March 2018
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Classic Motorcycle Mechanics - March 2018

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62 ❙ Q&A
Mark Haycock with a page of tips.
Is yours in here?

64 ❙ KAWASAKI Z1325
Ralph Ferrand gets his welding
gear out to brace the frame of
the big Zed!

68 ❙ YAMAHA RD-LC PRO-AM
It’s been a simple job, but Niall
Mackenzie has finished it. And
doesn’t she look fit!

72 ❙ ALLEN MILLYARD
Allen talks about the inspiration
behind his super-six creation
– and where the donor engines
came from.

74 ❙ LAVERDA JOTA
Ralph finishes off sorting this
lovely triple with some work on
the chain.

78 ❙ HONDA CB750 K2
Mark Haycock knuckles down
to get his rear hoop sorted out.
He hopes!

90 ❙ SUZUKI GSX-R750 SRAD
Scott Redmond on a Chinese
brake swap. Adelin master
cylinder anyone?

94 ❙ KAWASAKI KH100
Scoop’s guide on a mighty
mini Kwak

ARCHIVE
On Any Sunday’s Bruce
Brown remembered.

08 CMM MARKETPLACE
£2000 or £20,000 – we tell
you where to spend it!

10 CMM STUFF
New kit, tools and tyres
and stuff. Lovely!

12 CMM TESTED
We try stuff out.

14 NEWS
Events, news and what’s
occurring.

20 FEEDBACK
WIN Bridgestone tyres for
our star letter! Do it!

22 SHOW US YOURS
WIN S-Doc cleaning kit and
Tamiya kits for TWWW!

26 BMW R NINET RACER
Bertie rides a Boxer twin retro
cafe racer.

30 YAMAHA XT500
Steve Cooper on
the daddy of the
adventure bike.

40 KAWASAKI Z1-A/Z1-B
Scoop rides a standard A and
a mildly-modded B.

50 HONDA TT EVO BLADE
Reader Ian Edmondson finds
a very rare Blade to restore.

54 THE BIG QUESTION!
Tokico six-pots: cool or fool?

60 RETRO REBOOT
Kar Lee’s rebooted Kawasaki
AR125! We’re 17 again...

113 NEXT MONTH
What’s happening in the April
CMM? Think V-twin...

114 PIP HIGHAM
Pip talks about un-fair
weather riding…