Features

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.

In part one I stripped Angie’s Honda CB125TDC engine down to sort out an oil burning problem. Now with the bike in bits I can take some time to examine the engine internals and sort out what work needs to be done to put the bike back on the road

Rod Gibson moves on to the final stage of the Honda’s 125 engine rebuild

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and for this ‘beholder’ the classic red and chrome tanked Husqvarnas are beautiful, CDB goes enduro

Almost any picture of a scramble in the 50s will show the majority of the entry mounted on Gold Stars. Vic Allan has a look at how this domination came about

Honda seem to have two ways of doing things – create an ‘everyman’ machine or an out and out world beater. CDB tries an example of the latter

“What goes in to making a winner?” is the eternal question of all competition riders. Closely followed by “would we win on it?” CDB tries to find the answers