In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Classic Bike (UK)

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• Lightweight laughs
  Darting round on small bikes is always fun, but today’s fuel prices and speed limits mean it also now makes sense. This Honda MB-8 is the perfect path to dinky-bike giggles
• ‘If I had £10,000…’
  Grand Prix star of the ’80s and ’90s, British 250 and 350 champion, three times a BSB champion, Niall Mackenzie (64) splashes our pretend £10k wedge
• 12 bikes you can buy
  Summer’s here, and that’s all the excuse anyone needs to treat themselves to a motorcycle. Gez Kane suggests a few corkers to get your wallet twitching
• BSA Bantam
  Surely the best-loved British lightweight in the classic world. BSA Bantam Club secretary Pete Wilson explains the allure of BSA’s timeless little stroker
• 12 bikes that sold
  With the market livening up ready for summer, Gez Kane is on hand to find out what’s been selling over the past weeks – and for how much
• Suzuki 750 SRAD
  Nothing captures the sensations and performance of the 1990s sports bike boom like the beam-framed Suzuki GSX-R750. They’re affordable too… for now
• MV goes for £937,000!
  World record price set by 1965 factory MV Agusta 500 at Bonhams’ Stafford sale
• Arthur Lampkin, RIP
  Former British champion and brilliant all-rounder dies
• Members’ Meeting
  We toddled along to Goodwood to catch all the action, great bikes and star riders at the 83rd running of the event that signals the start of the racing season
• Rescued, revived & ridden
  The classic bikes that you have found, restored or just taken for a ride
• The start of something special
  In 1986, Honda rolled out their new VFR750F, and the new VFR400R for Japan. It was a model range that would go on to define the brand
• The world’s favourite model line
  Honda’s VFR models have been delighting riders for four decades. Here’s a breezy saunter through the key moments in the life of the ‘most Honda’ models of all…
• Roger Etcell
  The former Honda UK boss explains how he saved the VFR750 from being canned, and how he sold an NR750 for two bags of cash…
• Feel the force
  Once the Honda VFR400R gets it claws in you, there’s no going back – just ask serial NC24 restorer Myles Lubbock
• Why the RC30 is so special
  Honda are famous for V4s but their VFR750R RC30 is the most famous of all. Professor of mechanical engineering Jamie Turner explores what makes it so exceptional
• Simply superb
  Only got room for one modern classic in your garage? There are so many reasons why the Honda VFR800Fi is the one…
• Last of the line
  Sixteen years ago, Honda launched an all-new super-sized VFR. It bombed. But there are many reasons why the VFR1200F is a nailed-on future classic
• Deutsches Motorrad Museum
  The town of Neckarsulm in Germany is the former home of NSU, once the world’s biggest motorcycle manufacturer. The Deutsches Motorrad Museum, housed in a historic building in the town centre, contains lots of NSUs – and a lot of other bikes too
• A taste of real motorcycling
  Buy a 1951 AJS Model 18S unseen and ride it 750 miles to the French Riviera? Sounds like a plan…
• TERRIFIC TALES
  The world’s greatest road race has seen ace battles, top bikes, heroic rides and amazing events. We pick some of the best stories out the archive for some Isle of Man time travel
• COMMANDING PERFORMANCE
  The F750 class arrived at the TT in 1971, where top privateer Charlie Sanby made history with this Gus Khun Seeley Norton Commando
• Blue-and-whitewash
  The Isle of Man TT featured an unprecedented four Production bike classes in 1986. Suzuki blew everyone away in them all
• Triumph T150V Trident
  Last month Rick rode a Laverda Jota and wondered if Triumph’s Trident could ever have been as good. This month he finds out…
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• ‘It’s the timeless heritage that appeals’
  Jamie Delaney (right) has created a thriving business from vintage clothing, militaria and motorcycles. Needless to say, his workshop is a treasure trove
• My favourite bikes
  Jamie Delaney’s top two-wheelers
• Useful things
  Just some of the essential items in Jamie Delaney’s workshop
• Carburettors What you need to know
  They mix your fuel with the air and pour it into the engine. Sounds simple, but the humble carb is a cunning creation with many elements, types and differences
• Down to the grind
  With Project BSA Goldie scrambler’s engine parts sent away for repair, Rick’s attention switches to the frame and suspension – have they had a hard a life?
• How to build a Ducati 916 engine
  And not just any Ducati 916 engine, but one capable of winning the Classic TT. Key Racing reveal the what, why and how of building a storming big V-twin
• What’ll it do, mister?
  Keen to find out exactly how well his big British triple is performing, Mike straps the 1994 Triumph Sprint 900 to a dynamometer and asks it a few searching questions
• ‘It hasn’t been on the road since 1968’
  What better first foray into two-wheel ownership than a decrepit Paloma Dasl moped that’s been stashed away in a corner for 58 years? Matt Tomkins wades in…
• Stopping and hooting
  After headlights made it possible to ride in the dark, it wasn’t long before the need to defend yourself became important with horns, rear lights and stop lamps
• My father’s joy ride
  After nicking his son’s bike for a cheeky ride, the face on Frank’s dad says it all