Features

A neglected Kawasaki Z400 engine with all its road muck still on and left exposed to the elements without spark plugs fitted. Rod Gibson goes in…

Rod Gibson orders parts from Z-Power and is told that his Kawasaki twin is an older 400, not what he thought…

More usually model 221s are 175cc capacity but the owner of this one has gone large…

Well aware of the rumours of exotica hiding within the body of Andy Roberton’s BSA, tester Vic Allan was pleased to find the machine was more a reflection of attention to detail by the builder

The first of Norton’s Commandos was a radical looking machine, as exampled by this stunning specimen

Norton’s famous – and successful – Commando came in a number of guises, but is any more handsome than the S Type?

The Kawasaki Z1 is the definitive Japanese four-cylinder motorcycle – the bike that launched a thousand clones. Rod Gibson strips an original 1972 model to see what makes it tick

In part one Rod Gibson stripped the engine on our 1972 Kawasaki Z1, despite a struggle to separate the barrels from the crankcase. Now all the components can be examined

In the last part of the rebuild our Z1 engine was ready for reassembly. Rod Gibson rolls up his sleeves to inject new life into the king of motorcycles

Angie’s Honda CB125TDC has been languishing in a rather unloved state in the back of my shed for over a year, waiting for me to sort it out.