February 2016
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Real Classic - February 2016

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In this month’s magazine we feature a hundred year old V-twin, a brand new classic Triumph, a pair of Velo singles and Norton’s Big Four (which is not a multi. No). Here’s how to read all about them…


BSA TRIALS BANTAM
Back in the day, brave souls campaigned mildly modified roadbikes in clubmans’ trials. Hang on, says Odgie, not so much of the nostalgia. In his neck of the woods, brave souls still go mud-plugging at weekends on bikes just like this D14 Beezer

GCS VETERAN V-TWIN
A hundred years ago, an Australian motorcycle manufacturer put this handsome big twin together. More recently, the JAP-powered 770cc sidevalve returned to the road, as Rowena Hoseason reports…

HONDA SL350 PROJECT, Part Two
Odgie plans to go scrambling on a budget of just one thousand pounds, a project which demands ingenuity, incredible engineering talent, and an extremely cheap Honda. This month: engine rebuild, fork straightening and metal bashing

MOTO GILERA GIUBILEO  REBUILD, Part Five (the end!)
Stu Thomson’s rebuild of a 1964 Moto Gilera Giubileo concludes with fault-finding, road registering and riding impressions

NORTON BIG FOUR
DaveS, a man more acquainted with modern motorcycles, gets to grips with a properly old British bike. What will he make of a largely unrestored, 65 year-old, sidevalve single with no rear suspension?

ROYAL ENFIELD CRUSADER, Part Three
After 18,000 miles with Oily Boot Bob, his Royal Enfield 250 had become reasonably reliable. So it was time to buy another one, which needed more than a little attention to its gearbox. And then Bob checked the compression on his original Crusader Sport…

TRIUMPH 6T & SWALLOW SIDECAR
Triumph’s Thunderbird has been attracting attention ever since it broke new ground for the firm in 1949. Dave Blanchard encounters an example which still steals the scene on stage and screen

TRIUMPH TR65
Every so often, a new, unregistered machine from the classic days turns up, like this brand-new-old short-stroke Thunderbird. They typically command a high price, often to outrage everywhere. Frank Westworth wonders why

VELOCETTE MAC x2
SteveM was getting along famously with his swinging arm Velo single 350. Would buying a rigid MAC double his fun or halve his enjoyment?

VINCENT BLACK SHADOW
Vincent twins were always intended to be serious mile munchers, sophisticated touring motorcycles for the discerning rider. Two such discerning riders, separated by nearly six decades and 200,000 miles, finally meet. Richard Hardman tells their tale

PLUS! David B recalls the Welsh Three Days Trial, Jacqueline Bickerstaff contemplates the rise and fall of the 350 class, Frank Westworth can’t find any bushes in the forks of his BSA 250, and RC readers tell more sidecar stories, remember Ariel’s Huntmaster and defend Honda’s GB500TT.

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