Classic Bike Guide - February 2017
006 RIDING LIFE
Show show showtime! We’ve
been busy. Report from
Kempton and a Bristol preview
too. And there’s some news!
010 SUBSCRIBE!
Save money, get the magazine early.
Thrills beyond description. Maybe
024 LAVERDA 3C
No Jota, but maybe better for that
028 SLIPPERY SAM REP
Take a Trident. Take off bits,
add other bits. Go fast
034 BMW R90 SPECIAL
Seriously strange way to treat an R90S
040 HONDA GOLD WING
Radical then, radical now. Fab flat four
046 SOME LETTERS
Laverda, Velocette and
the cost of shows
050 PAUL D’ORLÉANS
To ball or not to ball?
052 MARK WILLIAMS
Serious up-front stuff
054 PAUL MILES
Futures for the MoT test
056 BSA GOLD STAR
But not entirely as you know it
064 TRIUMPH TWIN TWINS
Maybe the best Bonnies ever
078 NORTON’S DOMINATOR
Remarkably red, really
086 CLASSIC BIKE GUIDE
Ancient Brits galore
100 SHOCK ABSORBING
It is possible to refurbish older
Japanese shocks, apparently
106 ARIEL HUNTMASTER
One man’s take on an Ariel twin
112 READER ADS
Lock up your wallets
129 BLONDIE
by Brett Breckon
130 FRANK WESTWORTH
Rising prices, falling brain power