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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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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Steve Durham of Richmond, North Yorks picked up this GS550 January of 2006 after it had been standing in a friends drive for six months. “As you can see, the bike is very original, even the exhausts. Only the shockers and mirrors have been changed.” The bike is an import with 74,000km on the clock,…
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For two-wheeled fun and frolics of the classic variety come frosty Feb, you can’t beat the 39th Carole Nash Bristol Classic MotorCycle show. Taking place over the weekend of Feb 2nd/3rd, the show once more takes place at The Royal Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet BA4 6QN. The show debuted in 1980 and has…
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