June 2015

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Classic Bike Guide

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

006 STAFFORD SHOW
An impossibly large event with an
impossibly large number of bikes
(and people)

012 SOME NEWS
Road, race and restoration

014 PETER WILLIAMS NORTON
Would you like a monocoque
Norton racer?

016 GEOFF DUKE
A tribute, by Alan Cathcart

020 SUBS PAGE
Take time to subscribe. Everyone’s
a winner

022 BSA ROCKET 3
Unspeakable excellence. Maybe

028 VELOCETTE SCRAMBLER
One seriously modified single

032 NORTON MODEL 18
Remarkably practical, not over-priced

036 MOTO GUZZI CX100
A what? Find out here

042 MATCHLESS G12CSR
A truly red rocket

046 LETTERS
Every one a winner! More please

050 GEORGE COHEN
Authentic and original. Ish…

052 PAUL D’ORLÉANS
Writers teach us how to speak

054 MARK WILLIAMS
Tales of turkeys, wild and otherwise

056 VINCATI
Italian soul beats with an
English heart

066 TRIUMPH TIGER SPECIAL
A serious prowl cat

074 OVER ENFIELD
How to race your Bullet. No, really

084 CLASSIC BIKE GUIDE
At last, a guide to buying Japanese

094 MODEL STUDY
Triumph T140 Bonneville
(and others)

102 MODEL STUDY
Suzuki RE5 (like no other)

110 READER ADS
Lots. Lots. Lots

128 CLUB SPOT
Trident & Rocket 3 OC

130 FRANK WESTWORTH
At the rear as usual

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