Honda CB 750 For years motorcyclists in the UK have been told that such-and-such a machine would be too expensive to produce, or too difficult. The old arguments that usually begin with "Who wants a
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Yamaha 350 YR5
Yamaha 350 YR5 I must confess that when we picked up the YR5 Yamaha, we weren't quite sure how it would behave. Because of Yamaha's racing development, there was a tendency to expect a really
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Kawasaki 350 How do you judge a machine? By the way it goes or how it looks, or what? No matter what it is you're looking for, at some stage you will have to compare
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Benelli 750 Think of six cylinders and you think Honda CBX – but Benelli got there first with its 750. Later came the 900 version but Neil Murray reckons the first was the real classic.
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BMW R65 I still quite haven’t figured out either why BMW built the R45/65 series, nor why they failed to develop it further. For my money, the design showed so much promise: smaller, neater, sweeter
Read moreBuying Guide: Honda CB750F
Honda CB750F This is nobody’s favourite Honda CB750. You only have to look at the prices of good clean F1s. At the same time, there’s quite a strong core of interest for F2s, and these
Read moreBuying Guide: Yamaha RD200
Yamaha RD200 Before the 250cc learner ban, there were all sorts of bikes of around the 175-200cc mark and they were startlingly popular because they only gave a little away to their bigger brothers and
Read moreWorkshop: Yamaha XS250 parts 1-3
Yamaha XS250 rebuild (pdf) Yamaha's XS250 and 400 twins are pretty solid pieces of kit, but aren't immune to the occasional catastrophe. Tina's XS250 had provided solid and reliable transport for nigh on 15 years,
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Honda C77 motorcycle restoration (pdf) Although an unknown face to many Mechanics readers, I've been involved with classic motorcycle journalism for 15 years, much of it with sister magazine Classic MotorCycle. My favourite column, You
Read moreWorkshop: Suzuki GS750 rebuild part one
Suzuki GS750 engine When Suzuki launched their first four-stroke back in the early Seventies they had gone to some trouble to get the design right. Environmental legislation was beginning to signal the end for high
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