New & Features

New issue’s out! • Editor's intro Bertie sets the scene • Archive The Battle of Assen recalled… Chili versus Foggy! • 1997 Honda VFR750F-V Our man Moss on why this bike is all you’ll ever need • News Cool columnists, nice news and fun things • Calendar Remember, remember to ride in November • Feedback…

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Plenty to see and do at Stafford! Taking place on October 18-19, the Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show welcomes sellers of all the best bikes, biking bits, parts, pieces and accessories. Around 30,000 visitors are expected to descend on the venue throughout the weekend as bargain hunters from across the UK and beyond head…

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Metzeler’s SPORTEC Klassik tyre offers modern performance for 1970s-onwards bikes Metzeler took the opportunity at the International INTERMOT Show in Cologne to unveil its new SPORTEC Klassik tyre. Aimed at the popular classic bikes from the 70s onwards where performance tyres for street and touring machines are often overlooked by tyre companies, the company claims…

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Classic Bike Shows is currently looking for entrants to the sessions, which will feature bikes from 1960 through to the present day, with one session on each morning and afternoon of the October 18-19 event. Guest commentator Bertie Simmonds, editor of Classic Motorcycle Mechanics magazine, will be talking about the machines and their histories as they…

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Fifteen bikes turned up, from standard RD/RZs through to the TDR500 we featured in our Jan 2014 issue. Andy Davis, who helped organise and inspire the special RD500LC area said: “Bikes came from all four corners of the UK for our event and made it very special – despite the weather. “We have now set…

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Frankie Chili at ‘work’ Frankie Chili, best remembered in the UK for his battles with rival Carl Fogarty, will be in attendance as the special guest of honour for the 21st Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show on October 18-19 and he’ll be regaling showgoers with stories from a legendary career on track. Fogarty too…

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October CMM on sale now! • Editor's intro Bertie sets the scene • Archive Move over Marquez – Freddie Spencer did the double! •1999 Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa Chris Moss on a modern classic rocketship • News Stafford show update, news and columnists  • Calendar October will be the start of our Indian summer. Honest! •…

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New issue’s out! • Editor’s intro Bertie sets the scene • Archive John Surtees – celebrating a legend on two, three and four wheels • 1991 Triumph Trident special Mossy rides an updated Hinckley Triumph • News What’s hot, what’s not, what’s new as well as columnists! • Calendar Remember, remember places to go in…

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Traditionally tubular 'arms' from the sidecar chassis are bolted directly to the bike's frame. However, this system limits the choice of mounting points for the fitter, which can make attaching a sidecar a long, costly and occasionally impossible task. So Watsonian designed a tubular sub-frame, which is inserted between the motorcycle and sidecar, allowing the…

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New issue’s at the bookstalls! • Editor's intro Bertie sets the scene • Archive Niall Mackenzie (CMM’s own LC and Fizzy fettler) back in 1987. • Quick spin– 1999 Ducati 900SS Mossy rides the face-lifted Ducati legend. Pig in knickers? • News Where to go, what’s hot, not and new as well as columnists •…

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