Classic Motorcycle Mechanics - November 2003

FEATURES

CLASSIC RIDE
YAMAHA XJ750
A US-style laid back cruiser or excellent all-rounder? Bob Berry finds out.

SHOW PREVIEW
ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE
Ten years old this year and how things have changed - all for the better.
RACING SPOT
YAMAHA XJ550
Resurrection of an old Mechanics project.

CLASSIC RIDE
HONDA CBX550
It may have been innovative in many ways but the public ignored it. Why?

STREET SPECIAL
MOTO MENTAL MARTIN
We take a closer look at the bike that bagged top prize at the CBX Euro rally.

CLASSIC RIDE
KAWASAKI H1
How does the 500 triple with a fearsome reputation feel today?

SPORTS MOPED - MINARELLI
Italian Minarelli engines powered a large range of tiddlers in the Seventies.

NOSTALGIA
ah, those were the days...Reminiscences of a scraggy 17 year-old.

RUNNING OUT OF ROAD
MARK WILLIAMS
Behind the scenes on bike magazines of the Seventies.
STATESIDE SCENE
Midwest welcome
Why some grey-beard Americans will be welcoming Japanese bikes next year.

BUYING BIKES
YAMAHA TR1
The lowdown on their big vee-twin.

TECHNICAL
PROJECT BIKE
KAWASAKI Z650
Part two and Rod Gibson breaks it into manageable pieces.

PROJECT BIKE
HONDA CB350
It’s the little things that take all the time...
Pete Monks plods relentlessly on.

ENGINE REBUILD
HONDA CB400F
Solving the mystery of the metal pieces found in the sump filter last month.

PROJECT BIKE
MONKEY BIKE
The question on everyone’s lips. Is it a runner yet? Er, no.

IN THE WORKSHOP

POINTS IGNITION
Still got old-fashioned points? Rod Gibson breaks out the fag papers.

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