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Your guide to... Honda CBX 750
Nestling under the ‘classic’ radar, Honda’s CBX 750 is an Eighties throwback that gives many modern luxuries.
Buying Guide - Classic Bike Guide
March 15, 2022
Your Guide To... BMW K100
This was one of the last stories Rob Davies, a regular CBG contributor, wrote for us before illness took him. Right to the end, he was trying to convince himself of bikes he didn’t think he would like.
Buying Guide - Sam Hewitt
March 7, 2022
Your guide to...Yamaha TX750
Yamaha were not following the herd back in the early 1970s. When some of their rivals were frantically developing sporty fours to replace their smoky, thirsty two-strokes, Yamaha went in a different direction technologically. It was a bit of a blind alley, but they were at least ploughing their own furrow. And that’s enough mixing of metaphors.
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March 7, 2022
Your guide to... The Triumph Speed Twin
The Oxford English Dictionary describes symbiosis as “an interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association.” Some motorcycles are like that. They feel like living things and become an extension of the rider. And the rider can feel as if they have become a part of the machine, to create a single collective being.
Buying Guide - Web Editor
February 22, 2022
Gilera Nuovo Saturno 350, Part 4
Stu Thomson is refurbishing an unusual single-cylinder Italian sportbike. This time, finishing touches… and will it run? The powdercoat was
Buying Guide - RowenaH
January 29, 2022
Five British bikes for under five bloomin’ grand
We look at some great bikes that needn’t cost the earth
Buying Guide - Matt Hull
January 26, 2022
Your guide to... Norton Model 77
Is this the unsung hero of the 1950s Norton line-up? Oli finds out about the oft-forgotten Norton Model 77
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December 22, 2021
Royal Enfield Clipper: Worker’s playtime
NOT ALL MOTORCYCLES are glamorous.
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December 17, 2021
Laverda SF750, Part Two
Last time, Dave Minton introduced us to Laverda’s 750 parallel twin. In the mid-1970s it got faster, lighter and more
Buying Guide - RowenaH
April 26, 2020
Hinckley Triumphs: out of the archive
Hinckley Triumphs went into production nearly 30 years ago, and the first generation were definitely built to last. A 1990s
Buying Guide - RowenaH
April 18, 2020
Retro Reboot: Moto Guzzi MGS-02
The road-legal MGS-01 was arguably the most beautiful production bike never built. We take a look at what could have been in a well-deserved reboot.
Buying Guide - Sam Hewitt
November 28, 2018
Retro Reboot: Yamaha TDR350
If there’s one bike that would be a guaranteed laugh if it was built today, it would be this. Here’s what it could look like.
Buying Guide - Sam Hewitt
October 26, 2018
Retro Reboot: Kawasaki Z900 H2
Naked style, beastly power: Kawasaki’s Z900 gets a real life reboot
Buying Guide - Sam Hewitt
October 10, 2018
Retro Reboot: Ducati 1299 Superbike
Thirty years ago Ducati produced its first water-cooled V-twin production bike in the shape of the 851. Here’s what it might look like today.
Buying Guide - Sam Hewitt
October 3, 2018
Retro Reboot: Honda CBX endurance racer
Forget the new Gold Wing, this is the six-cylinder motor we want to see!
Buying Guide - Sam Hewitt
October 1, 2018
Retro Reboot: Suzuki GSX-R1100
How does a bored-out GSX-R1000 K5 in Slabbie styling sound to you?
Buying Guide - Sam Hewitt
September 27, 2018
Retro Reboot: Suzuki GSX1250E
The mid-80s was a good time for muscle bikes like the GSX1100. 
Buying Guide - Sam Hewitt
September 24, 2018
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