Classic Motorcycle Mechanics - February 2014

• Editor's intro
Bertie sets the scene
• Archive
It’s the Wollongong Wild One – Wayne Gardner – what a gent!
•Triumph Daytona 900
A Triumph for Hinckley? Chris Moss adjudicates.
• News
What’s happening out there on the modern classic scene.
• Calendar
By February please let the nights be lighter and brighter.
• Feedback
Your monthly chance to give us what for. And boy, do you!
• Show us yours
We love seeing your riding tackle, out.
• Honda NX650 Dominator
An emerging classic? asks Mark Williams. We think so.
• Yamaha AS3
Scoop smiles on another Yammy of Yesteryear.
• 1987
Fierce storms, the Genesis and Rick Astley. We know which of the three we would pick.
• Honda NS400/500R
Niall Mackenzie and JB ride a pair of Hondas NS-Rs, that are cheaper than the RG and RD500...
• Cagiva planet YPVS
An Italian 125 with a Powervalve heart.
• Yamaha TRX850
Do you love it, or hate it? If you hate it, check out the bike below... Gorgeous.
• Honda CBX1000 MIRA files
John Nutting rides and recalls the mighty Honda six and looks at a real reader’s special.
• Yamaha TRX900
What if Yamaha got back into the parallel-twin sports game with a TRX?
WORKSHOP
• Workshop news
The spotlight is on Aspen Fuels.
• Crash damage part 3
If you’ve dumped it, check your brakes!
• Barn find!
A super Suzuki GS1000.
• Tank lining
Scoop replaces a tank liner on an RD.
• Project bike Spa Kat
Chassis shenanigans this month.
• Project bike - Suzuki Titan
Oh Scoop, what’s happened now?
• Project bike - Rikuki
Oh Scoop, what have you bought now?
• Stan Stephens
Yamaha TZR250 rebuild part 2.
• Project bike – Yamaha FZ750
Steve Parrish gets his frame back.
• Garelli Tiger Cross
Get buying tips for the Tiger tiddler.
• Q&A
All problems sorted by our team.
• Kawasaki Z650
A £1200 Showstopper Sprinter.