Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Classic Motorcycle Mechanics
This is the magazine dedicated to the buying, riding and rebuilding of the later classics and Japanese machines. Subscribe here.

  • Classic Ride: 1977 Yamaha DT175

    Classic Ride: 1977 Yamaha DT175

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    Carlsberg never made classic trail bikes but if they did, it would be just like this: Yamaha’s sublime DT175 twin shock.

  • January 2025

    January 2025

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    Classic Motorcycle Mechanics, the magazine dedicated to the buying, riding and rebuilding of the later classics and Japanese machines, has a fantastic new issue lined up for you this month. As always, this issue of CMM magazine is bursting with workshop tips, cracking features and a look at what’s happening in the motorcycle world. If…

  • Triumph Rocket III at 20

    Triumph Rocket III at 20

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    Bertie Simmonds rides a modern classic beast in its 20th anniversary year.

  • December 2024

    December 2024

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    Classic Motorcycle Mechanics, the magazine dedicated to the buying, riding and rebuilding of the later classics and Japanese machines, has a fantastic new issue lined up for you this month.

  • From the archive: Isle of Man TT in the 1950s

    From the archive: Isle of Man TT in the 1950s

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    This 1958 Isle of Man TT race shot is of Ernst Degner, a notable defector to the West in 1961 and winner of Suzuki’s first world championship in 1962.

  • Classic Ride: Kawasaki KR-1

    Classic Ride: Kawasaki KR-1

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    If you wanted the fastest two-stroke 250cc race-replica, you chose Kawasaki’s KR-1 or later KR-1S. Andy Bolas rides a mint example of the 1989 UK model KR-1.

  • November 2024

    November 2024

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    Classic Motorcycle Mechanics, the magazine dedicated to the buying, riding and rebuilding of the later classics and Japanese machines, has a fantastic new issue lined up for you this month.

  • Unfairly maligned? Another look at the Yamaha YZF600R Thundercat

    Unfairly maligned? Another look at the Yamaha YZF600R Thundercat

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    Often maligned and sniggered at for its name, the Yamaha YZF600R Thundercat is actually a very good, cheap bike. Andy Bolas is the cat who’s got the cream…

  • Riding two Kawasaki KH250s

    Riding two Kawasaki KH250s

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    The weather’s good, the roads are clear and he’s got TWO saucy Kawasaki two-stroke triples to play on… Steve Cooper is in heaven!

  • The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show sponsored by Carole Nash returns with epic battle of legends

    The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show sponsored by Carole Nash returns with epic battle of legends

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    Get ready for a showdown at Stafford County Showground as racing titans Carl Fogarty and Frankie Chili reunite to relive their legendary battles, victories, and fierce rivalry at The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show sponsored by Carole Nash.

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