Classic Motorcycle Mechanics - November 2015

06 ARCHIVE
Last call for Stafford! And a
Laverda Jota!

08 1998 YAMAHA FZS600 FAZER
Bertie Simmonds is reunited
with an old friend.

13 NEWS
Plenty happening out there.
Find out what.

18 CALENDAR
Remember, remember to ride
in November.

20 FEEDBACK
More on modern classics and
serial bike-buying!

22 SHOW US YOURS
Some super work of yours!
Come see!

26 MOTO GUZZI LE MANS SPECIAL
One CMM reader’s take on a
very special machine.

30 YAMAHA YR5
For some, the Seventies were
super thanks to this.

38 READER’S
COLLECTION
CMM reader Dan Mawson’s
lovely collection.

42 TESTED YAMAHA FZR400RR SP
Steve Cooper rides last
month’s reader’s resto!

50 CLASSIC TT
Mark Forsyth on why you
should go.

56 MIRA FILES: XT500
John Nutting on the classic
Yamaha trailie.

64 RETRO REBOOT
Kar Lee on today's
GPz1000RX.

129 NEXT MONTH
Suzuki’s RE5 ridden and
much more!

130 PARTING SHOT
Barry and Kenny in
conversation.

67  WORKSHOP NEWS
What’s hot in the workshop?

70  Q&A
This month you give us some tips.

74  HONDA SS125
Scoop tells us what’s happening
with the chassis.

78  PROJECT RICKUKI
Steve again on his café racer
project. Where is he at?

80  JAP4PERFORMANCE
Come here for the best bits for
modern classic Jap bikes.

84  YAMAHA TX500
Mark Haycock has more wiring
issues! What a to-do!

86  YAMAHA RD1200 V6
Stan Stephens nears the end of
the engine build.

88  YAMAHA RD350
OK, so we’ve got a few Yams in
this month…

94  SUZUKI GSX-R1100L
Suzuki Apprentices sort the
anchors out.

98  ENGINE BUILD TIPS
Ralph Ferrand dishes out top tips.

110  SUZUKI SP370
Buyer’s Guide on a super Suzook.

122  RD ENGINE TIPS!
Stan again on the 350 and 400
twins. Listen up!

127  COMING CLASSIC
Bertie on the Suzuki TL1000R.