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Project Suzuki B120P Part 2 Oh BLOOP!

It’s part two of our Pip’s restoration of a Suzuki B120P – but things aren’t going quite as planned!

Top-end stuff!

With all the lockdown nonsense, it’s time for Allen to get on with the motor build of his splendid Kawasaki Super Six.

Tanks for the memory...

The overriding remit of pretty well everyone who reads CMM is, in my humble op, that we would rather spend a day-and-a-half creating a tool, bracket, tester, whatever, than go to the shop for a proprietary device that fills that particular void simply by buying a thing with a lump of hard-earned cash.

Enfield of dreams

Royal Enfield's 650 twins have been a roaring success since they reached dealers in the spring of 2019. So how can a classically-styled machine appeal to such a wide range of riders? John Nutting rode one to find out

Project Yamaha CS3C Part 10 Electric Avenue!

It’s mostly electrics this time along with a light dusting of transmission trauma.

Survival strategy

Why data and simulation are motorsport’s best friends

Packaging cool

Racecar looks at the design and engineering changes made to the 2020 Alfa Romeo F1 contender

Representative inspiration

Increasing diversity can only be a good thing for motorsport

Last chance saloon

The DTM series is at a crossroads and needs to make decisions quickly to save the series. Racecar looks at the options available

High tension

Belt drive vs cog drive in a live axle application

High frequency control

The rise and fall of inerters in motorsport

Four corners, four straights

Dragonspeed Racing entered the 2019 Indy 500 as rookies, but with a highly experienced race engineer. Paul Thomas takes us through the experience of learning Indy’s unique set-up process

Face value

It’s what’s under the skin (and behind the scenes) that counts

Design and build

The realisation of the Nissan GT-R LM

The ‘new normal'

Racing returns with a shake-up of team structure, functions and roles

The story of a Greeves

This motorcycle has a direct lineage to its current ownership, which can be traced all the way back to a short-lived 1960s four-stroke scrambles championship…

Resurrection man

Restoring a burnt-out, rare Healey-made Ariel Square Four powered wreck proved a challenging proposition for an experienced Ariel restorer and enthusiast.

Store cupboard special

This lockdown inspired project (of which this is part two) aims to make best we can out of what we have – though of course one soon finds missing parts…

Old Red

This rare, brightly finished, Wideline-framed Norton Dommie 99 has served its current owner faithfully for over 27 years now.

Cool runnings

In the 1920s, some makers were innovative with regarding how to keep the temperature of engines’ down.

Chance meeting with a champion

In early June, I learned with sadness of the passing of Carlo Ubbiali at his home near Bergamo North Italy.

Bickers reigns supreme

East Anglian ace dominates his home round to close in on retaining the European 250cc motocross championship crown.

New 350 And More

Despite the country and world starting the slide into recession, in the mid-1920s JAP remained outwardly buoyant, as publicity material depicted then modern manufacturing, plating and assembly shops, and even a repairs section for customer motorcycles.

My Other Car's A Slipper Launch

Former MINI, Ferrari and McLaren designer Frank Stephenson shares his passion for a very special Thames slipper launch

SUPERMOTO 'ARLEY

USUALLY, NORMALLY, THE WORDS ‘SUPERMOTO’ AND ‘HARLEY’ GO TOGETHER ABOUT AS WELL AS THE WORDS ‘GOVERNMENT’ AND ‘COMPETENCE’, ‘HIGH FINANCE’ AND ‘CARING’, OR ‘DOG SH*T’ AND ‘ICE-CREAM’. OCCASIONALLY THOUGH, ONCE IN A (VERY RARE) WHILE, SOMEONE BUILDS A BIKE, A CUSTOM BIKE, THAT PUTS THE TWO WORDS TOGETHER IN A FORM THAT DOES JUSTICE TO BOTH…

The Mermaid

CUSTOM BIKES, THEY SAY, NEVER REALLY DIE BECAUSE THEY’VE OFTEN RESURRECTED TIME AND TIME AGAIN. SOME OF THEM, THOUGH, DO GET PRETTY CLOSE TO SHUFFLING OFF THIS MORTAL COIL BUT ARE, THANKFULLY, SAVED FROM HAGGLING WITH CHARON OVER FERRY PRICES…

TWO GUN SALUTE

THE YAMAHA SR400 IS WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL A 'PROPER OLD BIKE'... OR, AS YAMAHA THEMSELVES SAY, 'AN AUTHENTIC LIVING CLASSIC CONSTRUCTED TO VIRTUALLY THE SAME SPECIFICATION AS THE ORIGINAL MODEL' (THE 1978 SR500).

CUSTODIAL SENTENCE

IN PREVIOUS ISSUES WE’VE SHOWN YOU A COUPLE OF BIKES THAT’RE UNDER THE CARE OF JIM GREENE, NAMELY HIS ‘SWEETLEAFE’ TRIUMPH, AND PLUNGERED BSA SHOOTING STAR, AND THE LITTLE VIRAGO YOU SEE HERE IS YET ANOTHER MACHINE FOR WHICH JIM HAS BEEN CUSTODIAN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

Sprit Of The Age

Building a custom bike to such a standard that it looks factory-made is the pinnacle of custom bike building - if your bike's so good it can be mistaken for being like that in the first place, well, it doesn't get much better than that, does it?

Track- Master Track Master

Our garry, the guy who’s taken these pics, has a nose for a cool bike, and keeps an eye out for them wherever he goes. He spotted this one at race the waves last year, and banged off these pics in double-quick time.