With a much-shortened calendar in 2020 (for obvious reasons) here’s the Classic Racing Motorcycle Club’s 2021 season. Finger’s crossed it all goes ahead! For more go to: www.crmc.co.uk Castle Combe April 17/18 Mallory Park May 8/9 Pembrey June 12/13

I write in response to Alan Evan’s letter (‘No retros or riding tips’ – CMM December 2020), to offer an alternative viewpoint. My story is a variation on a common theme. About aged 18/19, I buy a 100cc bike, have some Sunday morning lessons, pass two

Shipping options are a very serious consideration when getting a bike to the UK from America and it really pays to look in depth at your options. You get exactly what you pay for here! If your recent purchase is going to be hurled into a container

Every month, we’re giving away a Bridgestone Oxford Products Oximiser 3X and a handy Bridgestone roll bag to the winner of our Star Letter! No cash alternatives, before you ask! Simply get in touch by sending emails to: letters@classicmechanics.com o

Having read your article on the Valmoto Triumph in Classic Motorcycle Mechanics, which incidentally was brought to my attention by a very upset Steve and Yvonne Jones (Craig Jones’ parents), I’m not amused to read that the Valmoto Team ran an illegal

We want to see YOUR pride and joy in our pages, so you can share what you ride and restore with fellow readers. Email your hi-res shots to bsimmonds@mortons.co.uk or mail in some photos to the address at the front of the mag. Let us know what you’ve

The DAX’s powerplant might very well be a fairly sophisticated (for the period) overhead cam motor, but it owes its very existence to something much earlier and arguably equally revolutionary. Pretty much all the small Honda singles are indebted to a

We've teamed up with The Hobby Company (www.hobbyco.net) which distributes Tamiya plastic motorcycle kits in the UK to give our favourite restoration one of its amazing motorcycles in miniature. So, send in your pictures of your bikes and you could w

Bargain-priced monkey bikes no longer seem to exist and all the sub one grand examples have disappeared. Low mileage, mid-70s examples like our bike in camera can fetch £3500 in top condition, with weathered patinated examples possibly £1000 less. Mo

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4-stroke air-cooled single-cylinder, 3-speed semi-automatic gearbox 69cc 46 x 41.4mm 8.0:1 6.2bhp @ 9000rpm 3.7ft-lb @ 8000rpm N/A 1035mm/40.8 inches 64kg /141 pounds 1510mm /59.0 inches 580mm /22.8 inches 3.50-10 (F),3.50-10 (R) Drums 2.5 litres (0.

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‘Modular’ is the popular term for a helmet that does two jobs: that of an open faced and full-face lid! This is the reinvented RPHA 90S which looks like a full-face helmet (and is modelled on their RPHA 11 race lid), yet functions as a modular helmet

When I first saw this helmet I loved the styling, but when I tried it on, I was very disappointed with the fit. That, however, changed as I put some miles on the lid. It looks good, it’s light, but the initial fit… I am a medium, but I popped this li

If you don’t know who Allen Millyard is, then let Pip Higham’s interview from 2016 enlighten you! One thing I had to ask was: “Where did all this begin?” Allen tells me about his Dad. He designed and built large cranes, and would make mock-ups on t

Just like the Classic Dirt Bike Show, the Bristol Classic Bike Show – traditionally a season curtain raiser for us classic fans – is (for one year only) switching to a new summer date to try and beat the Covid-19 pandemic. Usually held in February at