Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Dedicated to the later classics and Japanese machines, Classic Motorcycle Mechanics has it all. Now 116 pages of road tests, rebuild guides, 'Street Specials' reviews and much much more... Staff Bikes - Classic Motorcycle Mechanics is the only magazine that "Buys its own bikes, rebuilds 'em and rides 'em".

Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Viva Honda’s vivacious V4!

Ain’t no snail…

Stuff • The latest riding kit, top tools, tyres, retro clothing and more!

Tested • Riding kit worn, tools twirled & tyres turned

PIP’S AUCTION

HISTORIC HERITAGE SPRINT

CRATED BLADE!

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TRX850 EVENT AT SAMMY’S!

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cmm events • Wanna get into CMM’s new events section? Then contact us at: BSimmonds@mortons.co.uk. You may even become ‘Event of the Month’!

FEEDBACK • Post to Mechanics, PO Box 99, Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6LZ or email your pictures to editorial@classicmechanics.com

Show us yours • We want to see YOUR pride and joy in our pages, so you can share what you ride and what you restore/build with fellow readers. Email your hi-res shots to bsimmonds@mortons.co.uk or mail in some photos at the address at the front of the mag. Let us know what you’ve done, how you’ve done it and send before and after shots if you can. Do get in touch – because the best of the month gets a free T-shirt!

The way wewere… Send us your nostalgic snaps of you back • in the day with your steed! Either send to me at bsimmonds@mortons.co.uk or via our vibrant Facebook page. C’mon, we’ll send you a T-shirt if you are our first pick!

SILVER LADY! • It’s 1998 and Honda have just launched the replacement for possibly the best all-round motorcycle ever produced: the VFR750. With the V4 being synonymous with both quality and reliability, Andy Bolas finds out if they hit the mark with its successor, the VFR800F-i.

SOUND OF THE 70s • What emotions do Yamaha’s air-cooled RDs conjure up for you then? Sights and sounds of the 1970s? Very possibly, says Yam twin-stroker sage Steve Cooper after sampling this Yamaha RD250A.

Socket to ‘em! • Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long – he sells them too at bikerstoolbox.co.uk so he knows what works.

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Q&A

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Adding precision • When it comes to the lathe, it’s all about the three Ps: precision, precision, precision. Ralph says how you can be precise with a lathe.

SHOW US YER SHED! • We want to see YOUR shed, your workshop, your garage space, your man/person cave – call it what you will! We want to know what you love and loathe about the space you have to fettle and – each month – we have a £50 Venhill voucher for you to spend on Venhill’s British-made control cables and hoses if you’re selected! Contact us at: bsimmonds@mortons.co.uk. Don’t forget the pictures!

Wheel rabbit holes! • Our Malc sorts out some leaky two-stroke pipes and finds himself puzzled and scratching his head at an issue with wheel alignment.

Power play! • Now that his cat has found all the requisite parts, our Mark can finally get on with some engine work for his 400 Four.

Suzuki RE5 • It really isn’t the lemon some would have you believe, says Steve Cooper.

Bay-Watch* • Kev Raymond keeps his eye on the choppy waters of the classic world to see if any projects, donors and bargains are out there worthy of being dragged out of the surf for some mouth-to-mouth…

Weld done! • Surrounded by many part-finished bits, it seems our Pip needs to make some fast decisions.

Custom cool! • From make-do-and-mend to bespoke, the feeling of making your own parts for your build is a special one. Ralph gets busy…

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