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Classic Bike
EditorHugo Wilson
Staff writersBrian Crichton
CategoriesMotorcycles
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherBauer Automotive
First issue1978
CompanyBauer Automotive
CountryGreat Britain
Based inPeterborough
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.classicbike.co.uk
ISSN0142-8906

Classic Bike is a UK motorcycle magazine. Launched in 1978, it is noted for coverage of all makes of classic motorcycles, including US and Japanese models, and one-off specials. Editor Hugo Wilson (who began riding motorcycles at the age of 11)[1] formerly edited Bike magazine and is the author of numerous motorcycling books. Under the banner real bikes for blokes with spanners it has an emphasis on practical hands-on motorcycling.[2]


Features

As well as special features on classic motorcycles, famous motorcyclists and readers bikes, the magazine has regular features that include:

  • Classic World - news, reviews and events in the classic bike market place
  • Our Classics - Updates on the classic bikes owned by the editorial team
  • Engineers notebook - Peter Williams' technical tips
  • Classic America - Mark Gardiner on the US classic bike scene
  • Rics Fixes - Rick Parkington explaining how to keep classic bikes running


Notes

  1. ^ "Hugo Wilson". Retrieved 2008-05-30.
  2. ^ "Classic Bike". Retrieved 2008-05-30.