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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Well, we can dream… • Exotic, expensive, exhilarating… the 1978 Bimota KB1 is all of this and more. A fabulous fusion of ’70s Kawasaki power and Italian chassis wizardry, it’s a road bike with GP tech

‘If I had £10,000…’ • What trio of classic stuff will Chris Walker, former racer and now proprietor of Chris Walker Kawasaki in Grantham, Lincs splurge his make-believe ten grand on?

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…

Yamaha FS1-E • Per Brandt likes Yamaha’s class leading FS1-E so much, he set up an owners club for them. Here’s what he’s got to say about the UK’s favourite sports moped

12 bikes that sold • Gez Kane picks out some of the highlights of Bonhams’ flagship £3.2 million spring sale at the Stafford Show – and a selection of the best of the other auction action

Post-war BSA twins • Fancy enjoying the Brit twin experience? BSAs offer some of the best value in the class

Nemesis cracks 100mph • Norton 1500cc V8 prototype clears its first hurdle, an 8000rpm run. Here’s how it went

Foggy’s Goodwood party

What’s new

‘What an engine!’ • Award-winning custom builder’s Norton rotary daily rider

CB400 Four sells for £17,250 at Stafford

The Members’ Meeting • The classic racing season kicked off at Goodwood on April 12-13. Classic Bike went along to soak up the atmosphere

Diary dates…

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

NEXT MONTH • In July’s Classic Bike

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JOEY’S GREATEST WIN?* • Joey Dunlop won 26 TT races between 1977 and 2000, but which was the greatest?

UNLIKELY TT RACE BIKES • Some surprisingly diverse machinery has entered competition on the Isle of Man’s legendary Mountain Course over the years. Mark Graham examines some of the more left-field examples

‘I bunked off school to watch the TT’ • Some people contracted TT fever when they were very young. The experience changed their lives. Classic Bike spoke with five early adopters

INSIDE THE ISLE OF MAN SHEDS • The Isle of Man population is steeped in motorcycling. Classic Bike went to meet some of them in their dens…

BURNING DESIRE • At times during his restoration of this 1988 Kawasaki GPX750R, Bob Harris was tempted to torch it. But his tenacity, bargain-hunting ability and passion to revive unloved machines resulted in this blaze of glory

Martin Lambert • From running factory race teams to testing new 200mph models, Martin has been knee-deep in Kawasakis for 28 years. But the Kwak obsession started well before that…

Matchless Silver Arrow • Powered by a 400cc V-twin that looks like a car engine, the Matchless Silver Arrow aimed at four-wheeler levels of sophistication. Will Rick fall for its...