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 we were… • 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!

SCRAM BLE! • Steve reports back on a long-term relationship with Honda’s modern street scrambler. Tally-ho!

The history of street scramblers

Honda’s Unintentional Street Scrambler!

THREE SPIRIT! • Whatever Steve gets to ride a belt-drive Ducati that doesn’t end with a trip to the chiropractor. A touring Ducati? With a three-valve head? next?

Ducati ST family backstory

The Dealer’s Perspective: Neil Ridgewell

DELECTABLE DUKE! • A famous bike with a couple of famous owners. Paul Jayson fills us in on the story of this very special Ducati 750 GT…

Who is Sean Blowers?

Made to measure! • 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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The Ugly Duckling • Will Holman’s wife wants to go touring but he’s not prepared to take her on the back of his 1977 Yamaha XS650. What can he buy that isn’t powered by a Bavarian flat twin?

Another fine mess… • He’s a glutton for punishment is our Malc. Just when he thought he’d gotten away from us at CMM, we’d dragged him kicking and screaming into doing another project. Once he’d learned how to take a decent-sized picture… Doh!

Recommissioning a ride • Okay, so you’ve bought a bike and it needs a little ‘attention’. So, what are the basics? Our Pip is here to help

GUIDE SUZUKI GS 750 • Three-quarter litre, DOHC and sweet handling… at a bargain price.

Bay-Watch* • *and FB Marketplace, and Gumtree, and anywhere else we spot something we like…

Eclectic electric! • Mark is still looking at the electrics of his soon-to-be-super Honda CB400 Four. This month, he puts a cork in it!

Gripping yarns! • No-one wants to be cold: whatever bike you ride. So why do we put up with it? Well, thanks to our friends at Oxford Products – we don’t need to, whatever sort of bike we ride. New or old…

Back to the future! • As PB drags his 2004 R1 out of long-term storage for an upcoming overseas track-day, he’s rewinding through the problems in this piece: Is this one of the most troublesome bikes the CMM workshop section has ever seen? Will it ever be right?

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