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Classic Bike Magazine

12 issues per year

Classic Bike magazine helps inspire you to get more from your passion for classic motorcycles. It's not surprising it's the UK's best-selling classic motorcycling magazine when we share your fascination with motorcycling's heroic past.

Get instant access to your subscription today when you take out a Print + Digital or Digital only subscription. In addition to the digital magazine, you'll also unlock benefits such as instant access to the latest and previous issues, exclusive rewards and discounts, a monthly email from the editor and much more...

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12 issues per year

Subscriber Benefits

View the chart below to see the benefits you'll receive with our subscription plans: 

Print Digital Print + Digital
12 Print magazines delivered to your door with FREE UK delivery      
Digital magazine access via the app and website      
Instant access to the latest and previous issues      
Exclusive rewards, discounts, and prizes      
Monthly Editor’s e-newsletter      

About this magazine

Classic Bike magazine reveals motorcycling's heroic past while also helping you buy, fix and improve the bikes in your shed. Every month it's packed full of real motorbikes you love to own and ride from the 1960's onwards. Every issue is packed full of great bikes, rebuild projects, practical workshop tips, buying advice and fantastic tales of full-noise, high-octane, unfiltered motorcycling. Getting out and about on your classic motorcycle is easy with Classic Bike's regular events listings and resident spannering supremo Rick Parkington provides fixes for all your classic fettling needs.

In each issue of Classic Bike magazine, you will find:

  • Exclusive stories that put the reader in the seat of history's greatest bikes
  • Incredible racing tales from days gone by
  • Restoration accounts from our staff, expert contributors and readers
  • Instructional features that inspire and help readers restore their bikes
  • In-depth technical features from the most authoritative writers in motorcycling

Whether you're looking for the latest digital edition or a monthly subscription, if you're interested in buying your first classic motorbike, or if you've been an enthusiast for years, Classic Bike magazine is the one for you.

Benefits of becoming a Classic Bike subscriber

Here's why becoming a subscriber is an absolute must:

  • Expert Guidance at your Fingertips: Every issue peels back the curtain on motorcycling’s legendary history, all while serving as your trusted guide for buying, fixing and enhancing the classical bikes resting in your garage. Get ready for practical workshop tips, insightful buying advice and enthralling tales of unfiltered, high-octane motorcycling adventures.
  • Iconic Rides: Classic Bike showcases the real motorbikes you’ve always dreamed of owning and riding. Immerse yourself in a symphony of great bikes, fascinating rebuild projects and unforgettable journeys.
  • Never Miss an Issue: With a subscription, not only do you secure a reduced rate on the magazine, but we’ll also deliver every issue instantly to either your digital device or to your door with FREE UK delivery. You’ll never have to miss another issue again.
  • *Elevate Your Reading Experience: Tailor your reading experience with customisable features like audio narration, night mode, and adjustable text size, making your reading time as enjoyable as your motoring adventures.
  • *Digital Delights: With Classic Bike’s Print + Digital and Digital only subscription plans, you can enjoy the convenience of reading or listening to the latest and previous issues on any device. You'll also access exclusive content, embrace a monthly email from the editor and receive rewards, discounts, and prizes.
  • **Eco-Friendly Choice: With a Digital subscription, by reducing paper usage, you’re contributing towards a greener planet while indulging in your classic bike passion.

Embark on a thrilling journey with a Classic Bike magazine subscription. Relish the roads, connect with fellow riders, and celebrate the true spirit of motorcycling. Your adventure awaits.

*Available with our Print + Digital and Digital only subscriptions only
**Refers to our Digital subscription

Delivery Information

Print magazine subscriptions will either start with the next available issue or the issue you selected at the checkout. Although we will do our utmost to ensure that your magazine is delivered at the same time it is available in the shops (or sooner) it is possible on some occasions it may be unavoidably delayed. If this is the case, we would ask that you please allow an extra 5 days for delivery before contacting us. Delivery of print magazines to subscribers outside of the UK takes up to 15 working days (excludes weekends and Public Holidays).

For a digital subscriptions, as soon as your subscription has been confirmed by an confirmation email, you will be able to access the latest issue. From that point onwards, you will receive all future issues as long as your subscription remains active. Please note that you will not be able to access any of the issues that came out prior to the start of your subscription.

Outside of the UK - Speed of delivery to subscribers outside the UK obviously depends on the quality of service provided by the various organizations along the way. The following airmail delivery times should be calculated from the date the magazine is published and are approximate: Delivery of print magazines to subscribers outside of the UK takes up to 15 working days (excludes weekends and Public Holidays)

If you purchase a subscription which has a gift included, please allow up to 28 days for delivery of the gift, which is sent under separate cover from the magazine. If you bought the subscription as a gift for someone else, any gifts will be delivered to you, the purchaser. We are currently unable to send gifts direct to the magazine recipient.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, if you have the email address of the recipient, we can send an e-card at the time of purchase or on a date of your choice. Please note that if your gift subscription comes with a welcome gift, the welcome gift will be sent to you to give to the recipient or to keep for yourself.

Print subscriptions: When you place your print order, you will be able to choose the start issue in the checkout and the expected delivery date will be shown.

Digital subscriptions will be accessible on the day of purchase. Once you have completed checkout, you will receive further instructions on how to access your digital magazine.

Print + Digital subscriptions: The digital magazine will be accessible on the day of purchase and the print magazine will start from the start date you select in the checkout. Once you have completed checkout, you will receive further instructions on how to access your digital magazine.

As standard with our digital subscriptions, you will receive:

  • Instant access to all the content via the app and website
  • Special bonus content via an exclusive email
  • Access to exclusive rewards

You may receive additional benefits depending on the brand. Please see the 'Subscriber Benefits' tab for a full list of benefits that you will receive.

Currently, digital subscription rewards can ONLY be accessed via the app. So please install the app on your phone or tablet.

All information regarding exclusive rewards, bespoke competitions and access to exclusive content will be available in the app and via email.

Yes – every issue of the magazine and all content is published in what we call ‘device-optimised templates’ on both our app and this website. This means that, no matter the size of the screen you use, your magazine will be easy to read.

The app gives you the best of both worlds! You can either enjoy your digital magazine in old-fashioned ‘magazine view’, which is basically a PDF replica of your print magazine, OR you can read it in optimised template format. - We call this ‘digital-view’ mode.

On the app, when you’re reading the magazine in digital-view mode, you’ll see a header bar at the top of each article. Here you’ll be able to:

  • Select audio mode and listen to the magazine being read to you
  • Select the size of text you find easiest to read
  • Bookmark features you want to quickly return to
  • Switch to ‘dark mode’ to make it easier to read your content

You'll also be able to access the content almost instantly when you purchase either a Print + Digital or Digital only subscription.

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