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Buying Guides
by James Robinson, pics John Wilkinson, Originally published January 2007. A 'Buying Guide' article, from The Classic MotorCycle
Ace restorer John Guy is well known on the show circuit, for his collection of vintage and post-vintage machines, six of which are SOS two-strokes. To find John as the owner of the featured French-built Magnat-Debon, then, was a bit of a surprise...
by James Robinson, pics John Wilkinson, Originally published October 2009. A 'Buying Guide' article, from The Classic MotorCycle
When Associated Motor Cycles’ engineers enlarged the 350cc AJS 7R to make the 500cc Matchless G50, one of the best looking racers of all time was created...
by James Robinson, pics John Wilkinson, Originally published July 2008. A 'Buying Guide' article, from The Classic MotorCycle
Triumph's Bonneville was, for many, at about its peak in 1969 as it has the twin leading shoe front brake and all the other refinements gradually introduced through the 1960s and it's still pre oil-in-frame. This US spec example from that season underlines the point...
by James Robinson, pics John Wilkinson, Originally published January 2008. A 'Buying Guide' article, from The Classic MotorCycle
This late Velocette Venom is a fine hard-working example of what to many is the ultimate British single...
by Rowena Hoseason, Originally published November 2005. A 'Buying Guide' article, from RealClassic
Some experts consider the Gold Star to be the best bike ever built by BSA. Make up your own mind, after examining our quickfire classic bike guide to the breed...
by Lou Spokes, Originally published June 2013. A 'Buying Guide' article, from Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Sometimes bikes are amazingly successful when there is nothing really spectacular about them: take the Honda 250 Super Dream. There was nothing fundamentally or seriously wrong with the machine but neither was there anything magical about it...
by Jim Reynolds, pics Jim Davies, Originally published January 2006. A 'Buying Guide' article, from Classic Bike Guide
The phrase ‘getting your fingers burnt’ took on a new meaning for Triumph Trophy owner Doug Webb as, after one lengthy rebuild and a best in show award, a jealous neighbour set fire to his shed! Jim Reynolds explains...
by James Robinson, Originally published September 2012. A 'Buying Guide' article, from The Classic MotorCycle
Velocette's LE had a long production life, which indicated success, but it also absorbed a colossal post-war investment from the company, which in hindsight arguably did irreparable damage to the manufacturer...
by James Robinson, pics John Wilkinson, Originally published December 2009. A 'Buying Guide' article, from The Classic MotorCycle
The Spitfire was BSA’s range leader through the years 1966 to 1968. This is a US market last-season version...
by James Robinson, pics John Wilkinson, Originally published April 2007. A 'Buying Guide' article, from The Classic MotorCycle
One man’s lifelong love affair with his Rudge has resulted in a show winner that means far more than money to its owner
by James Robinson, pics John Wilkinson, Originally published September 2006. A 'Buying Guide' article, from The Classic MotorCycle
Though the ohc AJS was perhaps not initially the most successful of AJS’s 350s, it is undeniably one of the most handsome, with this a particularly spectacular example, a Best in Show at the Stafford Show, in April 2006...
by James Robinson, pics John Wilkinson, Originally published February 2008. A 'Buying Guide' article, from The Classic MotorCycle
Triumph's Thunderbird is undoubtedly one of the most famous names in motorcycling lore, with both the model’s achievements and a notorious film appearance adding to the legend...
by Rod Gibson, Darren Hendley, Originally published August 2007. A 'Buying Guide' article, from Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Yamaha’s 350cc YR2C may be rare in the UK, but that’s because the twin cylinder street scrambler was aimed fair and square at the US market. It was another landmark product for Yamaha...
by Steve Cooper, words and pics, Originally published February 2013 issue. A 'Buying Guide' article, from Classic Bike Guide
Despite the total lack of logic to the basic arithmetic involved, certain machines just somehow conspire to be greater than the sum of their component parts...
by Mike Lewis, Originally published October 2010. A 'Buying Guide' article, from The Classic MotorCycle
OK Supreme’s Flying Cloud was one of the most romantically named motorcycles and this example inspired an emotional reunion, more than 60 years after its manufacture...
by James Robinson, pics by John Wilkinson, Originally published October 2010. A 'Buying Guide' article, from The Classic MotorCycle
This 1947 AJS Model 18 has been owned long-term and, though originally used for trials, now finds itself at work on the hard stuff...
by James Robinson, pics John Wilkinson, Originally published August 2008. A 'Buying Guide' article, from The Classic MotorCycle
The BSA A65 Lightning Clubman was the top of the range unit construction BSA, in many ways the replacement for the Rocket Gold Star as BSA’s twin-cylinder racer on the road
by Andy Westlake, Originally published December 2012 issue. A 'Buying Guide' article, from The Classic MotorCycle
The 250cc AJS Model 22 is quite a rarity, though its combination of ‘big bike’ feel and dimensions, plus a willing little engine, should make it a winner...
by Steve Cooper, Originally published in May 2013 issue. A 'Buying Guide' article, from Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
It’s now 30 years since our lives were transformed by Yamaha’s 350 Power Valve. You’d be rightly forgiven for thinking the average RD350-YPVS had a short, frantic but happy life but we’ve found an example with 156,000 miles on its clock!
by James Robinson, pics by Joe Dick, Originally published August 2010. A 'Buying Guide' article, from The Classic MotorCycle
Officially sanctioned by Norton, the Works Racing 30M is a top quality classic racer, built to exacting modern standards...
