Q:I have a 1995 Suzuki DR350ER which I have owned and enjoyed for many years. In fact, on one particular occasion when I was enjoying it rather more than someone of my advancing years really should have been, it rather ungratefully nipped-up as they

Having got the carbs mounted in the right place, back in part five meant that I could think about air-filters. No problem, just another job! I started by looking everywhere for an aftermarket solution, cars and bikes, nothing suitable. Running withou

Yamaha Power Valve System The original variable port timing mechanism that revolutionised two-stroke performance. First used on Yamaha’s motocross and GP bikes back in the 1970s, then debuted for the road on the 1983 RD350LCII (31K). YPVS alters the

Double world champion and team owner Fausto Gresini passed away in February aged 60. As a rider, the diminutive Italian was well suited to the smaller classes. He began his race career in 1978 in the 50cc class aboard a Minarelli, but soon made it t

Wow… £16,499 should secure you a 2021 Suzuki Hayabusa: we don’t knock new bikes here, but do you know that you could find a great original for as little as £2500? Yes, you could. First, a little history… Following Kawasaki’s mighty ZZ-R1100 of 1990 (

First up is me, Scoop with some spiel. I warn you now that what follows is well above my pay grade but I am learning… honestly! When Ferret was working on the Apache my bike’s rotor broke his rotor puller so it never came off in the rewiring process

I wanted a saw to cut away some factory bracing on my custom Z900A4 project frame around the head stock so that I could replace it with superior tubular bracing to stiffen the frame up. I grabbed all the cutting tools I could find, but none would get

It was time in the build of my lockdown specia, for the headlight to be fitted, and I knew I had the complete unit I had taken off my Kawasaki Z900 way back in 1981 when we started racing the bike. Ah the memories! It had been carefully wrapped and p

We rather love these prints – and they’re not too expensive either. They are the work of Philippe Roy. Philippe was an industrial designer working in mechanical engineering for years, before ending his ‘normal’ work career in logistics. With time on

I hate banging on about how you can guarantee your monthly slice of Classic Motorcycle Mechanics, but I’m duty-bound, I’m afraid! Thing is, as I’ve said before, in these trying times we need you to support us – and we need to support you. Subscriptio

The UK’s biggest motorcycle show, Motorcycle Live, plans to be back better than ever in 2021, with dates now confirmed as December 4th-12th at the NEC, Birmingham. The halls of the NEC will be brimming with entertainment, interaction, manufacturers,

If, in your mind’s eye, two-stroke twins are all about powerbands, coming ‘on-pipe’, riding to the red-line and then hooking up another gear, perhaps these next few pegs aren’t really for you. Why: because Suzuki’s big-bore stroker twins dance to an

At the risk of tweaking the collective noses of ‘The Gods of Restoration’, the Yamaha CS3C is coming along rather well. Most the issues encountered right now are as much foibles of Yamaha’s Design Engineering and Prototyping Teams as they are the bik