Classic Motorcycle Mechanics - September 2014

06 ARCHIVE
John Surtees – celebrating a
legend on two, three and four
wheels.

08 1991 TRIUMPH
TRIDENT SPECIAL
Mossy rides an updated
Hinckley Triumph.

13 NEWS
What’s hot, what’s not, what’s
new as well as columnists!

18 CALENDAR
Remember, remember places to
go in September.

20 FEEDBACK
You lick the stamp and tell us
what you want to see.

22 SHOW US YOURS
We love seeing your bikes
in our pages.

26 TRIUMPHANT RETURN
How Hinckley was put on the
bike-building map.

30 SUZUKI GT125
Scoop tries a twin-tiddler
for size.

39 NOSTALGIA: 1991
Desert Storm and the
CBR600FM was king.

44 KAWASAKI ZEPHYR 750
Jon Bentman on whether the
first retro can be called a
classic.

52 1996 TRIUMPH T595 SPECIAL
Mossy again – this time on a
special based on the secondgeneration
triple.

57 HONDA VFR750 6X
One Antipodean homage on a
VFR racer.

60 HONDA CB400 FOUR
John Nutting’s MIRA files on
the marvellous middleweight.

68 HONDA CBR600RR
Honda’s best-selling
middleweight reinvented.

72  WORKSHOP NEWS
Our Pip’s column along with new
metal bits.

74  BRAKE CALIPERS PART 2
Mark Haycock concludes the
caliper overhaul.

78  PROJECT SPA KAT
Paul Berryman on whether or not
his Kat made the grid for Spa!

82  CARTRIDGE EMULATION
PB again on how to transform
older forks.

87  CLEAN ME!
One man’s expertise on cleaning
shared for us all.

90  PROJECT YAMAHA FS1-E
Niall Mackenzie’s tiddler stripped
bare…

95  TRIUMPH MAINTENANCE TIPS
Chris Moss discovers a course for
the early Hinckley
triples and fours.

110  SUZUKI XN85
Suzuki’s Turbo examined by Steve
Cooper.

124  YAMAHA TZR250 3XV
Stan Stephens gets the bike
finished and it races!

129  COMING CLASSICS
More on which Triumphs are going
to be collectible.