In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Classic Bike (UK)

• For play not display
  The swarms of modern GS BMWs taking up swathes of our roads are all derived from the R80 G/S. But don’t blame this 1985 example – it’s an original, pure-bred adventurer
• ‘If I had £10,000…’
  Nine-time TT winner Charlie Williams still runs a Gold Flash and an FJ1200 on the road. The 75-year-old stopped racing in 2017, but it wouldn’t stop him blowing his imaginary £10k on race bikes and racing
• 12 bikes you can buy
  Gez Kane is always on the lookout for the tastiest bikies on sale. Here’s what he’s spotted for sale this month – there must be something to tempt you…
• Laverda Jota 180
  International Laverda Owners Club chairman Keith Prentice has owned his Series 2 since 1983 and racked up nearly 100,000 miles on it. He knows his Jotas
• 12 bikes that sold
  Auction prices, both live and online, provide a genuine guide to values. Gez Kane selects the most desirable and revealing bikes that were sold over the last month
• Twinshock trials bikes
  These machines offer a lot of fun for a modest outlay. Here’s an idea of what you can get for your money
• Foggy’s RC30 for sale
  Going to the Stafford Show? Why not snap up one of the most successful Honda RC30s ever?
• Return of the G/S
  New BMW R12 G/S harks back to the original adventure bike – the R80 G/S
• Rescued, revived & ridden
  The classic bikes that you have found, restored or just taken for a ride
• A SLICE OF ORIGINALITY
  Owned for 48 years, Mark Ship’s early RD350B has been toured, raced, crashed, stripped and rebuilt, but retains its authentic aura – right down to the ‘bacon slicer’ front numberplate
• AT LUNCH WITH… Alan Carter
  He beat everyone from Freddie Spencer to Christian Sarron, yet never got close to winning a world championship. We ask Alan Carter what went wrong
• BMW K100RS
  BMW abandoned their flat twins in favour of the four-cylinder K series – but ten years later, the four was gone and the twins were back. So how does the K100RS rate today as a classic?
• Beautiful buy
  Jaws dropped when Ducati’s 916 was launched 30 years ago. Follow our guide and you can get one while avoiding problems that make your teeth grind and bills big enough to make your eyes pop
• CAR-ENGINED Special
  Misguided or wildly creative? You decide, as we present a selection of two-wheelers with four-wheeler propulsion recently unearthed from our archive. Is anyone out there prepared to admit to building any of them?
• reshaping the Bonneville
  In 1971, American freelance designer Craig Vetter was asked to restyle the Triumph Bonneville. The result received good feedback in the USA – but British bosses disagreed and the bike never entered production
• ‘I work on bikes I first touched 40 years ago’
  Paul Boulton was a GP mechanic in the 1980s, spannering for Rob McElnea in the Pepsi Suzuki team and travelling round the world with Kevin Schwantz. So natutrally, he’s the man to see if you need a classic Suzuki race bike sorting
• What my bikes taught me
  Paul Bolton’s top teachers
• Useful things
  Just some of the essential items in Paul Boulton’s workshop
• Regulator/rectifiers
  If you’ve got a relatively modern classic, it’s probably got one of these tucked away somewhere. Alan Seeley tells you what a reg/reg is, what it does and why it does it
• Soldering on
  Last time the Henley-Blackburne was on the bench, Rick said it was nearly there and just needed the oil tank fixing. Of course, it turned out to be more involved than that…
• So, how does this lot go back together?
  Motorcycle gearboxes are mysterious things. Hugo’s wondering how to reassemble this one go back together?
• Homing in on the end
  Alan’s special is in the detailing zone where parts have to be fine-tuned to fit together. The bit when a finished bike is frustratingly close…
• Lucas dynamos
  A dynamo was a popular fitting among manufacturers from the 1920s to the early ‘60s. It can be less popular with owners, but here are some tips to bring light back into your life
• How Stan put a lid on me
  An impromptu meet with racer Stanley Woods coloured Matt Winter’s riding livery