Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Dedicated to the later classics and Japanese machines, Classic Motorcycle Mechanics has it all. Now 116 pages of road tests, rebuild guides, 'Street Specials' reviews and much much more... Staff Bikes - Classic Motorcycle Mechanics is the only magazine that "Buys its own bikes, rebuilds 'em and rides 'em".

Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder…

Wild Boy!

cmm Stuff • The latest riding kit, top tools, tyres, retro clothing and more!

cmm Tested • Riding kit worn, tools twirled & tyres turned

WIN WAYNE’S HAT!

JR evening at the pub!

HONDA OWNERS CLUB GB 2025 EVENTS

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SCOOPERMAN! • The sunny side of the classic world with the VJMC’s Steve Cooper

FORMULA 750 BRITISH CLASS LAUNCHED!

Ron Williams: 1941-2024

Go-Show Bimota auction

cmm events • Wanna get into CMM’s new events section? Then contact us at: BSimmonds@mortons.co.uk. You may even become ‘Event of the Month’!

FEEDBACK • Post to Mechanics, PO Box 99, Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6LZ or email your pictures to editorial@classicmechanics.com

Show us yours

The way we were… • Send us your nostalgic snaps of you back in the day with your steed! Either send to me at bsimmonds@mortons.co.uk or via our vibrant Facebook page. C’mon, we’ll send you a T-shirt if you are our first pick!

Adrenalin injection! • A fuel-injected muscle bike that’s surprisingly refined? Steve Cooper enjoys a ride on a ‘big bike’: Kawasaki’s GPz1100 B1

GPz1100 Development

Owner’s story – Ian Bird

Fuel-injection – the background

RUNNING Rich • If you want a brand-new, road legal two-stroke, there aren’t that many places you can go to. The Langen 250 is one of the few but it will cost you around £30-£35,000…

One trick pony?

Tea-Rex! • Want quality electrical components? Want to pop in for a cuppa and have a browse? Then look no further than Rex’s Speed Shop

And now a word from the founder…

FIELD DRESSING • Modern retros look old but should go ‘like new’. But do they? In part two of his three-part look at his Royal Enfield Interceptor 650, Dan Sager is starting to count the cost…

Get agrip! • Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long – he sells them too at bikerstoolbox.co.uk so he knows what works.

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Q&A

Fiddler on the hoof! • With a track-day deadline approaching, lots of annoying fiddly jobs need doing and fast. Our PB gets stuck in and the 748 gets a start, a road ride and… its first repair

Mellow Yellow! • Our Vic swopped a bike for a bike and realised he didn’t like it and that it was in need of a good sorting out. What happened next?

Bay-Watch* • *and FB Marketplace, and Gumtree, and anywhere else we spot something we like…

HONDA VTR 1000 SP-1 • If you can’t beat ’em – join ’em! This was Honda’s take on a very seriously sporting V-twin, to help them win the World Superbike championship.

Bridge over… • …no troubled water here! The very first classic era motorcycle I have ever worked on has, in my opinion, turned out to be a belter. I love the finished BS90 Trail, and so does my Uncle Bob!

BACK ISSUES • Whether it’s recent releases or vintage copies, step back in time and browse through the ages with the Classic Motorcycle Mechanics back issue collection.

Cut and shut! • Our Pip has a dream… it’s about a cute little Suzuki two-stroke twin beefed up with an extra cylinder. It’s crazy, and we love it. Meet the Suzuki Trinvader!

SHOW US YER SHED! • We want to see YOUR shed, your workshop, your garage space, your man/person cave – call it what you will! We want to...