Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
This is the magazine dedicated to the buying, riding and rebuilding of the later classics and Japanese machines. Subscribe here.
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Robert Order and Jamie Order pose on the Yamaha DT50MX back in 1983, fast forward to 2016 and they’re at it again! Send us your nostalgic snaps of you back in the day with your steed: www.classicmechanics.com/show-us-yours/
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Tim Hart has sent us a photo of his ‘07 Suzuki 4 T500. “I thought I’d send Rod a picture of my latest project to help speed his recovery,” emails Tim Hart. How about this for a tasty-looking machine? “[It was] built in the style of Frank Whiteway’s TT-winning Crooks Suzuki production racer, with a…
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Tim from Churchdown, Gloucestershire has recently converted to CMM and sent us this photograph of his pride and joy. Tim has a 1979 Honda CBX1000Z in Candy Glory Red. It has been fitted with aftermarket Marvic wheels, a braced aluminium swinging arm, Superbrace fork brace, Rickman engine bars, Power Flow stainless steel exhausts and ‘upgraded’…
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Matthew Marling of Perth, Western Australia has sent us this picture of his 1985 Suzuki RG250 which he has been rebuilding for the last eight months. “I’m painting all the decals myself using masking tape and spray cans,” he writes, “It takes a lot of time, but the end result is well worth it.” Matthew…
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Ellis Holman has sent us this photograph of his 1970 Honda CL90, which was originally purchased from Curly’s Honda agency just outside Gate 1 of the Yokota Air Base. For years it had stood in the back of a shed until the owner put it up for sale on eBay. The kick-start shaft had broken…
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“Always the bridesmaid, never the bride”; If you’re into 1970s classics then that phrase may strike a chord with you when run alongside Suzuki’s GT550. For reasons that are as biased as they are inaccurate, the middleweight triple has perpetually lived in the shadow of the Kawasaki H1 both then and now. Back in the…
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Stefan Maslaczyk of Kendal, Cumbria, has sent us this picture of his 1976 Honda 550 F1 Super Sport looking over the Lythe Valley en route to the Lake District. “I bought it nearly four years ago from the Bristol Show,” he writes. “The tank panels have been resprayed but the bike is otherwise unrestored, and…
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Back on the road and looking great in Candy Lavender is Mark McKinney’s 1971 Suzuki T500R that’s just been restored with parts sourced from New Zealand, England, the Netherlands, Germany, Singapore, Australia, Canada and the USA. “The Visa card got a real thrashing through eBay,” says Mark, from Christchurch, NZ, “and from this I encountered…
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10 years ago, Steve sent in his Kawasaki GPZ500! Want to see your pride and joy in our magazine, on our website and on our social media pages? Then fill in the form here>> Steve Powroznyk, who’s already had two pictures of his bikes published, bought this 1989 Kawasaki GPZ500S for next to nothing as the…
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