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.

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Kawasaki GPz turbo • For a brief moment in time, turbos were 'the thing', and Kawasaki's GPz750 Turbo was the best out there

National Motorcycle Museum expose never-seen-before Experimental Norton for all to see • You can see this interesting NVT 750cc Short-stroke experimental racer in the open for the first time at the museum

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Fancy a day out? • Time moves on at a pace akin to the rider of a Daytona 500 on a country road on a summer evening. We've got a few more months of decent biking conditions left in 2026, so there are plenty of opportunities for two and three wheeled fun and games. Keep to the back roads, watch out for distracted holiday makers making wild changes in direction and all will be well.

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

Ariel Square Four - Squaring The Circle • Exclusivity has always been hard to buy, but Ariel offered four-pot class for many years. Frank Westworth rides a relic and reflects...

Mert Lawwill: The Multifarious Motorcyclist • 'On any Sunday' star, dirt-track champion, engineer, even creator of prosthetic limbs for cyclists, Mert Lawwill can never truly be pigeon-holed.

LAWWILL HARLEY STREET TRACKER: Racer With Lights – Yes! • Building a special is a fantasy for most, but for Mert Lawwill it was a bringing together of his experience and ideas

CCM FT350S and The Sledgehammer - Little and Large • Small motorcycle manufacturers, by their very nature, have to invariably play to exclusivity; and CCM have always been well versed in making the most of a little. CBG editor from the past, Nigel Clark, takes a look at two variations on a theme.

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Repairing a nasty paint scratch or chip at home

The Long Way Round • Matt's making progress with his Norton ES2 metalwork, but it's slow. Like pushing your bike through sand...

Wiring woes and spokes success • Oli gets bamboozled by wiring, while teaching himself a new trick

Famous Last Words • Frank thinks he's kicked the bucket. Bucket list, that is...