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1984 Yamaha TY250 yellowed tank
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Q: Having recently acquired a 1984 TY250 trials for restoration but I find myself with a plastic fuel tank that has a nice yellowy tinge to it. Is there any way of returning this it
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1981 Yamaha TR1 popping exhaust
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Q: Hi, great article in a recent mag on the TR1. I own a 1981 model which I rebuilt from a basket case. It’s a lovely bike and as John Nutting says the torque is
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Suzuki GSX1300 Katana
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It arrived in 1980 in a background of gasps – the public didn’t quite know what to make of the fastest the Suzuki ever.
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Retro Reboot: Yamaha FS-1E Fizzy
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What if Yamaha gave the Fizzy a real kick up the retro pants and morphed it into a modern-day machine?
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Retro Reboot: Suzuki TL1000R
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If a new V-twin sportsbike appeared via Japan, we can only hope it’ll come from Suzuki, as they created a monster back in the 1990s.
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Five Minute Fix – disc valve covers
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Words/Picture by Steve Cooper Many 60s, 70s and 80s strokers run disc-valve induction systems with the carburettor sitting at the end of the crank. With this type of intake system it’s vital that the chamber
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Suzuki RV90 weak lights
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Q: My new bike is a Suzuki RV90 running 6v magneto electrics. Needless to say the lights are feeble, the stop lamp glows dismally and indicators don’t. Apart from making sure all connectors and earth
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Advice on nuts and bolts
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Q: Can you tell me how to tell if a nut or bolt is usable or not. I think I over-torqued a bolt/acorn nut combination due to using a cheap torque wrench which didn’t click.
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Five Minute Fix – finding small parts
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Words/Pictures by Steve Cooper Dropping a fixing into a bike is a pain with ages spent crawling around to no avail. Rather than waste time stand back, take a deep breath and then put something
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Your Tips – paint your wagon
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In the October 2015 edition of CMM a chap called Rob Neal wrote about high-temperature paint for his CX500 well, I have a similar vintage CBX1000 and have used VHT silver spray paint to good
