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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From May next year, MOTs for cars and bikes 40 years or older will be abolished. That means that any bike registered before or around 1978 will be exempt from the yearly safety check and this rolling 40-year rule means that (according to Department for Transport figures) around 90,000 motorcycles manufactured before 1978 will join…
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It’s just over a month until the world’s biggest and best celebration of classic motorcycles comes to Staffordshire County Showground. The Carole Nash Classic Mechanics Show takes place over the weekend of October 14-15 and it’s no exaggeration to say this year’s event may be the best ever. No Stafford show is complete without a…
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VISITORS to the upcoming Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show – October 14-15 – will have the opportunity to get up close to a variety of rare Suzukis, including the two RG500s which Barry Sheene powered to world championship success in 1976 and 1977. The iconic red, white and yellow machines will be joined by…
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It was another amazing weekend at the Bikes At The Bay event, down in sunny Kent. The August weather just about played ball and an amazing array of machines turned up over the two-day event which took place at the Sandwich Showground in Thanet. Another good event brought to you by the East Kent Classic…
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You really can’t miss Europe’s very best off-road event: the Dirt Bike Show! The event is once again being held across four days – October 26-29 – at its traditional home of Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire, in partnership for a second year with oil and lubricant giant MOTUL. This year you will see plenty of…
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The Brightona Charity Riders show takes place once more on the front at the famous seaside town and it’s going to be one helluva event. This is a one-day charity event, taking place on Sunday, October 1, from 9am to 5pm in support of the Sussex Heart Charity. As well as a custom and classic…
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Advertisement feature Two of Barry Sheene’s iconic World Championship winning Suzuki RG500 motorcycles will be on display at the end of this month during the annual Cumbria Steam Gathering. Alongside Sheene’s machines, The Broke FMX extreme Moto Cross display team will also be there – alongside traditional favourites the Sheep Show, the Pantonic All Stars…
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You’ve still got time to head out to the legendary Bike Bonanza event which takes place at the end of July! Over the weekend of Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th, you can enjoy all the off-road excellence of yesteryear. This year it takes place at Jackements Lane, Tarlton, on the A433 (GL7 6PN for sat-navs).…
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If you’re a fan of the 1990s when World Superbikes was at its best, then you can’t miss this October’s CMM Stafford Show. Why? Well, Kiwi Aaron Slight – undoubtedly the best rider never to win the World Superbike title – will be guest of honour at the 24th Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show over the…
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With our Stan Stephens special on the super square-four Suzuki RG400 and 500 starting this month, we thought we’d show you an as-new, unregistered 1987 RG500 Gamma. She sits proudly with the Suzuki class of 2017 in the Wheels Motorcycles showroom in Peterborough. The white faced speedo displays just over one mile, and that’s a…
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