Classic Bike Guide

Classic Bike Guide is a down to earth, practical - and sometimes irreverent - magazine that gets right to the heart of the classic bike world. With a mixture of features, tests, reviews and event reports it is the title that has become a must for the active rider and restorer. Classic Bike Guide magazine - with the biggest and best readers adverts - FREE! Enjoy the digital edition - and save over 50% on the print susbcription price.

Superior bikes on show at Stafford

■ Oulton Park – from aristocracy to racing

Frank Westworth looks back at: Hesketh Vampire A Bike Reborn • Hesketh Motorcycles failed very quickly, but the big Vees refused to lie down. Frank Westworth listens warily to a fine fellow who resurrected a Vampire, and then rides the result…

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We Went to Kickback

We’ve been to The 2025 International Classic Bike Show

Looking after the future generation • With more mechanics appearing in our Old Bike Mechanics Directory all the time, it’s great to hear that one of the largest players in our parts world is doing the same!

Old bike mechanics Directory • Your guide to those who are willing to help us!

The small block Moto Guzzi family • Lino Tonti took many cues from his larger-engined bikes to bring Moto Guzzi in touch with those wanting a smaller bike. And it can still make a cracker today…

Anything to say?

Thunderbird transformation • Roy Henderson has brought this Thunderbird back from a previous life as a Speed Twin and made it his

Triumph TRW • This sidevalve Triumph twin is the one many forget about – at their loss

Joaquín Folch’s Colección Can Costa – collection of dreams • With success comes the fruits of your work, and for one man, and now also his son, that is building a collection of bikes and cars that is second-to-none…

Fancy a day out? • It’s warm, the evenings are long, the bike is working, and there are loads of events to head off to – so what are you waiting for?

Hinckley Triumphs • The ‘new’ Triumph, a well-built modular range, was going to banish the reputation of poor quality, oil leaks and unreliability for good. We can benefit from this now, with some of the nicest cheap bikes out there – and there’s a style for everyone…

Wiring identification and cleaning • Identifying wiring and sorting out some common faults

All together for a great cause Restoring a classic Royal Enfield Interceptor • In the summer of 2023, a lady in Derby contacted the Derbyshire Blood Bikes (DBB) charity. Her husband, an engineer, had died, leaving unfinished the bike he had been restoring. Kate’s key question was: “Can you do anything with it? I’d love to see his project finished and the bike running again.” Paul Smith, a DBB volunteer, picks up the tale…

1977 Moto Guzzi Le Mans II • Despite leaving the Moto Guzzi Mandello factory in December 1977, this 844cc Le Mans, one of the first Mk. II machines, wasn’t registered in Britain until late the following the bike today, which is still in the same family.

Frank’s Famous Last Words • Frank has been hearing voices. Digital voices from far, far away…