Automotive
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Triumph Rocket III
Our Bert has bought and sold bikes for years and even makes the odd profit! He’s particularly interested in what’s shaping up to become the classics of the future.
2 min |
July 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Ducati Multistrada
Ducati Multistrada
2 min |
May 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Arty Farty...
This month the old fool worries about the bike’s cosmetics! What is he like?
4 min |
May 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Chain Reactions
Mark sorted the sprockets last month and found some odd things. Sorting the chain should be simple, right?
5 min |
May 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Golden Wonder
Our Scottie is wondering what lies beneath the battered panels of his SRAD!
4 min |
May 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Crankshaft Dreaming...
The home-build genius tells us how he gets that EUREKA moment when designing and building his amazing specials. Crank it out, Allen…
5 min |
May 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Birthday B-oy!
What Do You Get as a Present for the Man Who’s Already Got Everything He Needs?
6 min |
January 2017
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
2000 Kawasaki ZX-12R
Al Fagan fills us in on the classic merits of Kawasaki’s forgotten hyper-bike: the ZX-12R.
4 min |
December 2016
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Kat Set To Purr At 4-Hour!
Oh yes! Suzuki GB is taking the plunge to build a very special race bike for the CMM-backed 4-Hour Endurance Legends event.
3 min |
December 2016
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Peaky Beemers!
Every month we take a look at the classic motorcycle market with a range of industry experts. This month, Paul Jayson from The Motorcycle Broker and our very own Scott Redmond look at BMWs at both ends of the price scale!
2 min |
June 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Real-World Ride
CMM's very own Scott Redmond buys a Kawasaki ZZ-R600 for loose change and asks why more of us don't do things on a shoestring!
8 min |
April 2017
classic motorcycle mechanics
single market
there now follows a party political broadcast on behalf of the honda gb500 tt party...
5 min |
february 2017
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Roger Marshall
Roger Marshall
2 min |
September 2017
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Honda's Hit Single
Honda's Hit Single
4 min |
September 2017
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Yamaha RD350 Part 7 Out On The Road
Scoop has finally got the RD MoT’d – but what issues have surfaced now?
6 min |
March 2017
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Loving LEV!
Our Pip rescues and restores a famous Ducati Daytona. Here’s the tale in his inimitable words.
8 min |
March 2017
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Project Suzuki RG500 Part 6 - Rotary Club
He’s nearly there! Our Jeff sorts the rotary discs out on the square four and fires her up…
4 min |
February 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Project Yamaha CS3C Part 7 - Going Cranky!
Scoop and his mates carry out various surgeries to the CS3C’s heart. Nurse, scalpel!
4 min |
February 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Satan's Stinger!
Negotiating an agreeable Brexit for both the 52% and the 48% would have been easier and taken less time, but (drum roll) Scoop’s Suzuki T125 ‘Project Stinger’ hits the road – at last!
9 min |
February 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Racing Certainties...
How do you price up a classic race bike? And when do you know when to buy? We’re not sure anyone really knows…
4 min |
February 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Building Blocks
BMW took an about-turn from the boxer twin and carved a new niche in Beemer history when it created the legendary Flying Brick. We ride BMW’s K100 RS.
8 min |
August 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Retro Reboot - Kawasaki ZX-7RR H2
Arguably the most handsome race-replica to come from the 1990s: we reboot the Kawasaki ZX-7R.
2 min |
August 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Motor-Head!
Mark is almost there with the CB750 – but he does try to do things on the cheap! It’s why we love ’im…
5 min |
August 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Project Kawasaki Hybrid Part 7 A Bit Of Push And Shove
Scoop’s Kawasaki Hybrid engine is doing the hokey-cokey this month.
4 min |
July 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Master Blaster!
Yamaha’s 500cc V4 two-stroke was in 1984 the first bike to offer the average rider the experience of what a Grand Prix racer might be like. John Nutting enjoys a blast on the special Yamaha RZV500R.
9 min |
July 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Mick And The RZV
With this month’s test on the rare Yamaha RZV 500R, we figured we’d show this as-rare shot from Mick Doohan’s own archive of the time he rode one.
1 min |
July 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Be An Award Winner!
Two CMM track days are taking place this year, but it’s not all about what happens on the tarmac – we have awards too!
2 min |
July 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
The Kitchen Zinc…
When it comes to zinc plate, you only get good results with decent preparation! Scoop talks about preparing for zinc plating.
1 min |
July 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Import-ant
With this issue seeing a test of the rare RZV500R, we ask about the relevance of imports and why two-strokes are going up in value.
4 min |
July 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Out Of The Bag
The new ‘retro’ Suzuki Katana has arrived in the UK and a damp Bertie Simmonds splashes his way through Warwickshire.
6 min |