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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Letters • Classic Bike, Media House, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, Cambs, PE2 6EA

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MAGAZINE NEEDS YOU… • Have you just bought a new project? Or have you finished a project, taken part in an event or just been for a ride? Do you have pictures of you or your friends from your biking past? Or can you identify the riders or a face in the crowd from the Startline image on page four? Please write and tell us

Soak up some history • Classic bikes are as close as it gets to time travel – so why not wade right in and go for something over 100 years old? This charming 1922 Douglas W21 is just the ticket

‘If I had £10,000…’ • Roger Marshall was a factory Suzuki and Honda rider, 11-time British champion and now mentors up-and-coming BSB stars. Here’s how he’d divvy out a £10k windfall

12 bikes you can buy • From an ex-Sheene racer to a vintage lightweight and a Japanese BSA clone, Gez Kane showcases the broad sweep of classic bikes on the market

Jawa 350 twins • Jawa and CZ Owners Club chairman John Blackburn has been a member for 47 years and owns three Jawas. Who better to explain the 350’s attractions?

12 bikes that sold • Our monthly round-up of interesting machines that have been changing hands. Gez Kane is your market barometer, reflecting recent results from home and abroad

BMW R1100RS • Machines that shape or define a brand are always special. Get your hands on the model behind the boom in BMW’s boxers before prices take off…

Dave Degens, RIP • The founder of Dresda, famed Triton builder and top racer Dave Degens, has died

What’s new

Vincent to do Daytona • Plucky Irving Vincent team to return to classic American event – two decades after their famous victory there

Ogri creator passes

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

In March’s Classic Bike summer EVENTS special • Races, festivals, places and great rides – your one-stop guide to an amazing 2026

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SORTED SWARM OF VEES • Hesketh’s name didn’t join Brough and Vincent on the list of iconic British V-twins – but David Sharp’s unique V1200 Vulcan shows how good the aristocratic superbike could have been

Father of them all • Introducing endurance racing technology, the Honda VF1000R was their first V4 with geardriven cams. Here’s how to find a good one…

Giving it the V • Motorcycle history is littered with landmark V-configuration engines, plus some astounding alternatives packing from two to eight cylinders. Here are some of our favourites…

Fabulous Finning • Moto Guzzi weren’t the only ones to make a V8. Finnish genius Tauno Nurmi built his own eight-cylinder for the 350cc world championship in 1965 – and the amazing device has been brought back to life

IAN LOUGHER • He won 10 TTs, eight North West 200s and 32 Southern 100s – but Ian Lougher wanted...