October 2016

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Classic Bike Guide

Your guide to buying, running and owning a classic bike. Broad minded with a practical twist.

006 NEWS
All about shows and bike lifts and
shiny parts and… things like that

012 SUBSCRIBE!
Save money, get the magazine early.
Thrills undiluted. Excitement intense

014 TRIUMPH THRUXTON R
The current best of the current breed?

020 TRIUMPH T120 THRUXTON
The best of the last
generation of Bonnies?

026 SUNBEAM S7
Built for gents. Few gents
bought them, of course

032 MOTO GUZZI T3
Long legged, and affordable too

038 ARIEL SQUARE FOUR
Always a delight. Mostly

044 BOOKS!
Plenty of great reading. Ideal
for (whisper) Christmas

048 LETTERS
Much congratulatory stuff.
More complaints required

050 PAUL D’ORLÉANS
Wheels and whatsits

052 MARK WILLIAMS
The rich man’s game?

054 PAUL MILES
The carry tool kit

058 BENELLI 900 SEI
Something grand and pretty wide too

066 NORTON DOMINATOR
Long term ownership
is its own reward

076 BMW R nineT SCRAMBLER
Boxing clever with a boxer

086 BSA A65 REBUILD
Challenge is its own reward

096 TCAFÉ RACER HONDA
Take a sad CB450 and
make it badder

106 CLUBBING
There are lots of bike
clubs. Here’s a few

109 INFO ARCHIVE
Great knowledge here. Surely

110 READER ADS
Send us bargains. We need
many more bargains.
We do, we really do…

129 INK WHEELS
Café Noir by Brett Breckon

130 FRANK WESTWORTH
Never buy a project…

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