremely cheap Honda

MATCHLESS G12
Half a century ago, Neil Cairns lusted after an AMC 650 twin. Last year he finally got around to making a teenager’s dream come true, but it took some work to get the bike back on the road

MOTO GILERA GIUBILEO  REBUILD, Part Four
Stu Thomson’s rebuild of a 1964 Moto Gilera Giubileo continues. This month, with all the major components back where they should be, he simply has to sort out the sparks

NORTON COMMANDO
People have been making jokes about Norton’s factory custom for forty years. Paul Miles discovers a surprisingly serious motorcycle lurking underneath the eccentric external appearance of the Hi-Rider (or is it a Hi rider? Who knows)

ROYAL ENFIELD CRUSADER, Part Two
Oily Boot Bob has clocked up more than 50,000 miles with his Royal Enfield 250. Two decades ago, he was just getting to know its faults and foibles

TRIUMPH TR5
Triumph’s 500 sprightly 500 should be a lively ride, but this one wasn’t running right and couldn’t hold its liquor. Stuart Urquhart set to with the spanners to cure its incontinence

VINTAGE BUYING GUIDE
Are old bike prices rising or falling? Have pre-war motorcycles become prohibitively expensive? Rowena Hoseason explores the options and the costs in case you’re considering getting into girder forks…

PLUS! Jacqueline Bickerstaff explores the Italian National Motorcycle Museum; Frank Westworth gets distracted from his BSA rebuild by a stack of Ariel spares, and readers explore the intricacies of setting up sidecar steering…

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