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

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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!

RACE REFUGEE! • Honda’s CBR600F was always top of the sales charts and king of the road – even when some thought it was a bit ‘middle of the road’. Then came the CBR600RR with a much racier, honed edge…

What Niall said back in the day…

HONDA CBR600RR FAMILY TREE

CBR600RR racing successes

Maligned MARVEL • Reviled, slandered and libelled then and now, Steve Cooper sets the record straight about a once much-maligned machine: Yamaha’s XS400. It can’t be that bad, eh?

Yamaha XS400 Genealogy

The Owner’s View – Dave Lancaster

From the trade: Rob Pemberton of Skellerns and Spa Motorcycles

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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Race replicas! • Alstare Corona Extra Suzuki GSX-R600 K3 and Honda CBR600F-Sport (2003) Nastro Azzurro Valentino Rossi replicas.

In aspindle! • In his final (for now) series on using a lathe, Ralph makes a wheel spindle for a Moto Guzzi Le Mans Mk.1. Oooh!

Sent packing… • Our PB educates himself about his sagging back end. And no, it’s not just his age or vegetarian diet.

Wherefuels rush in! • And straight out again! Poor Martin’s Suzuki GS550 is flooding – literally! Don’t light a match in his workshop!

YAMAHA TZR 250 (2MA) • Yes! It’s the bargain sport 250 two-stroke from Yamaha, which isn’t that much of a bargain anymore!

It’s my Bike – Andy Bolas

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…

The chain gang • Mark is moving on with his Honda CB400 Four light restoration and is further on into the engine this issue.

Remember Rick? • Last seen in CMM way back in November 2021, Scoop is going to fill us in on Project Rickuki. We’re not sure we remember what it actually ‘IS!’

And the plan is? What, precisely?

Rex reg wrecked! • Our own ’un-wreck-it Ralph sorts out his cooked battery/lecky system after a trip north of the border.

Next month •  IN YOUR SYMPATHETICALLY RESTORED CMM!

Percy, Arthur and Jack race bikes in Belgium