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.

  • When HRC unleashed the RVF750 at the 1991 Isle of Man TT

    When HRC unleashed the RVF750 at the 1991 Isle of Man TT

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    Back in 1991 the most exotic prototype four-stroke racing motorcycles took part in the punishing Isle of Man TT races. Bertie Simmonds reports… Two very special RVF750s were given to then TT legends Steve Hislop and Carl Fogarty to race around the punishing 37.73 mile Mountain course. In some respects, the bikes were the four-stroke…

  • June 2026

    June 2026

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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…

  • Retro Ride: Honda CL500

    Retro Ride: Honda CL500

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    Steve reports back on a long-term relationship with Honda’s modern street scrambler. Tally-ho!

  • May 2026

    May 2026

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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.

  • April 2026

    April 2026

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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.

  • March 2026

    March 2026

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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.

  • Yamaha’s XS400: Why it’s better than you think

    Yamaha’s XS400: Why it’s better than you think

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    Reviled, slandered and libelled then and now, Steve Cooper sets the record straight about a once much-maligned machine: Yamaha’s XS400. It can’t be that bad, eh?

  • February 2026

    February 2026

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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.

  • Kawasaki KMX125 Buyer’s Guide: What to Check, What to Pay and Why This Two-Stroke Trail Bike Still Delivers

    Kawasaki KMX125 Buyer’s Guide: What to Check, What to Pay and Why This Two-Stroke Trail Bike Still Delivers

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    Kawasaki KMX125 Buyer’s Guide: A Green-Laned Icon Worth Owning? Few learner-legal motorcycles capture the spirit of the late 1980s quite like the Kawasaki KMX125. First registered for UK roads in 1987, the KMX arrived at a time when the 125cc learner laws had firmly reshaped the market, pushing manufacturers to extract maximum excitement from small-capacity…

  • January 2026

    January 2026

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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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