April 2007

8 BIG AND SINGLE
No, not Dave Richmond but his favourite bikes are big singles like this BSA and Panther.

16 JUST LIKE STANLEY?S
At least that?s what Norton claimed for this TT-winning replica Model 25, Tim Britton has a go.

23 HOW TO...
...service the electrics. Phil Mather gets to grips with current affairs... OK, sorry, couldn?t resist... electricity? Current...?

28 RESPONSE
Now then, this is our brand-new, sparkly letters page where, for a change, we?re going to put readers letters and... what? You mean we always put them here? Oh...

33 BY INVITATION ONLY...
A casual mention of free time was all it took for the editor of CBG to persuade this car industry executive to pen a column... Cars? Yes but he rides classic motorcycles too.

35 MOVING SWIFTLY ON
Andrew Wilson takes a look at the names behind some common components

38 A FAMILY AFFAIR
BSA?s small unit twin doesn?t get the same attention as the bigger ones; Uncle Jim attempts to redress the balance with our cover machine.

48 ADVENTUROUS COUPLE
It?s easy enough to go to exotic locations today, there are loads of firms who will attend to your every whim but, as Richard Skelton finds out, 45 years ago you just went and did it.

54 YOUR CLASSIC
Ever wondered what happens to the bikes after they?ve been in this bit? Yeah, me too. Matthew Vale tells us what happened next...

58 THE CAFFEINE KICK
A well-known caf? connoisseur, the Gorgeous Biker Chick, tastes a couple of specials from the menu board.

68 ALL?S FAIRING WELL
Yes, streamlining was the new thing back in the 50s and one of the first to get involved was Royal Enfield. Keith Fryer investigates.

76 PLUGS AND LEADS
Here it is, all that?s happening in the world of old motorcycles from events to products, we?ll let you know what?s going on in the world of classic two wheels, oh and three wheels too, when we?re told.

82 WE WERE THERE
Yes we were, we were at the snowbound Bristol Classic Show, see what Uncle Jim and Phil Mather had to say about it.

88 SUBSCRIBE SUBCRIBE
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90 FREE ADS
Oh yessss! The REAL reason you buy this magazine; it?s OK, I know it is, when we get our copy I look through them first too.

110 LOOKING FOR ADVENTURE
As the weather picks up, so does the number of runs available to go out on, sometimes there are too many runs on a weekend to get them all in. D?you think people would vote for me if I proposed a two-day working week and a five-day weekend?

112 CLASSIC CLUB GUIDE
The list is almost endless of great clubs; it?s so big that we have to split it up to get it in, one month we might start from A, the next we?ll make sure we finish on Z, that sort of thing.

122 CLASSIC BUYING GUIDE
It?s well known that the olden days were all black and white, we?ve an archive full of pictures to prove it. Nick Ward attempts to add a little colour to the world.