Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Dedicated to the later classics and Japanese machines, Classic Motorcycle Mechanics has it all. Now 116 pages of road tests, rebuild guides, 'Street Specials' reviews and much much more... Staff Bikes - Classic Motorcycle Mechanics is the only magazine that "Buys its own bikes, rebuilds 'em and rides 'em".

Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

A change of pace?

TRK

The Duke!

ROADSKIN MAXIMITE EASYRIDER II HOODIE

VANUCCI VUT-1 JEANS

MTR RETRO HELMETS

ROADSKIN LEG BAG

BMW GS KING OF THE MOUNTAIN T-SHIRT

VISIN ANTI-FOG VISOR

TRK YAMAHA FJR1300 CALIPER KITS

LASER TOOLS TOOL BOXES

FALCO CHASER URBAN BOOT

STYLMARTIN VERTIGO WP ADVENTURE BOOT

ULEZ Test Centre

Yamaha celebrates 40 years of the Ténéré

New Eliminator coming…

SCOOPERMAN! • The sunny side of the classic world, with the VJMC’s Steve Cooper

HOC at Sammy’s!

Return of Superteens

Phil’s final lap

FEEDBACK • Post to Mechanics, PO Box 99, Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6LZ or email your pictures to editorial@classicmechanics.com

Show us yours • We want to see YOUR pride and joy in our pages, so you can share what you ride and what you restore/build with fellow readers. Email your hi-res shots to bsimmonds@mortons.co.uk or mail in some photos at the address at the front of the mag. Let us know what you’ve done, how you’ve done it and send before and after shots if you can. Do get in touch – because the best of the month gets a free T-shirt!

The way we were… • Send us your nostalgic snaps of you back in the day with your steed! Either send to me at bsimmonds@ mortons.co.uk or via our vibrant Facebook page. C’mon!

Six-year itch! • CMM reader James Piccirilli found a sound Suzuki GSX-R750 with mismatched bodywork and figured it would be the perfect canvas for his very special ‘special’! He started it just after getting married and finished it six years later…

Teen talk • What’s more wicked than a bottle of Woodpecker and also twice as tasty? Yup, the Yamaha DT125R… Andy Bolas relives his late teens and rides a 1990 version and comes away a bit squiffy!

Bavarian battleship! • It looks very like a Harley-Davidson, but it’s totally Teutonic. We’ve got BMW’s retro behemoth on long-term test to see what makes it tick…

Kwik Kat • Poor Bertie, he finally admits he’s way too old for more than (say) 120bhp…

Race refugee • Steve samples a well-used Honda CB750 DOHC with a racing past that was picked up for peanuts…

Kawasaki GPz1100 • Kawasaki’s claim to produce two-wheeled powerhouses started in the early 1970s and their GPz1100 carried this on into the 1980s. We really want a modern one!

Tool of the month • Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long – he sells them, too, at bikerstoolbox.co.uk so he knows what works.

Q&A • Our very own wizened sages,  Messrs Mark Haycock and Steve Cooper, are here to answer all of your woes, be they mechanical or spiritual. Every month we will be giving advice, as well as some general tips. Don’t forget to send in your own tips, too.

Yamaha RD350LC

Tea or coffee? • What is he doing? The normally steady and sane Malc Shaw is going ‘rogue’ and considering making a café racer out of a perfectly good(ish) Suzuki triple…

Compromises! Compromises! • The restored and ‘customised’ Honda CG125 is at last back on the road, after John Nutting stumbles through the challenges of selecting and fitting an appropriate handlebar

Fork it! • Kev’s plans to keep his CX500’s original forks disappear in a shower of rusty chrome...

Bay- watch • Kev Raymond keeps his eye on the choppy waters of the classic world to see if any projects,...