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Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
High Calibre Coatings!
If powder-coat and standard paint just ain’t good enough, who ya gonna call? Scoop may have the answer.
5 min |
May 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Hundred Pound Hound!
Started at last! Will he finally get a project finished?
5 min |
May 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Perfect Prescott!
Who better to send to the ninth annual Prescott Bike Festival than the man who attends every ruddy year? Yup — Allen Millyard.
4 min |
August 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Honda GL1200 Gold Wing Aspencade
Want to travel in style while looking like 330 kilos of rust? Scottie’s got just the bike for you!
3 min |
August 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Ducati 999
We all love a fairy tale, so – in retrospect – is Ducati’s 999 still an ugly sister, or an ugly duckling about to become a beautiful swan?
2 min |
August 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Back In The Saddle
Meet CMM staffer Mike Cowton and read about how a grizzled old Rocker suddenly became all mod(ern) and bought an old Bandit!
6 min |
August 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Combe Calling!
If you like old Jap bikes having a top time on hallowed Tarmac, then head to Wiltshire in July
1 min |
August 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Ram Raider
Scoop gets to ride a rather rare 60s twin: Suzuki’s T305
8 min |
August 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
The Forgotten Four
40 years on from its debut, our old mukka Jon Bentman —returned to CMM — argues that the Honda CB900FZ deserves full icon status...
10+ min |
August 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Va-Va-Voom!
If there’s one engine layout machine you have to own at least once in your life, it’s a V-twin – but which one?
3 min |
August 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Adrenaline Junkies
If there’s anything better than a big powerful bike, it’s a small powerful bike. John Nutting gets out of his comfort zone and onto a pair of Yamaha TZR250 two-stroke V-twins
8 min |
December 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Holiday Fun-D
CMM reader Tim Partington had a plan for his 50th: a top holiday away with missus Nicole. Then this bike happened…
7 min |
December 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Paint Your Wagon!
As cool as she looks naked in the living room, it’s now time to fix the GSX-R 10/11’s clothes and get her ready for that first road-ride date.
6 min |
December 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Project Honda CB750 K2 Part 18 - Tank Lining Two!
As we approach the end of his ‘working’ restoration, Mark shows us the last part of sorting the tank.
4 min |
February 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Winter Wonderland!
Classic motorcycling in the British winter is, for many, limited to working in the garage – so riding classic BMWs in Andalusia southern Spain is the perfect winter riding tonic!
5 min |
February 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Christmas Cracker!
Our favourite youngster gets back in amongst it with a ‘surprise’ Christmas gift that kept on giving…
4 min |
February 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Fairing Fever!
In his penultimate piece on the RC374, our Allen gets on with the fairing.
5 min |
February 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Dave Jefferies And The R1
This may seem a bold claim, but it could be argued that the talents of just one man and the prowess of a new sports bike combined to destroy the Honda V4’s grip on the big Isle of Man TT races.
1 min |
September 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Little Gem
Scoop samples a cute little Kawasaki B8S and comes away most impressed.
7 min |
September 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Tight Club
If you like riding bikes fast, there comes a time in your life where only track days will scratch that itch. And old bikes make great track day bikes…
5 min |
September 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Yamaha FZR600 Racer Part 2 - Cut And Shut
It’s carb fiddling and plastic cutting for our mate Brooksie with his FZR600 ‘homage’ racer!
5 min |
September 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Yamaha FZS1000 Fazer
Our Bertie this month waves a flag for the slightly saner version of the R1…
2 min |
September 2018
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Project Yamaha Fazer 600 Part 2 Cam-Chain Of Fools!
Al has picked up a neglected Fazer to pass the time while his turbo ZRX is at the exhaust welders. He’s made a mixed bag of discoveries this month. Would you like the good news or the bad news first?
6 min |
July 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Air Cool!
In the first of a series, we look at the best classic clubs in the country: First up, those cool cats with cool Kats (and other bikes) of Air Cooled Suzuki.
3 min |
July 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Back To The Future
Our Allen gets on with making an old-school Brit bike into a V-twin! This month he's concentrating on the motor and making it look 'factory'.
5 min |
June 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Kicking Up A Stink
He’s finally listening to ‘she who must be obeyed’ as Ralph gets to work on his wife’s Kawasaki Z650 clutch.
7 min |
June 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Finally Finished!
It’s time to put the fairing back on the RG500 and hope that there are no leaks or squeak.
3 min |
June 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Sizzling Hot
Niall’s R1 is coming along a-pace, but sadly a fire had left him downpipe-less!
4 min |
June 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
The Sparks Are Flying
Nutters gets down and dirty and starts cutting away more redundant parts. When will the phoenix rise from the ashes?
6 min |
June 2019
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Set To Stun!
Open the champagne! Alan Dowds’ motorcycle odyssey continues in CMM
5 min |