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.

  • Yamaha’s Fazer 600 punches above its weight

    Yamaha’s Fazer 600 punches above its weight

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    If you want a practical and cheap machine that punches above its weight and also gives you the giggles – try a Fazer 600.

  • November 2025

    November 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.

  • Classic Ride: Suzuki GT500

    Classic Ride: Suzuki GT500

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    Steve Cooper rides a standard and special Suzuki triple two-stroke

  • October 2025

    October 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.

  • 1974 Yamaha RD250A: pure 70s nostalgia

    1974 Yamaha RD250A: pure 70s nostalgia

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    What emotions do Yamaha’s air-cooled RDs conjure up for you then? Sights and sounds of the 1970s? Very possibly, says Yam twin-stroker sage Steve Cooper after sampling this Yamaha RD250A.

  • September 2025

    September 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.

  • Classic Ride: 1977 Ossa Yankee 500SS

    Classic Ride: 1977 Ossa Yankee 500SS

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    The 1970s half-litre two-stroke twin that’s not Japanese: come and meet Ossa’s amazing Yankee 500SS. Yee-ha!

  • August 2025

    August 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.

  • Classic Ride: 1996 Yamaha XV1100 Virago

    Classic Ride: 1996 Yamaha XV1100 Virago

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    Take a look at one of Japan’s first, purpose-built, metric chop/cruisers: the Yamaha XV Virago family was mighty popular in its time, and the XV1100 Virago was the daddy of them all and people loved ’em.

  • July 2025

    July 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.


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