Classic Motorcycle Mechanics - December 2018
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NUMBER OF THE BEST - Is there a more famous six than Honda’s CBX1000? We take the legend for a blast. MV AGUSTA 500-6 - The story behind the Italian firm’s short-lived mechanical masterpiece...
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Pressing matters!
Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long – he sells them too at bikerstoolbox.co.uk so he knows what works.
RETRO SPECTIVE Kawasaki Z1000
Stealing the name of a legendary Jap four sounds like sacrilege, but it wasn't. Welcome to the 2003-2009 Z1000...
Project Belgarda Yamaha TDR125R part 1 - Saucy Seventeener!
If you were of a certain age, your 17th birthday meant you could finally get something 125cc sized to go ride on. Classic Motorcycle Mechanics welcomes Niall Brooking to talk about his exotic Yamaha TDR125R.
Some sorta Sanctuary!
Inspired by the great specials builds from AC Sanctuary, Bob Haughton and friends set about making their own Zed homage!
Very boring times!
Progress on my latest Super Six had virtually ground to a halt halfway through November.
KAWASAKI ZZR1400
It seems fitting that with the Kawasaki ZZR1400 being discontinued at the end of 2020 and 2021 rumoured to be bringing a new Suzuki Hayabusa, we check out this green king of speed.
Peter Williams: Innovator, racer, gentleman…
Peter Williams, who sadly passed away in December, was more than just a talented motorcycle racer, he was also an innovator whose influences can be seen on modern machines to this day.
DETREVNI SNOBBERY!
The GSX-R1100K was a bit of a handful and Suzuki’s successor the 1100L was supposed to turn all that on its head: literally, as it was the first Suzuki model with the soon-to-be-fashionable inverted or ‘upside-down’ front forks…
Shanks' Pony
One of the sharpest Blades in the toolbox: careful with it, or you’ll get hurt! The RR4/5 was finally a full-fat 1000cc, used MotoGP technology from Valentino Rossi’s Honda RC211V, and it’s now a 17-year-old motorcycle: unbelievable…
Cat - isfaction!
Our Scoop rides the Suzuki TC120 ‘Trail Cat’ and comes away wondering why we Brits didn’t build something similar.
