January 2014

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Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Running, riding and repairing Japanese, European and American classics from the 70s, 80s and 90s.

• Archive
Move over Marquez. It’s ice, ice baby. Meet the kings of lean
• Quick spin – Kawasaki GPz750
Is this Kwak crud or cool?
• News
Post Office are fuels! Columnists and cool things
• Calendar
January…sick and tired of you hanging on me
• Feedback
Your regular chance to tell us off or say we’ve done wrong
• Show us yours
Lots of dirt bikes this month. What? I know...
• Honda CBR600F
Jellymoulds owned by father and son!
• Honda VT250
Scoop rides a Honda V-tiddler
• 1972
It’s all Z1s and EEC here, man… Cool!
• Ducati 916
JB on the most beautiful bike ever. Well, many think so
• Yamaha TDR500
The ultimate Dual Sport. Wowza!
• Old parts reborn
Suzuki releases vintage parts
• Honda CBX550
MIRA files: John Nutting rides the maligned Honda
• Yamaha RD500LC
Please Yamaha, revisit this legend!

WORKSHOP NEWS
Motad makes old pipes! And Pip squeaks!
• Fuel tank design
How things have changed over the years. More fuel us...
• Fuel tank repair
And how to mend ‘em!
• Stan Stephens - Yamaha TZR250 special!
How to strip, sort and tune the TZR – part one
• Project Kawasaki ZRX1100
Alan Dowds sees what the base bike is like
• Crash damage part 2
Mark sees the costs mount up
• Kawasaki H2A
Buying tips for the crazy Kawa
• Q&A
Problems with old mud-pluggers and more!
• Yamaha RD350 YPVS N2
Not perfect by any means – but a story!

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