Beginners’ guide to modern classic

…or ‘modern classics’, as they’re also known. A growing market of motorcycles that blend modernity with the charm and aesthetics of yesteryear. And the options are increasing in shape and size – as RiDE discovers by heading out on three bikes that fulfil the mantra

What have I done? I have just spent about six times that which I’ve yet previously spent on a car, on a vehicle that has twice as many cylinders as I’m used to, will consume about double the amount of

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Paul Bennetts is the Stafford Show organiser and Midlands area rep for the CBX Riders Club UK. He’s owned countless sixes over the years – and still loves the thrill of riding Honda’s engineering masterpiece