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Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Dec 01 2021
Magazine

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 • December 2021 Issue 410

Are you a Kat kinda person?

Wes Cooley – remembered

cmm Stuff • The latest riding kit, top tools, tyres, retro clothing and more!

BOOK CORNER

cmm Tested • Riding kit worn, tools twirled & tyres turned

Gauloises’ return!

Phillip McCallen to headline winter classic!

Mackenzies are SB champs 25 years apart!

CLASSIC MOUNTAIN MOTORS AT NEC!

Paul Smart: legend

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

John Martin: an appreciation

GSX-R750 designer dies

DIRT BIKE SHOW’S NEW VENUE!

PRE-ORDER YOUR CMM!

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

Show us yours

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

Terrible twins! • CMM reader Lance Bowyer-Lowe had a dream of owning Suzuki’s TL1000 V-twin… but ended up owning five!

Super Stafford! • It was lovely to be back, wasn’t it? Even if we weren’t at full throttle, there was a lot to love about the 28th Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show.

CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE MECHANICS SHOW WINNERS

Rebel rouser! • Bertie rides the latest in a long line of Honda Rebels and finds this one very agreeable indeed.

Rebels without a cause

Bolts from the Buell! • Back in the early Noughties, one forward-thinking engineer/manufacturer was doing things alittle differently…

Buell – a potted history

Kat’s out of the bag! • It’sjust over 40 yearssincethe first of Suzuki’sKatana models reachedthe UK. John Nutting remembers being first to test them anddiscusses their lasting legacy

Genuine Katana fuel tanks added to Suzuki’s Vintage Parts list

Suzuki GSX-R1000 Katana • At last, someone has built what we’ve been wanting for years: a race-inspired Katana for the road. Read on and see if your mouth doesn’t water…

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.

VENHILL

Bashing fairings!

Dial P for Precision • Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long – he sells them too at bikerstoolbox.co.uk so he knows what works.

‘Just one more thing…’ • We welcome contributions from readers so here’s Nick Downs’ take on turning ‘Columbo’ even if you’ve bought a barn find from Colorado, in his case a Honda CL450K1 from 1968…

Twin shocks? • Bought unseen, with an iffy clutch and looking as if it’s spent some time outdoors, what does the Aprilia expert think of the Editor’s Italian exotica purchase?

Shapes and colours

The Christmas gift that keeps on giving! • Treat a friend (or yourself!) to a YEAR’S worth of Classic Motor cycle Mechanics magazine this Christmas… and enjoy this fantastic T-shirt as a gift. Then check out our other great offers…

Honda FireBlade – 893cc variants • It’s Honda’s early 1990s game-changing supersports bike in its first two generations of format: the RR-N/P and ‘Foxeye’ RR-R/S!

Later Fireblades: bargains?

What to buy and how much to...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 108 Publisher: Mortons Media Group, Ltd Edition: Dec 01 2021

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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 • December 2021 Issue 410

Are you a Kat kinda person?

Wes Cooley – remembered

cmm Stuff • The latest riding kit, top tools, tyres, retro clothing and more!

BOOK CORNER

cmm Tested • Riding kit worn, tools twirled & tyres turned

Gauloises’ return!

Phillip McCallen to headline winter classic!

Mackenzies are SB champs 25 years apart!

CLASSIC MOUNTAIN MOTORS AT NEC!

Paul Smart: legend

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

John Martin: an appreciation

GSX-R750 designer dies

DIRT BIKE SHOW’S NEW VENUE!

PRE-ORDER YOUR CMM!

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

Show us yours

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

Terrible twins! • CMM reader Lance Bowyer-Lowe had a dream of owning Suzuki’s TL1000 V-twin… but ended up owning five!

Super Stafford! • It was lovely to be back, wasn’t it? Even if we weren’t at full throttle, there was a lot to love about the 28th Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show.

CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE MECHANICS SHOW WINNERS

Rebel rouser! • Bertie rides the latest in a long line of Honda Rebels and finds this one very agreeable indeed.

Rebels without a cause

Bolts from the Buell! • Back in the early Noughties, one forward-thinking engineer/manufacturer was doing things alittle differently…

Buell – a potted history

Kat’s out of the bag! • It’sjust over 40 yearssincethe first of Suzuki’sKatana models reachedthe UK. John Nutting remembers being first to test them anddiscusses their lasting legacy

Genuine Katana fuel tanks added to Suzuki’s Vintage Parts list

Suzuki GSX-R1000 Katana • At last, someone has built what we’ve been wanting for years: a race-inspired Katana for the road. Read on and see if your mouth doesn’t water…

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.

VENHILL

Bashing fairings!

Dial P for Precision • Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long – he sells them too at bikerstoolbox.co.uk so he knows what works.

‘Just one more thing…’ • We welcome contributions from readers so here’s Nick Downs’ take on turning ‘Columbo’ even if you’ve bought a barn find from Colorado, in his case a Honda CL450K1 from 1968…

Twin shocks? • Bought unseen, with an iffy clutch and looking as if it’s spent some time outdoors, what does the Aprilia expert think of the Editor’s Italian exotica purchase?

Shapes and colours

The Christmas gift that keeps on giving! • Treat a friend (or yourself!) to a YEAR’S worth of Classic Motor cycle Mechanics magazine this Christmas… and enjoy this fantastic T-shirt as a gift. Then check out our other great offers…

Honda FireBlade – 893cc variants • It’s Honda’s early 1990s game-changing supersports bike in its first two generations of format: the RR-N/P and ‘Foxeye’ RR-R/S!

Later Fireblades: bargains?

What to buy and how much to...


Expand title description text