7 BIFFA’S BASEMENT
With a rare fine day at this time of year, a bit of spring cleaning went on in The Basement.

8 PRODUCTION RACER
The last racetrack gasp for the British industry was the production class and Norvil Commandos were one of the best looking bikes out there. Keith Fryer tries one.

23 HOW TO...
...service the cables, controls and steering head bearings from Phil Mather.

28 RESPONSE
Response is a good way to describe it too, as you lot don’t half respond to things we put in the magazine.

33 BY INVITATION ONLY...
...and invited this month is David Dixon, yes THAT David Dixon.

35 MOVING SWIFTLY ALONG
Old manuals and workshop books fascinate us all, none more so than Andrew Wilson.

38 A GENTLEMAN’S MACHINE
Yes, the Sunbeam S7 was aimed at the gentlemen who still rode motorcycles in the 50s. Our own ray of sunshine, Jim Reynolds, takes a spin.

48 COASTING ALONG
Andrew Wilson didn’t just spend his time in California checking out the beach scene, he did some serious mileage on a BSA as well.

54 A WORK OF ART
So claims John Nutting of the stunning Triumph special.

58 DOWN AND DIRTY
Biffa gets his hands on three trail bikes and goes green laning out in the wilds.

68 ULTIMATE CAFÉ RACER
Rod Ker gets up close and personal with a Laverda Montjuic. Does he like it? Read the article and see.

76 PLUGS AND LEADS
Want to know what’s new, what’s happening and all that jazz? Then this is the place to be.

84 WE WERE THERE - 1
Uncle Jim goes along to the Ariel Owners’ Club Rally.

86 WE WERE THERE - 2
Bob Clarke goes Dutch at theWoerden Show

88 FRENCH FANCY
Steven Myatt bobs about on a neat French bobber, built in the American style of course.

90 FREE ADS
How often do you get something for free these days? Not often I bet.Well CBG still lets readers sell their bikes for free.

100 SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
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110 LOOKING FOR ADVENTURE
Despite it being February, there’s a whole host of stuff going on and it’s all in here.

112 CLASSIC CLUB GUIDE
We try, we really do try you know. But still errors creep in, details aren’t updated and that sort of thing. So come on clubs help us to be accurate, keep us up to speed with what’s going on.

114 CLASSIC BUYING GUIDE
It’s a talent you know, a great talent.We count our blessings that we can have access to it each month when Nick Ward turns his thought process to what those advert descriptions really mean.