Everyone remembers their first restoration: CMM reader Nigel Kermode recalls his!
Whenever I read CMM, I always admire the incredible skills of those restoring bikes back to their former glory.
It usually invokes a desire to restore a project myself, but with a severe shortage of mechanical skills, this has always been a bit of a pipe dream. Well that was until 2015, when I found myself with time on my hands and decided to take the plunge. Now I know that if I can do it, you certainly can!
I’m the traditional lapsed biker, however, a few recent visits to classic bike shows reawakened a long dormant desire for the older bikes, but where should I start? Well, the answer came in the form of a bottle of wine on a Friday night… In typical fashion it was after drinking the wine that I saw an imported but non-running Kawasaki H1-E for sale on eBay and I figured a two-stroke would be a simpler proposition for first restoration. I made my bid, the reserve was not met, but the day after I did a bit of haggling and finally the bike was mine.
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Honda VFR750R - RC30
If there’s a more worshipped V4 out there, we’ve yet to see it: welcome to our reboot of the awesome VFR750R RC30…
Mountain tension!
Award-winning motorcycle engineer!
Fazer set to STUN!
What do you get when you mix CRK’s lovely café racer kit to Yamaha’s budget middleweight and the recently-retired Martin Fox? Well, one helluva foxy Fazer!
Project Suzuki 1984 RG250 part 4 BRUNO BARES ALL!
This month, while we wait for backorder engine parts, we strip the chassis back to the bare frame, assess what is needed and plan the reassembly…
Project Kawasaki Z900 Stocker part 2 Ralph has a blast!
For the best finish on his Z900’s motor Ralph wants the best, so he visits Stephen Smethurst Casting Renovation to find out how it’s done properly.
Project Suzuki TS400 Part 8 Loom with a view!
We’re getting down into the nitty-gritty this time with component testing and loom building. What could go wrong?
Project Yamaha TX750 Part 12 A question of balance…
Only The Beach Boys had good vibrations… so what’s Mark been up to, to sort out the bad ones coming from his TX750?
Splitting links
Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long – he sells them too at bikerstoolbox.co.uk so he knows what works.
STAVROS: PRINCE OF PRANKSTERS!
It’s probably fair to say that Stephen JamesParrish’s persona and overall levity throughout his life have muddied the waters as to just how good a bike racer he was back in the day.
Metal magic!
Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long – he sells them too at bikerstoolbox co uk so he knows what works.. .
