Classic Bike

Classic Bike helps and inspires enthusiasts to get more from their passion for classic motorcycles. The magazine shares their fascination with motorcycling’s heroic past while also helping them buy, fix and improve the bikes in their shed. Our main areas of content are: - Inspirational and entertaining reads that celebrate the glory of motorcycling, from riding stories that put the reader in the seat of history’s greatest bikes to incredible racing tales - Restoration stories and instructional features that inspire and help people get their tools out and sort out their old bike - In-depth technical features from the most expert and authoritative writers in motorcycling If you share our passion about classic motorcycles from the last century, you'll enjoy reading Classic Bike.

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Get into hot water • A heavyweight contender when it comes to satisfying yearnings from the heart and the head, we’d be happy to be whisked away to far-flung places by this 1975 Suzuki GT750M

‘If I had £10,000…’ • Rob Andrews, former factory rider for Kawasaki in World Championship 500cc Motocross, tells us how he’d blow an imaginary ten grand

12 bikes you can buy • Gez Kane is always on the lookout for the tastiest bikes on sale. Here’s what he’s spotted for sale this month – there must be something to tempt you…

Kawasaki 750 H2 • Kawasaki Triples Club vice-president and club magazine editor, Malcolm Anderson reveals why he loves the power of the biggest beast in the range

12 bikes that sold • Here’s our selection of just-sold classics that have caught Gez Kane’s eye in recent weeks. They’ve all been under the auctioneer’s hammer – whether actual or virtual

Vintage era bikes • Fancy a go at the Banbury Run? These recently-sold pre-1931 machines are just the ticket for vintage fun

George Greenland 1932-2025 • His career as an off-road solo and sidecar competitor lasted seven decades. Talk about a life well lived

Barn finds under threat • New EU scrappage rules could significantly impact UK bike restorers

Metisse up for sale

What’s new

OW-01 sells for £68,000 • Crated 1990 FZR750R bought by American collector

CCM down, Norton up

The Bike Shed Show • Britain’s best custom bike show took place at Tobacco Dock in London on May 24-25. Craig Stuart photographed some of the standout machines at the show

Diary dates…

Rescued, revived & ridden • The classic bikes that you have found, restored or just taken for a ride

In August’s Classic Bike

UP FOR A SCRAP •  When Nigel Harte bravely took on this first-year GSX-R750 in 2008, it was one step away from the scrapyard. Now it looks like this

Steve Parrish • We drag the ex-factory GP rider, multiple British champion and notorious prankster away from his fart machines for a spot of lunch

STEVE PARRISH • A lot more than just a joker

Benelli 2C Mk2 • The 1970s may have been the era when Japan’s two-stroke 250s caught the imagination of a generation of young Learner riders – but other options were available from closer to home

Benelli’s history book

Bonnie bargain • Triumph’s unit-construction Bonneville T120 ticks all the right boxes – and prices are looking pretty tempting

Live streaming from Scotland • Greg Moss heads to the the hills of Kinlochleven for the Pre-65 Scottish Trial – an annual magnet for old British iron, organised by the Edinburgh and District Motor Club

V-FOUR VICTORY • To Ireland and the North West 200 on a grotty £750 Honda? What could possibly go wrong? Not much actually…

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