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

Contributors in this issue

LETTERS OF THE MONTH

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 six? Please write and tell us

History in the metal • This is incredibly original 1930 Scott Sprint Special was ridden by Roland Stobart in the Manx Grand Prix of that year. We love the way it looks and the fascinating story behind it

‘If I had £10,000…’ • Expert trials rider, TT winner and scion of a Yorkshire dynasty, Nick Jefferies tries his best to keep three two-wheeled desires within an imaginary £10k budget

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 below to tempt you…

Suzuki GT750 • Suzuki’s big triple remains one of the best-loved ’70s superbikes. Kettle Club membership secretary ‘Skid‘ Brown explains just what the attraction is

12 bikes that sold • Auction prices, live and online, provide a genuine guide to values. Gez Kane watched these bikes sell last month

Triumph Bonnevilles • Triumph’s T120/T140 twins are a mainstay of the classic market, but what’s happening to values? The past three months of auction prices tell the story

RIP Malcolm Smith • The off-road racing legend was a star of seminal film On Any Sunday

SS50 to Istanbul

Briefs

Morini 3½ comeback

R90S inspiration

Flying Flea bites

A city break with a difference • If you ’re into Italian classics, the Mostra Scambio Novegro in Milan is the only place to be in November. The Morini Riders Club came back with parts, pictures and this report…

Dates for January

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

In the February issue Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans

Classic Bike

1975 50th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL ISSUE

Exhaust of the year • Honda launched the CB400/F to dealers in January 1975. It became one of the best-loved bikes of the decade; 50 years later it’s a great classic buy

A bone to pick • On the 50th anniversary of David Aldana debuting the most famous leathers in racing, we caught up with him and dispelled some myths

Johnny who? • Fifty years ago, an unknown teenager called Johnny Cecotto blitzed a star-studded Daytona 200 field on a standard TZ700. A month later, he won his debut Grand Prix, and then the 350cc World Championship

When Cecotto had Ayrton Senna worried

Pieces of eight • For 1975, Britain’s top drag racers had their sights set on running the first eight-second time by a European rider. The season kicked off at Blackbushe airfield on April 13…

When Brits • In 1975 the Norton Commando and Triumph...