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Contents: The Sportier Four: Honda CB750F (With the pioneering CB750K getting long in the tooth, Honda had to do something to rev up sales. Enter the sporting CB750F Super Sport); Classic Scene: The Classics Shine At Road America 2011 (Gray skies couldn’t keep us – and 2,500 other classic bike fans – from Road America); BSA’s Immortal Gold Star: The Last Of The Big Singles (The single-cylinder Gold Star was the ultimate sporting BSA, and John Niesley’s 1962 DBD34 is one of the nicest out there); An American Exotic: Indian Four (In an era of singles and twins, Indian’s 1,266cc four was the ultimate luxury motorcycle); Centenary Celebration (Vintage road racer David Roper tries a 1911 Indian Racer Replica at the 2011 Isle of Man TT); Back To The Future: OCR 1000 (Dutchman Henk van Veen’s rotary-powered ’70s Superbike gets a second shot at life); Third Time’s A Charm: 1979 Moto Morini Strada 500 (Phillip Tooth falls in love with an old nemesis); The Iron Pig: MZ ES250/2 (Function over form, the MZ ES250/2 was utilitarian transport for East Germany’s proletarian masses); Shoestring Racer: REG 250 (Built in a home workshop, is this the great British world beater that almost was?) Departments – Black Side Down (The editor speaks); Readers And Riders (Tire snobbery, gray market bikes, lovin’ the mag); Gear Driven (Cool new gear to plug into your classic bike); Under The Radar (1983-1984 BMW R80ST); View From The Sidecar (Barber Vintage Festival, Battle of the Brits, Hesketh returns?); MC How-To (Step-by-step: How to rebuild a Brembo F08 dual-piston brake caliper); Keith’s Garage (Keith’s fixes will keep your classic bike up and running); Destinations (Northern California’s La Montana de Cinco Pases); Calendar (Where to go and what to do); Cool Finds (New stuff for old bikes); Parting Shots (41 years with a 1969 Kawasaki W2SS 650)
Issue: September – October 2011
Condition: Very Good