‘Classic Bike’ Magazine

‘  Britain’s Biggest Classic Bike Magazine ’

‘ The World’s Number One ’

‘ Made in England ’

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******January 1986******

Publication Issue No.72

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The bikes, features and articles in this issue include:

‘AMC’s Smooth Torquer’ a classic ride of a readers treasured machine, with a modern Performance road test of this amazing machine, and a look into the long journey that to got it to this stage – 600cc Matchless G11CS (5 quite rare pages)

‘Holliday’s Honda’s’ a great performance road test & ‘brothers’ shoot-out with a direct comparison of these quite similar but differing bikes, contains great reviews with all the facts, specifications  and performance figures – 1966 Honda CB450 Black Bomber vs 1964 305cc Honda CB77 (5 glorious pages including a double page colour poster) 

‘Easy Slider’ a beautifully done Iconic race bike feature, spotlighting a stunning bike in action again, with a detailed write up and technical specifications section, where we reminisce about accomplishments, history & reception by the fans – the stunning 567cc Norton ES2 Sidecar Outfit (4 exciting pages)

 ‘Nickel, Green & Steele’ an exciting & rare road test and mechanical review of this seldom tested machine. Contains great reviews with all the facts and performance figures – Velo-Metisse (1939 Velocette KTT engine’d Rickman Metisse) (4 interesting pages)

‘Buying Second-hand’ a comprehensive guide to buying, and even improving this popular sports classic & with all the valuable info for any one lucky enough to be an owner of one of them too – Ariel Arrow & Leader (3 detailed pages)

Plus:-

The very latest news from the world of Motorcycling, from that year

Motorcycling features that are of general Interest

Advice and assistance in locating parts, replacements or manufacturing engineers

The very latest products in clothing, retro clothes and gadgets 

Classic Bike racing results - worldwide

Race Reports & interviews, & with Racers, past & present

Reader’s contributions via the letters pages, with topical matters

Celebrities and racer’s writing contributions for the Magazine

Stunning Action Photography – on the Drag strip, Off-road, Airfields, Race Circuits, Green Lanes, Beaches, Computer Dyno .  .  .  & Public Roads

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If you wish to purchase more than one magazine - I will happily offer you a discounted postal rate for combined purchases – Not a problem, just ask!

 I literally have thousands more Motorcycle magazines, from many more publications, covering all decades from the 60’s, right up to the present day

Please have look in my eBay shop, you just might find another issue with your bike in  

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