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Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Honda VFR750R - RC30
If there’s a more worshipped V4 out there, we’ve yet to see it: welcome to our reboot of the awesome VFR750R RC30…
2 min |
September 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Mountain tension!
Award-winning motorcycle engineer!
5 min |
September 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Fazer set to STUN!
What do you get when you mix CRK’s lovely café racer kit to Yamaha’s budget middleweight and the recently-retired Martin Fox? Well, one helluva foxy Fazer!
6 min |
September 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Project Suzuki 1984 RG250 part 4 BRUNO BARES ALL!
This month, while we wait for backorder engine parts, we strip the chassis back to the bare frame, assess what is needed and plan the reassembly…
6 min |
September 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Project Kawasaki Z900 Stocker part 2 Ralph has a blast!
For the best finish on his Z900’s motor Ralph wants the best, so he visits Stephen Smethurst Casting Renovation to find out how it’s done properly.
10 min |
September 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Project Suzuki TS400 Part 8 Loom with a view!
We’re getting down into the nitty-gritty this time with component testing and loom building. What could go wrong?
6 min |
September 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Project Yamaha TX750 Part 12 A question of balance…
Only The Beach Boys had good vibrations… so what’s Mark been up to, to sort out the bad ones coming from his TX750?
6 min |
September 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Splitting links
Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long – he sells them too at bikerstoolbox.co.uk so he knows what works.
4 min |
September 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
STAVROS: PRINCE OF PRANKSTERS!
It’s probably fair to say that Stephen JamesParrish’s persona and overall levity throughout his life have muddied the waters as to just how good a bike racer he was back in the day.
1 min |
September 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Metal magic!
Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long – he sells them too at bikerstoolbox co uk so he knows what works.. .
3 min |
July 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Art in motion…
Let’s face it, a beautiful classic motorcycle is a rolling work of art. Meet Bob Spendlove, the biker who can put your pride and joy down on canvas for posterity.
5 min |
July 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Boiling hot!
Within Kettle Club circles, Phil Baldwin’s 1000cc four-cylinder version of Suzuki’s GT750 has become legendary. John Nutting takes ‘The Beast’ for a ride and comes back surprised
10+ min |
July 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Project Suzuki TR750 part 13 Lucky for some!
Has it really been more than 12 issues (and much longer than a year) since we first saw Malc? He’s still on with his Suzuki triple special!
6 min |
July 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Big Kat diary!
Or how Big CC Racing turned Suzuki’s 2019 Katana retro into a wild, turbocharged street-sleeper
8 min |
July 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
EVO XR!
Long-time biker, Matt Cain had a dream of building a special Suzuki GSX-R750L Evo… but it started off as a bit of a nightmare…
5 min |
July 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Naked Thunder!
Bertie comes over all unnecessary when he explains his love for Aprilia’s V-twins, especially when he gets naked. Sorry, when THEY get naked…
10 min |
July 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Starting and fettling!
I had been looking forward to fitting there chromed header pipes to my red Z1Super Six so I was really excited when the postman called with a large package from ACF Howell.
5 min |
July 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Project Kawasaki Z900 Stocker part 1 Stripping yarns!
Kindly given a box of old Zed bits, Ralph Ferrand is back on the case with one of his favourite four-strokes!
6 min |
July 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Suzuki TL1000R
Why are prices of the fat and frumpy TL1000R rising? Could we see a revival of a Suzuki sports V-twin?
2 min |
July 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Pressing matters!
Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long – he sells them too at bikerstoolbox.co.uk so he knows what works.
3 min |
February 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
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...
2 min |
February 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
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.
5 min |
February 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Some sorta Sanctuary!
Inspired by the great specials builds from AC Sanctuary, Bob Haughton and friends set about making their own Zed homage!
5 min |
February 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Very boring times!
Progress on my latest Super Six had virtually ground to a halt halfway through November.
4 min |
February 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
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.
2 min |
February 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
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.
1 min |
February 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
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…
10+ min |
February 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
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…
6 min |
February 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Cat - isfaction!
Our Scoop rides the Suzuki TC120 ‘Trail Cat’ and comes away wondering why we Brits didn’t build something similar.
7 min |
February 2021
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Honda ST DAX Series
It’s a totally bonkers monkey bike that makes you smile!
6 min |