STEVE COOPER

“The engine arrived in three plastic washing-up bowls and showed signs of abuse, neglect, and possibly seizure”

THERE’S A SAYING THAT RUNS: NO GOOD DEED goes unpunished – and there’s more than a grain of truth to it. A particular case in point has to be the small Yamaha AS1 twin that has blighted my life for longer than I care to remember.

For those that don’t know, the bike was probably the one machine that really put the tuning fork brand on the map. As fast as many of the