Description
Contents: The Big Picture (How Scarborough surprised Wayne Gardner, in a good way); Classic World (Masses of bikes found in a shed and brand new Brough Superiors); Events (Classic action from France, Yorkshire and Epsom. And the diary for May); Letters (Gary Nixon writes, Read Titan memories and fuel consumption); Rick’s Fixes (Imperial threads undone, BSA piston rings and stator positioning); Peter Williams (The most intriguing motorsport event of 2009 – the electric TT); Mark Gardiner (How an off-road legend became a modern American outlaw); Our Classics (Suzuki mirrors, BSA carb leaks and Guzzi patina, plus Katana crankshafts and building a Bantam in a hurry); Seventies 400S (Two, three and four-cylinder 400s from Yamaha, Kawasaki and Honda. Great in the Seventies. Brilliant now); Two-Stroke Spy Scandal (How East German defector Ernst Degner sold MZ’s high-performance two-stroke secrets to Suzuki. The cold-war through classic eyes); Oil: All You Need To Know (Why is it so slippery? And what should you be using in your classic bike? All the crucial questions answered here); Girls On Classics (Encouraging evidence that the classic world isn’t entirely populated by blokes with beards and plus-fours); Thrashing History (A ride to Brighton on a 98-year-old motorcycle with no brakes. Fast? No. Challenging? Definitely); Project Flat-Track Part VII (Phew! Nearly there, the Triumph 750 is assembled and looking great. And it even started (then it stopped again)); Buyer’s Guide: Triumph Trident (The original British triple is a classic bargain. Here’s how to buy a good one); Stuff For BSA Gold Stars (Cosmic clobber – from brand new engine cases to shiny exhaust systems); Five Owners On TwinShock Honda Trials Bikes (Four-strokes and twin-shocks, owners explain the appeal and the problems of Honda trials bikes); Essential: Allen Keys (How to put a hex on fasteners); Expert On: Scotts (Making the British two-strokes faster and more reliable); Advertise For Free (Buy or sell a bike from these pages but don’t look at them if you’re really weak-willed); The Way We Were (Teenagers, grandfathers and tales from the Marx Grand Prix)
Issue: May 2009
Condition: Very Good