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".

Real or retro – just enjoy!

Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Phil Read 1939-2022

FURYGAN VOYAGER 3C JACKET

CLARKE LED WORK LIGHT

OXFORD PRODUCTS WINTER HEAD/NECK GEAR

SHARK SPARTAN GT PRO • The latest riding kit, top tools, tyres, retro clothing and more!

CALENDAR CORNER

CLARKE TYRE INFLATOR

LASER TOOLS FLEXY MAGNETIC PICK-UP TOOL

FURYGAN DISCOVERY PANTS

PYRAMID PLASTICS Z650RS BELLY PAN/HUGGER

LIQUI MOLY CHAIN LUBE

OXFORD ORIGINAL APPROVED DENIM JEANS • Riding kit worn, tools twirled & tyres turned

Foggy and Whit for Newark!

70'S-80'S

A CLASSIC TWO-STROKE TIMEPIECE!

PRE-ORDER YOUR CMM!

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

THORPE AT TELFORD

‘DREAM GARAGE’ CLASSICS AT MOTORCYCLE LIVE!

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 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!

Bandit country! • Suzuki’s GSF600 Bandit was a superb entry-level naked middleweight which set the bar for the class in the mid-1990s – but is it a classic? Of course it is, says Tom Garland…

Classic Stafford! • It was a weekend of world firsts, world champs, many old classics, some new classics and excitement aplenty – why weren’t you there?

To the Moon by Zed! • Bob Heywood has owned his 1982 Kawasaki Z650 F3 from brand new – and he’s covered nearly 230,000 miles in the 40 years since. Here’s the story of a man’s lifelong passion for his bike.

Twins? • Or are they? These two may look alike, but do they supply the same emotions? It’s a battle of the classic four-cylinder Kawasaki Z650 versus it’s twin-cylinder doppelgänger – the modern Z650RS ‘retro’. Game on!

Living with the Z650RS

SUBSCRIBE AND WIN

Q & A

Gripping stuff!

Paint your wagon! • Welcome to part one of Ralph Ferrand’s expansive look at how to paint from home, without the need for a rattle can…

Art for art’s sake? • How far are we along now? Oh, Scoop says it’s a case of “document, strip and rebuild”! We shall see!

The knock-on effect! • It’s the same old story: one thing leads to another job, and another!

Top-end talk! • Down Under Dave – a Brit abroad – remarks on the continuation of the engine strip down, the bottom-end of the Honda CB750 DOHC…

HONDA VF500 • Steve Cooper meets Honda’s delightful, but overlooked, 1980s middleweight.

Bottom-end inspection! • No, Jeff isn’t stuck at the airport getting the rubber glove treatment, he’s checking out the bottom-end of his latest Slabby project…

End game… • Mark’s made it with the CB: it goes, stops and – while it may have the odd niggle – it does what it says on the tin. It’s a Honda, after all…

Buttoning her up! • Pip uncovers and hopefully fixes various elements which have reduced this once proud 140bhp stump puller to a mucky doze-fest. One thing’s for sure, this patient is very unwell!

Finish-line fettle! • He’s almost on the finishing straight… honestly!

Next month

General mayhem: part two…