Classic Bike (UK) - 1 Apr 2025
Summer EVENTS Special
New Wave Classic!
22-PAGE FETTLING SECTION
188 MUST-DO EVENTS
Buying Guide: Suzuki GSX-R750F
September – Lunch with Russell Benney
Winning Bids & Price Check
June – Oliver’s Mount Scrapbook
July – One man’s ideal Vincent
May – Ducatis ridden back to Bologna
August – Rick Rides... a Triumph hot rod
Project Bike: Harris Magnum 2
Project Bike: 1914 Bradury
News
British Bike Basics: Amal MKI carbs
April – A Yamaha TT600 in the desert
102 Inside GCS Motorcycle Services
Project Bike: BSA Bantam
Project Bike: Moto Morini Kanguro
Temptation & Quick Guide
We Want It
Rescued, Revived & Ridden
Startline
Startline
Hello
RD500’S hard price
Scarborough sleepover
Mark Graham
John Westlake
Pete Boast
More house pets
Bony Gixxer
Change for the best
Laurie parked
Hands up…
Inspirational tale
Machine head
Too old to turn
Express delivery
Send your letters to...
Very fast when parked
Very fast when parked
Honda NS400R
Bridgestone Battlax BT46
NS400R Big-bore kit
‘If I had £10,000…’
Rescued, revived and ridden
Big Brit singles: latest sales
Classic bike world latest
12 bikes you can buy
£30,000-40,000 1988 Honda VFR750R RC30
€4900 (£4100) 1975 Royal Enfield Bullet Military
£5495 1997 Yamaha V-max
£8000-12,000 1977 Triumph Bonneville T140J
£10,000-14,000 circa 1986 Ducati 750 F1
£180,000-240,000 1937 Vincent-hrd Series A
£3500-4500 1980 Yamaha RD250LC
£2000 1977 Honda CB750F2
£2500 1973 Yamaha YA3 racer
Kawasaki Z1
£4000-5000 circa 1967 Ducati 50 SL/1
£7500 1988 Suzuki GSXR1100J
£25,995 1972 Kawasaki Z1
12 bikes that sold
£25,875 1977 Maxton Yamaha TZ750D
£9775 1979 Silk 700S
£62,100 1924 Henderson Four Deluxe
£7270 1975 BMW R90S
£9775 1980 Laverda Jota
£2550 1979 Suzuki TS250
£1055 1962 Francis-barnett Falcon 87
£4248 1976 Yamaha RD250
£18,975 1986 Yamaha RD500LC
Post-war British heavyweight singles
The Classic Bike auction diary
’How much?’ Gez Kane on classic values
£10,600 1976 Kawasaki Z900 A4
£2900 1983 Yamaha RD80LC
£10,350 1973 Yamaha FS1-E
ROAD RACING RETURNS!
Premium racing
Rose Hanks RIP
Triumph sell 134,635 bikes
Fuel tanks for Ducati 916
Mick Ofield RIP
Castrol Honda return
New Cathcart book
Final Jawa two-strokes
Rebuilt and reborn
Rescued, revived & ridden
Bultaco bitsa
Still fun at 50
Rebuilt and reborn
Bultaco bitsa
SHOW US YOURS
Summer EVENTS special
September
August
April
June
May
July
Grass needs cutting again
Grass needs cutting again
April
Against the grains
Against the grains
Sandraiders Morocco
1964 Mod, mod world
1964 Mod, mod world
May
Bolognese source
Bolognese source
How the bikes fared
‘We meet the museum’s curator, Livio Lodi, who gives us a fascinating private tour of the museum’
‘We meet the museum’s curator, Livio Lodi, who gives us a fascinating private tour of the museum’
ASI Moto show
IOM TT extra
IOM TT extra
June
Summertime at the seaside
Summertime at the seaside
Starter’s orders
Tricky first hairpin
Climbing the hill
In awe of Bob Heath
Memorial and The Café
Mountside Hairpin
Mount Hairpin
The Jumps
The Cock o’ The North
Mountside Hairpin
See racing at Scarborough Cock o’ The North, June 21-22
1994 Parking place
1994 Parking place
July
Not your typical VINCENT
Not your typical VINCENT
Glyn’s top Vincent tip
Vincent Owners Club day – July 6
SPECIFICATION – 1972 EGLI-VINCENT GRIFFIN
A smoking summer
A smoking summer
August
Britsteel Triumph Thunderbird
Britsteel Triumph Thunderbird
SPECIFICATION | 1948 TRIUMPH THUNDERBIRD
How Britsteel’s Pete built the bike
Heritage Sprint August 9-10
On the day shift
On the day shift
September
Russell Benney
Russell Benney
Three Moors Run September 14-17
Seeing the light
Seeing the light
PRICE GUIDE
Age concern?
What to look for
Exhaust
Bodywork
Age concern?
SPECIFICATIONS 1985 SUZUKI GSX-R750F
RESOURCES
Frame
Wheels
Which to buy, what to pay…
MODEL HISTORY
‘Making life on bikes better’ Episode 3: Stormland
‘I grew up in a bike shop. It’s all I know’
‘I grew up in a bike shop. It’s all I know’
Project bikes
Old rubber
118 Brit bike basics
The right place for getting cranky
Where Laverda engines get a new lease of life
Old-fashioned vice
Monster torque wrench
Pressing engagement
Priceless pullers
1980 Fantic Caballero
1976 Honda TL125
1981 Laverda Jota
Needs slight attention
Polished pillar drilling
Obstruction spanners
90° screwdriver
Pick-up claw
Service on a six
Hang ’em high
Establishing a state of balance
Ready to rebuild
Boxes of electrical tricks
RECOMMEND A WORKSHOP
Fixing fuel tank leaks
Fixing fuel tank leaks
De-bugging the Bantam
Vintage tyre quandary
Fitting beaded tyres
Jumping back in time
Jumping back in time
Amal MKI Concentric
In the toolbox
Making brake hoses
Skills series goes live!
That’s what we call an adventure
SHOW US YOUR PHOTOS
Trident day trip
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