Classic Bike Magazine van december 2022

Contents

26 ROYAL ENFIELD METEOR
A labour of love that transformed bike and the man who built it - The re-engineering of this Meteor Minor took up a good part of its builder’s life for 14 years

34 PISTON RALLY
The annual classic fiesta on the spectacular roads of north Spain

42 ALT LUNCH WITH… PAT SLINN
Hallwood’s former engineer tells tales of that comeback and more…

48 SUZUKI GT250K
Well, sort of now, actually – we razz about on a pair of 1973 stinkwheelers

54 RONNIE TATE DOT SCRAMBLER
Dot works replica scrambler built by his daughter - Scrambles hero Ronnie Tuck reads the riot act on how his daughter brought his bike home

66 DESSER TRIUMPH T120
We ride Ken Blake’s ride-to-work machine that flies at a rate

72 11 DAYS WITH PHIL READ
The man who sparked Phil’s last IoM race remembers the man

80 SUBSCRIBE – special offer
Get Classic Bike for just £4.30 a month – you know it makes sense

Classic World

6 THE POACHERS TRIAL
A fine day out trying to ‘clean’ the Lincolnshire Wolds

10 NORTON 961 COMMANDO
Is the freshly revised version worthy of the name? We ride it

13 VALVE CLATTER
A mechanical trundle through news and musings from the classic world

14 DIARY
Still plenty of events to go to right now – and here’s the proof

16 THE WAY WE WERE
A man racing on an unfashionably corrugated surface… and more

18 YOUR CLASSICS
A GP900R salvaged from death.
Well, it is 33 years old, you know

21 LETTERS
Triumph tribulations and a tribute to Blois make for a mixed bag

Classic Workshop

83 RICK’S FIXES
Museum musing mixes with fixes and workshop hints and tips

90 PROJECT BIKE 1920s BSA FLAT TANKERS
Number five (and last) of a series of rebuilds gets (nearly) finished

96 OUR CLASSICS
Hugo’s Matchless introduces itself, Mark’s Guzzi hits Spain

Classic Market

109 BUYING AND SELLING
Light-weight machines are all the rage – here’s a couple of good ones

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