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Startline • July 1974, Finnish 350cc GP, Imatra

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Letters • Classic Bike, Media House, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, Cambs, PE2 6EA

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Special in every sense • Chirpy, pretty and rare, yet also wondrously straightforward to ride and maintain, this 1972 Benelli 250 Sport Special looks to us like just the ticket for a golden autumn

‘If I had £10,000…’ • Kawasaki’s European PR Manager Martin Lambert owns two 250 S2s, a 750 H2A and a 500 H1B. Here’s what else he’d buy with a theoretical £10k…

12 bikes you can buy • From the exotic to the prosaic, there’s all manner of classic metal on the market. Gez Kane picks out some of this month’s highlights for those on the hunt…

Hesketh V1000 • David Sharp is the Hesketh Owners Club’s PR man. He’s passionate about Lord Hesketh’s vision of a thoroughly modern British V-twin motorcycle

12 bikes that sold • Gerard Kane guides you through the highlight machines from this month’s sales – top bikes still get big money, but the tempting prices show it remains a buyer’s market

Hinckley Triumphs • The early models from John Bloor’s Hinckley factory put the Triumph name firmly back into the spotlight. And there are some glorious buys to be had

Harrison stars on 1967 CR450 • TT winner enters to ride historic factory racer at the Goodwood Revival

What’s new

MX star sells collection • Factory motocrosser Dave Curtis offloads 45 scramblers

Snake Pass is saved!

Joey Dunlop Exhibition • This year’s Classic TT featured a special exhibition marking 25 years since we lost TT legend Joey Dunlop. CB popped along to the celebration of his life and astounding career

Diary dates…

Rescued, revived & ridden • The classic bikes that you have found, restored or just taken for a ride

Playing King • Amazing Roberts replica RD500 on Sussex roads

THE VERY BEST OF BRITISH • Norvins are special – but this one more than most. So how did Gerry Fry transplant a Vincent V-twin into a Commando? And why?

The World’s Greatest Race Paddock • The Classic TT is the finest mass thrashing of old race bikes anywhere in the world. Inclement weather may have limited the race action this year, but the event’s famously eclectic paddock showcased a weird and wonderful array of fast old bikes for visitors to feast their eyes – and ears – upon. There’s no other paddock quite like it. We went along to pick out our highlights

Seeing the light • Honda’s modest CB, CL and SL350 lightweight twins are sprightly, great fun and increasing popular. It’s time to buy…

The Slater Brothers • It’s exactly 50 years since the first Laverda Jota went on sale. We take lunch with its creators Roger and Richard Slater to find out how

1980 Yamaha RD350LC • The ‘hooligan’ twin was such a hit that demand...