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".

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

Riding kit worn, tools twirled & tyres turned

NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM ‘GOES LIVE’!

RENAISSANCE RACING

HONDA SIX – RECREATING A MASTERPIECE

SCOOPERMAN!

PRE-ORDER YOUR CMM!

Suzuki LIVE!

Hilary Musson 1947-2023

ROAD-RACING SAVED!

The Classic & Vintage Motorcycle Show

FEED BACK • 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!

An itch to scratch! • A chance purchase led to the restoration of a lovely low-mileage 1970 Honda CB100.

DREAM MACHINE Superpaint • Dream Machine isn’t just a place that sprays motorcycle bodywork. The team make dreams come true. Often with a wry sense of humour...

Sport for all! • Sports 750s used to be the class of kings: seen out on the racetrack at the weekend, selling hand over fist in the dealership come Monday. Sadly no more in today’s dealerships, we can still unearth plenty of classic gems…

HONDA

Kawasaki

SUZUKI

Yamaha

The Green Party • ANDY BOLAS RIDES KAWASAKI’S ZX-7R P-2 AND FINDS OUT THAT YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF FUN AND PARTY HARD WITH THE THINKING MAN’S 750 SPORTS BIKE...

HONDA VFR800

NIPHOS METAL FINISHING

Q & A

Light of my life!

Long-stroke lover! • All built up with nowhere to go: Jeff’s Slabby 3 engine is rebuilt, painted and refitted to the as-new looking frame. Ooh, lots of progress this issue…

Triple Treat! • CMM newcomer Rob Bean on why he’s chosen a green 1990s triple to go racing on.

Kwak attack! • He’s younger than us and should have chosen something younger: so why did Rich get a 1990s pocket-rocket icon?

Water, water everywhere… • …but not a drop to drink! Our Malc has some issues with the TR this issue.

Motor-vated! • The connecting rods have arrived, but are they usable, asks Dave as he dives into the rebuild.

SUZUKI X3 • It’s the bike that catalysed the birth of the 125 learner law: Suzuki’s seminal X7.

A fool and his money... • No! Surely not? Has Pip done the sort of deed only our idiot editor would do? Buy a wrong ’un?

Patchy Apache? • This time Scoop deals with the obvious and obscure Apache issues.

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Locking nut! • Will Holman’s 1974 Yamaha DT360 arrived with a seized two-stroke engine and it’s driving him nuts. Time to have a look and see what’s made it lock up…

Hubble, bubble… • …becomes toil and trouble for our Mark and his diminutive Honda ST70 restoration…

Tuner, engineer, rider

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