The decision to have a go at a bike restoration in hindsight was a good one. However, shortly after I got my hands on the bike I seriously began to doubt the sanity of the decision, but I kept telling myself I was only in it for the pleasure of tinkering with bits of oily metal!

“My dad has had a huge influence on my passion for motorbikes, introducing me to road racing at Oliver’s Mount back in the early 1990s. I’ll never forget the iconic sounds of Ducati 916s and Honda RC30s on the back straight!”

Leigh Myhill sent in this brilliant picture of their fully recovered 1999 Triumph Thunderbird!

Take a look at Ian Cleveley’s Kawasaki GPZ750 Turbo! Here’s what Ian had to say about his bike!

Check out CMM reader Alastair Hill’s 1977 Kawasaki KH400.

CMM reader Colin Oldroyd has sent in his before and after pictures of his 1982 Kawasaki GPZ550H!

“It’s got an interesting history. The last owner was a bike racer named Thomas Drury, who raced for Yamaha in the 1982 350 British Grand Prix.”

“I’ve owned my Aprilia RS250 Mk.1 Loris Reggiani replica for about three years now. It’s pretty original with only 8k on the clock.

Dave Jones sent in this super shot of his Honda VF400D!

The Yamaha speed-block stripe spans the decades and looks well at home on Dale Johnston’s Yamaha RD500LC.

Some fella called Niall Mackenzie blundered into our feature with tales of – not replicas – but real machines.

It was the choice of a generation, and that generation happened to coincide with the golden era of two-stroke road bikes.

Although not strictly a race team inspired paint job, this Early-Stocks Suzuki GS1000 caught our eye.

You don’t always have to opt for an expensive respray.

When Kelly Rhyne was looking for a paint job for his Honda VF1000R special, he didn’t have too far to look.

We love receiving nostalgic snaps of you back in the day with your steed!

Jerre Terre has sent in these cracking pictures of his Honda CB750s.

“No self-respecting mechanic would attempt such guerrilla tactics, and rightly so, but these Jap singles rock!”

We love getting your nostalgic snaps of you back in the day with your steed!

Check out Harry Fowlie’s Yamaha RD350LC!

Take a look at Steven Troupe’s Laverda collection!

Check out William’s superb collection!

Sean acquired his dream bike in 1978, a 1974 CB750K2 in planet blue metallic!

Take a look at CMM reader Harry Fowlie’s Yamaha RD350LC!

Check out Paul Farrell’s Suzuki DR650!

Check out Bengt Bjorck’s Yamaha TZR250 Special!

Here are a few pics of CMM reader Mike Hackman’s 2000, ZX-12R, which he bought new in the crate.

Check out Mike Smith’s Triumph Trekker and Honda XL600R!

Check out Ian McElroy’s Yamaha RZ350 and his 1990 Suzuki RGV250.

Here is Dave Wolf’s 1996 Kawasaki ZZ-R1100, or his ‘ZX11’ as he calls them.

Check out Paul Hunt’s 1978 Yamaha XS750E Café Racer

Check out Bob Gunn’s Yamaha RD350 VPVS F1/N1

Kevin Budd has sent in these superb photos of his recently finished Honda NS400R

Check out these before & after photos of Darren’s Yamaha FZR!

Check out Shawn Pocket’s Honda CB360!

Canadian reader Roger Cowling sent us this picture of his lovely 1990 Ducati 851 Desmo years ago, only 149 of which were imported to the USA, and none to Canada! He bought it off eBay

“I don’t think a Honda Spada has appeared in ‘Show us Yours’ before”

Tim Hart has sent us a photo of his ‘07 Suzuki 4 T500. “I thought I’d send Rod a picture of my latest project to help speed his recovery,” emails Tim Hart. How about this

Tim from Churchdown, Gloucestershire has recently converted to CMM and sent us this photograph of his pride and joy. Tim has a 1979 Honda CBX1000Z in Candy Glory Red. It has been fitted with aftermarket

Matthew Marling of Perth, Western Australia has sent us this picture of his 1985 Suzuki RG250 which he has been rebuilding for the last eight months. “I’m painting all the decals myself using masking tape

Ellis Holman has sent us this photograph of his 1970 Honda CL90, which was originally purchased from Curly’s Honda agency just outside Gate 1 of the Yokota Air Base. For years it had stood in

10 years ago, Steve sent in his Kawasaki GPZ500! Want to see your pride and joy in our magazine, on our website and on our social media pages? Then fill in the form here>> Steve Powroznyk,

Back on the road and looking great in Candy Lavender is Mark McKinney’s 1971 Suzuki T500R that’s just been restored with parts sourced from New Zealand, England, the Netherlands, Germany, Singapore, Australia, Canada and the

Stefan Maslaczyk of Kendal, Cumbria, has sent us this picture of his 1976 Honda 550 F1 Super Sport looking over the Lythe Valley en route to the Lake District. “I bought it nearly four years

Steve Durham of Richmond, North Yorks picked up this GS550 January of 2006 after it had been standing in a friends drive for six months. “As you can see, the bike is very original, even

Kenny sent in his Kawasaki Z1000 MKII, all the way back in 2006.

This is Paul Robb’s project on his Honda CB350!

Check out Mark’s 1978 Yamaha XT500E

Here are a couple of pictures of my Honda CB500 Four

CMM reader Mickey Thomas’ sent in his Kawasaki H1 Special!

What about Andy Miller’s 1989/1990 Yamaha FZR1000 EXUP!

Here’s CMM reader Gary Forth’s Kawasaki ZX-7R P4! 

Take a look at Bob’s Yamaha RD350LC! 

Check out Neil’s Yamaha DT175MX, from our 2005 CMM!

From our 2005 December issue, check out Sam’s Honda CB750F! 

What do you think of Gina Sommers’ 1974 Honda CB550?

Look at CMM reader Alan Fretwell’s Yamaha FZR600R!

Check out Paul Cole’s Suzuki Katana! 

What about Glenn Watkins’ Suzuki GSX-R1100? 

Take a look at CMM reader Martin Church’s 
1992 Suzuki RGV250N!

Check out Andy Gordon’s 
1971 Suzuki TT350!

Roy Mabbott has restored his 1979 Kawasaki 2400G he bought for just £40

From our 2010 Christmas edition of CMM, check out Stephen’s Yamaha FZR!

Check out Pete’s Honda NS250 from our 2008 September edition!

10 years ago, Gary sent in his Yamaha RD350LC, check it out! 

Another throwback! Ten years ago Darren sent in his Honda CB900 Special!

Its been a decade, that’s right, TEN YEARS since Andy sent us his Kawasaki GPZ900!

We’ve dived into the archives for this one! In our April edition, 2007 Malcolm sent his Suzuki GT380! 

Look at Ken Parry’s 2001 Moto Guzzi V11 Sport Le Mans!

Check out Steve’s Kawasaki Z650!

Check out Willie K Bullion’s 1996 Ducati 900 Tracker!

Check out CMM reader Tom Garland’s 1975 Honda CB175 K-6! 

Check out Mike Dale’s Honda CB750 Café Racer!

Wow. Take a look at Mark Eddy’s 
1972 Yamaha DS7!

Check out Lee Gibson’s collection!

Check ut Tom Woods’ 1996 Yamaha XV535 Virago!

Check out Ian Linn’s collection!

Here’s Paul Hughes collection!

Here’s Nick Brown’s collection! 

Check out Lasse Sandstrom’s 1975 Yamaha XS650B! 

Well, what about Tony Beech’s 1966 Honda C110?

Check out David Newman’s 1989 Honda CBR600F! 

Ralph Peters has been raiding his archives! 

Check out Guy Taylor’s Suzuki GT250M!

Here’s Douglas’ Honda Magna V45 750cc 1982 cruiser. Want to see your pride and joy in our magazine, on our website and on our social media pages? Then fill in the form here>>

Check out Jason Madelin’s 1985 Honda XL600R!

Check out George Stevens’ 1994 Honda CBR900RR Fireblade!

Check out Neil Bell’s Katana!

Damon Hall says: “Here are some memories! My first ride at around 11 years of age on my uncle’s grass tracker, through to happy days on my Fizzy in the summer of 1988, and then

Check out CMM reader Ryan Ashall’s Yamaha XS750 Cafe Racer!

Check out Benny’s Honda CBX1000! 

Check out Jhon’s collection!

Check out Matt Goodfield’s 1999 Honda CBR600 F-X (and race VFR750)!

Take a look at Susan Smith’s 1983 Yamaha XV500!

Check out Ron Ballard’s Yamaha SR500s!

Check out Gary Sergeant’s 1999 Yamaha YZF-R1!

Check out Alan Pratt’s Honda VFR750!

Check out Graham Rowland’s BSA Bantam!

Check out CMM reader Martin Moody’s Yamaha RD250 DX!