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Retro Spective BMW R80 G/S
The daddy of them all – the BMW R80 G/S is still a big draw…
Tea-time stories!
Pip Higham Tuner, engineer, rider
Sassy with the chassis!
In this very issue you can read about our ride of Allen’s Super Six Zed! Here, he’s getting on with bike number two!
The desired Ducati…
Is it really 30 years since the first Ducati 888? A machine which (formany Ducati aficionados) is better than even the sublime and beautiful 916?
T-REX!
Aussie CMM reader Derek Henderson had adream: an ELR replica, but it was not to be.Instead he picked up a 2001 ZRX1200R, puta turbo on it and made it a T-REX! Bliss!
Soldering on!
Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long – he sells them too at bikerstoolbox.co.uk so he knows what works.
Modern Vintage
Seven years after the launch of Suzuki’s Vintage Parts Programme, we ride two unique project bikes to find out if they go as well as they look: and all at the wonderful Sywell Pistons and Props event!
Six therapy!
Allen Millyard’s latest project extends his engine reconstruction skills further by building a six-cylinder version of Kawasaki’s iconic Z1. John Nutting finds out what it’s like to ride
CUMBRIAN INVADERS
CMM reader Phil Graham offered our Pip the chance to ride his two classic Suzuki two-strokes – here’s what happened (it was a bit damp…)
Project Honda CBR600F-V Track Bike Part 1: Track Day Hound!
This bike was gifted to CMM but nowt’s happened for two years – until now!
Project Yamaha YZF-R1 5VY part 5: Where fuels rush in…
Final preparations for PB’s Spanish track test go awry with a mystery rich-running problem…
Project Yamaha TX750 part 7: Electric Avenue!
Our Mark sorts out any electrical gremlins with the TX and finds that the system was fairly advanced for the time.
TRIUMPHANT RETURN!
On the 30th anniversary of the launch of the first Hinckley Triumphs, we look at how John Bloor single-handedly revived the British motorcycle industry.
TRIUMPH SPEED TRIPLE 1050
Short, stubby and yet stylish, the first 1050 Speed Triple is now ripe for classic status!
Super Six Mk.2!
Only Allen would have spares left over and say “Let’s build another six-cylinder Zed!”
Project Suzuki TR750 part 6: Exhausting times!
The crowning glory of any ‘special’ two-stroke has to be the expansion chambers, right?
Kawasaki Z550F part 6: Tanks for the memories!
Time for John to sort out that 550F’s tank issues, we think…
Banana Republic
As a head-scratching bike from the time, the years have been kind to Triumph’s thought-provoking Daytona 1200.
Balls to this!
In olden days, like bicycles, motorcycle headstock bearings used a system known as cone and cup bearings with hardened steel ball bearings running in between races known as cups for the outer and cones for the inner.
Half A Century Of Haze!
Suzuki’s GT750 two-stroke triple was the factory’s first real superbike. John Nutting details its origins and rides two examples of a machine with a faithful following.
Kawasaki Z550F part 5: Back-end blues!
During lock down, our John had to tackle a few back-end issues with his on-the-cheap Z550F restoration…
Lockdown LC part 1 :Lockdown Lovely!
It’s the middle of lockdown and Tony Greenslade of Allspeeds/Gibson Exhausts has a plan… restore an Elsie, in competition with mate Andy Davies.
Show us yours
We want to see YOUR pride and joy in our pages, so you can share what you ride and restore with fellow readers.
Winds of change!
Kent-based CMM reader Stuart Gilbert loved a Z1, but couldn’t afford it, nor a Zephyr back in the 1990s – but then he could, and boy would his be a breath of fresh air!
Stirk ‘razy!
Oh I’ve really missed my springtime outing to Stafford, bit of a pilgrimage really. I’ve done both shows now for more years than I care (or dare) to remember.
RIDE BETTER!
Welcome to part one of our three-part series on how to ride your modern classic better! Messrs Niall Mackenzie and Neil Hodgson give us some tips on survival out on the road and on track. Part one: preparation, the basics and urban riding…
Project Yamaha TY80 part 1: Tall tales!
Just like buses you find that two Mackenzies turn up in one issue! Here’s Junior on why he just had to choose a TY80 as his first restoration.
HONDA CB1000 Project Big 1
Check out this rare Honda ‘Four’ that will be hard to find today, but is worthwhile if you can!
Carry on Doctor!
Suzuki’s big V-Strom has some new retro clothes for 2020 and we love the look!
Shed Scrambler!
CMM reader Andy Taylor’s wife gladly handed over her potting shed for the build of ‘her’ Kawasaki Z400-based Street Scrambler!