Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
This is the magazine dedicated to the buying, riding and rebuilding of the later classics and Japanese machines. Subscribe here.
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Holy cow! Iconic stars of ON ANY SUNDAY headlining Stafford Show! The original superstars together again!
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Holy cow! Iconic stars of ON ANY SUNDAY headlining Stafford Show! The original superstars together again! The COOLEST news we’ve had in a while people! FOUR of the cast from iconic motorcycle documentary On Any Sunday are set for guest of honour duties at Stafford’s massive annual motorcycle event this autumn. Yep. Those guys. They’re…
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Win Win Win! A brilliant 11 day course with Paint My Ride worth £1390!
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This month we’ve got a brilliant competition with our sister publication Classic Motorcycle Mechanics and Paint My Ride, to offer you the chance to win an exclusive 11 day course worth £1390. There is NO course like it anywhere else in the world. You will be given a badly damaged petrol tank, taught how to…
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Steve McQueen 1935 Indian up for auction at Stafford this weekend
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Steve McQueen 1935 Indian up for auction at Stafford this weekend. Two private mega-collections of rare classic motorcycles, along with machines owned by Steve McQueen and James May, are among the lots set to go under the hammer this weekend at Staffordshire County Showground. The annual auction, run by Bonhams, is set to be one…
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This Weekend’s Stafford Show: Top Tips for the big do
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On Saturday and Sunday, October 17-18, some 30,000 motorcycle enthusiasts will head for Staffordshire County Showground. They come because it’s once again time for one of the world’s biggest classic bike events, and there’s so much to see and do, that two days probably isn’t enough. To help you make the most of it, here’s…
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Mega barn find of 45 classic motorcycles going to auction at Stafford
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Mega barn find of 45 classic motorcycles going to auction at Stafford Show. An astounding collection of great British motorcycles has been unearthed after more than 25 years. The collection, belonging to the late John Keeley, will feature at Bonhams Stafford Sale, taking place on October 18 at Staffordshire County Showground. James Stensel, Bonhams Head…
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Mega collection of 60 exotic rare bikes going up for sale
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An incredible collection of 60 rare, mostly American motorcycles will be put up for sale at Bonhams Autumn Stafford Sale, on October 17-18. “This is an incredibly rare find; 60 fantastic collectors’ motorcycles, all carefully stored in the Brescia based private museum of entrepreneur and CEO of the Santoni Group, Tiberio Lonati,” said Ben…
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Bonham’s Stafford auction achieves £2.2 million and Top Gear duo pocket over £77k
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Bonham’s Stafford spring sale broke all previous years’ totals and achieved a record £2.2 million, with 86% of the lots sold. The 12 machines in the sale from the Top Gear duo, James May and Richard Hammond, bagged a collective £77,625 – Hammond’s 2010 Norton Commando 961SE the top lot of the series selling for £15,180. British…
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Used buying guide: 1992-2001 Honda CB750
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Honda’s 1969 CB750 is quite rightly regarded as the first modern superbike. This one machine turned the world of motorcycling on its head, but, Honda was guilty of sitting on its laurels and letting the opposition catch up. By the mid 1970s the bike was beginning to show its age, and by the end of…
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The history of Triumph | 25 years at Hinckley
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It’s nearly a quarter of a century since Triumph came back with a bang. Bertie Simmonds examines how they did it for MoreBikes… On June 29th 1990 the press gathered for the announcement that Triumph Motorcycles was back in business again. Many had heard this all before, and many have heard similar stories of great…
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Foggy and Chili battle it out again
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Listen to Carl Fogarty (Foggy is now in I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here) and Pierfrancesco Chili as they argue about racing, fighting and more with Classic Motorcycle Mechanics magazine’s editor Bertie Simmonds at the recent Carole Nash Stafford show www.morebikes.co.uk/podcast-2
