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100 up for Freightmaster
January 2021 sees the very last printed edition of the popular Freightmaster publication after 25 years and 100 editions. Publisher and managing editor Martin Buck describes how a chance meeting led to the enthusiast’s guide to rail freight services, and what now lies in store for the future of the product.
Pitching a ride
The long-running sport of motoball arrived at Brooklands for the first time, in September 2020.
Tea-time stories!
Pip Higham Tuner, engineer, rider
Sassy with the chassis!
In this very issue you can read about our ride of Allen’s Super Six Zed! Here, he’s getting on with bike number two!
The desired Ducati…
Is it really 30 years since the first Ducati 888? A machine which (formany Ducati aficionados) is better than even the sublime and beautiful 916?
T-REX!
Aussie CMM reader Derek Henderson had adream: an ELR replica, but it was not to be.Instead he picked up a 2001 ZRX1200R, puta turbo on it and made it a T-REX! Bliss!
Soldering on!
Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long – he sells them too at bikerstoolbox.co.uk so he knows what works.
Modern Vintage
Seven years after the launch of Suzuki’s Vintage Parts Programme, we ride two unique project bikes to find out if they go as well as they look: and all at the wonderful Sywell Pistons and Props event!
Six therapy!
Allen Millyard’s latest project extends his engine reconstruction skills further by building a six-cylinder version of Kawasaki’s iconic Z1. John Nutting finds out what it’s like to ride
CUMBRIAN INVADERS
CMM reader Phil Graham offered our Pip the chance to ride his two classic Suzuki two-strokes – here’s what happened (it was a bit damp…)
Retro Spective BMW R80 G/S
The daddy of them all – the BMW R80 G/S is still a big draw…
Honda ST DAX Series
It’s a totally bonkers monkey bike that makes you smile!
Quick Silver
When Patrick Watts went looking for the basis of his new race car he made a novel choice in this 1959 Studebaker Silver Hawk, but it’s worked out rather well…
CARROT TOWN Catch up
Classic American catches up with Carrot Town Garage who have adopted a completely unique approach to buying, selling and owning American cars...
THE END OF SUMMER BRIGHTON RUN
In his very own words Derek Carter, of UK Mopar group the Mopar Muscle Association, recounts one of the final events of the summer for American car owners that he organised in the south that actually wasn’t cancelled. Take it away Derek…
KINGSTOWN TRUCK GIVEAWAY!
Classic American advertiser and global shipping specialist Kingstown recently gave away a Ford F150 pick-up truck to raise funds for charity.
TOP of the COPS
Ewan Howieson’s 2011 Ford Crown Victoria police car is one of very few that remains completely original and he reckons it’s ideal for everyday use. 2011 Ford Crown Victoria P7B Interceptor
Avanti AVX
The Studebaker Avanti was universally admired and hailed as a ground-breaking American car when it made its debut; however its history after the demise of Studebaker was a chequered and troubled one, as Richard Heseltine reveals…
MUSTANG WON FOR LESS THAN A PONY
A man from Stourbridge has won a 1966 Ford Mustang for less than a pony (Cockney rhyming slang for £25) – it cost him just £7.50! Colin Dixon entered the competition after researching into classic cars online and stumbling across the Bridge Classic Cars Competitions website.
CONTESSA'S COUGAR UP FOR SALE
If you’re quick you could get your hands on the actual Mercury that starred in a classic James Bond film. This Cougar will be unleashed by auction house Bonhams…
BLUES BROTHERS ON A MISSION
We couldn’t let the year-end (technically this issue goes on sale mid-December!) without celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Blues Brothers, because it’s not every day you get to drive a Dodge Monaco through a shopping mall…
1951 Pontiac Silver Streak Sedan Delivery Rare Indian
Sedan deliveries are rare in the US due to the hard lives many of them lead, so are even more of a rarity over here, as Paul Bussey discovers...
Muddled Tiger
‘Looks like it’s standing still when it’s doing 100mph’, rockers sneered. What’s the truth behind Triumph’s first unit sports 500?
Where does the passenger go?
Dictionaries inform the sidecar is: ‘a jaunting-car; small car attached to the side of a motorcycle; kind of cocktail.’ We’ll forget jaunting-cars and cocktails, but how did the world arrive at the sidecar? And what came before?
Training run
Sidecar ace and passenger, plus a future winner, learning the TT’s Mountain Course.
Store Cupboard Special
On to part six, and momentum is still being maintained, I though the shopping list is growing ever-longer.
Changing times
As the Roaring Twenties drew to a close, JAP focussed heavily on improvements, including to lubrication, though, happily, they still found time for the odd whacky engine.
Engine timing
It’s worth making sure your engine is timed correctly. Here, it’s explained and exampled on an engine which is all a motorcyclist really needs (according to some, anyway…) – the single cylinder four-stroke.
A brief chat with...Al Osborn
From crystal radio sets to current electrical affairs, Al Osborn has had a lifetime of understanding the mystical substance which ignites our engines.
EVENT: STONHAM BARNS BIKE NIGHTS
WHILE THE MAJORITY OF EVENTS, BIKER EVENTS, WERE CANCELLED IN 2020, FOR THE TWO BRIEF MONTHS OF FREEDOM WE HAD, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER (AND, OKAY, OCTOBER, BUT IT WAS BLOODY COLD AND WET SO NOTHING REALLY HAPPENED), THE NEXT BEST THING WAS BIKE NIGHTS.