Retro & Classic Bike Enthusiast is a collector’s magazine for true enthusiasts from motorcycle restorers and retro bike owners to businesses that service the industry. This technical guide focuses purely on retro and classic motorcycling content but more importantly the bikes themselves not just the lifestyle. Every issue is packed full of content keeping readers up to date with Club listings, new products and retro bike industry news, as well as showing off its favourite workshops in the My Shop feature, tips on restoration and engine building, staff bike rebuilds and tyre size and buyer’s guides. Perfect for any truly passionate and enthusiastic retro bike fanatics.
G'DAY
SINGLE MINDED • Metal maestro Max Hazan works his magic once again
Fairy Godfather
Retro Specs
The FLYING Dutchman • Legendary chassis builder Nico Bakker breathes new life into a venerable classic
Bakker’s Secret Recipe
Retro Specs
HEAVEN ON EARTH • Spirits soar as records tumble in outback South Australia
READY RECKONER
Being There
PERIOD PERFECT • From Melbourne, a handmade replica of Ducati’s most famous race bike
Smart Choice
Retro Specs
TOP CAT • An old and rare Panther-framed racebike is reborn as a fast and stylish street tracker
Next-Generation Street Master
Retro Specs
Easy Riders • Get your motor running, head out on the highway
HEARTBEAT • The story behind the most important Moto Guzzi race bike of the last 60 years
Daytona Beached
Retro Specs
STEALTH BOMBER • A soft-bellied tourer is transformed into a battle-ready custom
The Flying Brick
Retro Specs
SPEED FEST • It’s on for young and old at Sydney’s Eastern Creek
Historic Classes
SILENT GREY FELLOW • This is the bike that launched the legend
Harley Milestones
Retro Specs
Retro STYLE
SIMPLER TIMES
CRUISE MISSILE • Practical makes perfect on Triumph’s ground-hugging Speedmaster
Retro Specs
SWEET TWIN • Suzuki’s SV650X looks good, goes hard and is as cheap as chips
Retro Specs
WINIFRED WELLS • The story of a plucky 21-year-old who, in 1950, crossed the country solo on a Royal Enfield
Sisters Doing It For Themselves
ON ANY SUNDAY • Social Pages
FEEDBACK • Letter to the editor
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