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

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The way we were…

SRAD-ICAL! • By the early 1990s, Suzuki’s sports-bike-for-all-men the GSX-R750 had gotten overweight and become underwhelming. Then Suzuki went back to the drawing board to give us this: the 1996 GSX-R750 WT SRAD…

SILKY SINGLE • Steve gets to ride a single-cylinder survivor, Honda’s cute and capable CB250RS.

Honda’s 250 Single Story

Owner’s stories – Andrew Samways

GO OUT IN STYLE • We know that talking about our departure from this mortal coil is often a difficult subject to broach, but death is inevitable. So, we thought we’d look at the original and best motorcycle funeral business in the UK.

The Reverend Paul Sinclair – a tribute

Jump! • Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long – he sells them too at bikerstoolbox.co.uk so he knows what works.

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Looney tunes! • Don’t look now, but our Ralph is set to liberate a bit more power from his old Z900 Special…

Still benched! • Like an out-of-favour premier league star, Malc’s GT380 is still on the bench. When will it get to play?

Jammy gammy! • Our Vic is a jammy old so-and-so, he’s only lucked into a bike he had a poster of in his work locker as a nipper. Bet this won’t be your run-of-the-mill Yamagamma!

Kawasaki H2 Triple • Never truly out of favour – King Triple still holds court.

Bay-watch* • Kev Raymond keeps his eye on the choppy waters of the classic world to see if any projects, donors and bargains are out there worthy of being dragged out of the surf for some mouth-to-mouth…

Blinkin’ winkers! • He’s still mucking around with bulbs and indicators this issue, in a bid to get the winkers working on his Honda!

Utmost security! • Still changing tyres the old way? Frustrated by ‘security bolts’? Then our esteemed Pip Higham has some top tube and tyre tips for you!

Q&A

Spin doctor! • As our PB nears care home age without slowing down, he finds great appeal in an after-market traction control system for his R1, but the technology required to make it work isn’t as straightforward as he’d hoped!

Next month • IN YOUR SYMPATHETICALLY RESTORED CMM!

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