This week on Classic Bikers Club
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics on sale, biker survival story and articles on BSA-Triumph triples, including the Hurricane X75. Also Norton Commando buying guide and another chance to vote for the Classic Bikers Club Bike of The Year 2012...
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Classic British Legends
An essential guide to the very best of British motorcycling has been launched by the team behind The Classic MotorCycle magazine...
The way we were: October 1912
Thick autumn fog nearly prevented the BMCRC running its Open Championship Meeting on Saturday, October 12, but by midday the Brooklands track was bathed in sunshine as the first event of the day, the One Hour Cyclecar race started. J T Wood (1068cc GWK) led...
Seriously hurt motorcyclist survives three nights in a ditch
Police have praised the “determination” a motorcyclist who survived three nights at the bottom of a wet 6ft ditch trapped under his bike and suffering from broken ribs...
'Art tyres' auction
Three unique motorcycle 'art tyres' are currently being auctioned online on website eBay, with all proceeds of the sales going to Help For Heroes flagship recovery centre, Tedworth House...
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics on salee now
Pocket rocket 125s, Stan Stephens reveals tuning secrets, Yamaha YZF750 rotary Norton replica, buying Honda's CB500 twin, Yamaha XT500, Suzuki GT550 and Triumph Speed Twin. This month's issue supplied with FREE cover-mounted reprint of Motor Cycle Weekly, from August 1979...
WIN a Honda GB500TT!
This is your chance to win a no-expenses spared restoration of the Honda GB500TT. Built by Honda as homage to the classic British café racers of the sixties, the GB500 was based on its popular XBR500. Here's your chance to win this collectible classic bike for free! See the prize video and picture gallery!
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The 19th Carole Nash Eurojumble
Sweltering heat and motorcycling enthusiasts from all over Europe helped to make the record-breaking two-day 19th Carole Nash Eurojumble a truly international affair...
The Motorcycle Wall of Death (Ken Fox)
Another chance to see the Motorcycle Wall of Death from a previous show...
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Latest articlesCBC Bike Of The Year 2012
The six finest classic motorcycles have been chosen – each a winner in its own right from bike shows up and down the UK – and now it's up to YOU to decide on the overall champion. Vote online now! The winning machine will be revealed at the 19th Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show at Stafford in October…
Norton’s Commando twin was only ever intended as a stop-gap model to put the Norton name back in the public eye, but the ‘stop-gap’ ran for 10 years and is regarded by many as the finest incarnation of the traditional British parallel twin...
During the vintage days of motorcycling, designers endeavoured to make the rider’s role easier, with slick control design and cleaner handlebar. Recent generations of motorcycle design boffins have more than re-cluttered the handlebars with switchgear. Now that is progress...
Low sales volume still didn’t stop Kawasaki from selling its own version of the archetypal British bike...
Triumph's startling X75 factory custom won over American hearts in its short production life, although the original slab-tanked, ray-gun-silencered triples had underwhelmed overseas bikers...
Triumph and BSA triples offer a unique riding experience to the British motorcycle fan. They represent the British industry’s last roll of the dice against the rising tide of Japanese superbikes – and they can still deliver impressive and exhilarating performance more than 40 years after they rolled off the production lines...
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