Classic Motorcycle Mechanics - March 2015

06 ARCHIVE
The nicest man in racing? 0Nick Jefferies!

08 1997 YAMAHA THUNDERACE
Mossy rode, raced and crashed
one – back in the day!

13 NEWS
Rare Bimota for sale,
mudplugging models and
more!

18 CALENDAR
Be mad as a March hare out there!

20 FEEDBACK
 Lots of positive feedback this month.

22 SHOW US YOURS
A Pepsi RGV and super-cool Zephyr feature.

26 FANTASY ISLAND
Karl Webster takes the CMM ZXR 750 H2 to Phillip Island!

30 HONDA CB550 F2
Another magical Honda often forgotten by many, ridden by
Steve Cooper

39 NOSTALGIA
Wayne Allen visits Oswestry Road Racing Museum.

44 YAMAHA FZ750 SPECIAL
Paul Berryman on a Lucky Seven special!

52 READER’S SPECIAL
Andy Westlake on a Yamaha XS650 twin.

56 READER’S SPECIAL
 JARNO SAARINEN REPLICA
The finished article ridden and
rated by our Scoop!

62 HONDA CB400T
 MIRA Files on one man and his terrific twin!

66 HONDA CBR750RR  FIREBLADE
What if the 750 Blade made a
comeback here and now?

130 NEXT MONTH
 Suzuki’s GT750 Kettle and much more in April!

69 WORKSHOP NEWS
Bits and pieces and a tyre test!

72 NIALL MACKENZIE RD400
Spuds strips his Yamaha down.

76 SPRAY IT AGAIN
Repairing and repainting panels.

80 STAN STEPHENS
Stan on his latest rebuild – a
Spondon RD680LC.

82 REPAIRING INDICATORS
Scoop again in part one of his
blinkin’ blather.

87 DRILL BITS PART TWO
Mark Haycock on how to sharpen
your bits lads!

90 JAMES WHITHAM X7
Whit’s wisdom on stripping his
Suzuki for resto.

92 SUZUKI DR600
Paul Berryman’s woes are
compression based!

94 KAWASAKI ZRX1100
Alan Dowds gets technical and
measured on his internals.

98 CB400F FORK LEGS
Part one of a strip and rebuild.

110 SUZUKI T350
Buying guide on the twin stroker.

122 HOW TO IMPORT A BIKE
Learn from this must-have how-to!

126 Q&A
Our experts answer your questions.

129 COMING CLASSICS
The two-stroke-esque YZF-R6.