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BMW R1250R - Forgotten Gem
The naked Boxer R has always lived in the shadows of its fully-dressed RT and Rambo-styled GS siblings. Does it deserve more?
As Good As It Gets
KTM’s new 790 Adventure R takes on the rugged, ever-changing conditions of mid-Wales. Can the new Adventure R live up to our high expectations?
Yamaha Niken
Mossy is still enjoying the Niken. But seeing it as others do has tainted his love.
Turning Up The Heat
When the time came to buy a VW the entire family could fi t in, Rob Wigley found an ex-fi re Bus to restore. This one here
Team Work
It’s not just a day job for us at C&B, the staff eat sleep and breath VWs, so here’s a little peep at what we’ve been getting up to lately
Readers' Rides
Your pride and joy is our delight to share, so here they are
Just Keep Holding On
Despite having a fully restored Westy on the fl eet, Richard Sennett couldn’t resist the charms of this Holdsworth, but then who can blame him?
High On Life
Tired of his slammed, big engined and perfectly painted Split, Luke Villiers discovered a stock height Bay was what he’d been really missing all along
The Forgotten Four
40 years on from its debut, our old mukka Jon Bentman —returned to CMM — argues that the Honda CB900FZ deserves full icon status...
Va-Va-Voom!
If there’s one engine layout machine you have to own at least once in your life, it’s a V-twin – but which one?
Ram Raider
Scoop gets to ride a rather rare 60s twin: Suzuki’s T305
Project Triumph Daytona 1200 Part 1 Mellow Yellow!
What’s this big yellow lump doing in the collection of our mate Andy Bolas? Doesn’t he only like Jap bikes?
Project Honda VFR800 Part 1 - Hedge fun-d!
Meet biking barber Jonny Hedges: he's a whipper-snapper who collects bikes, wheelies dirt bikes and loves his Honda V4s!
Project Kawasaki H2C Part 1 Purple Pain!
Meet Purple Pain (apologies to Prince). She is Ralph’s widow maker and she is not quite right, as you will find out.
Perfect Prescott!
Who better to send to the ninth annual Prescott Bike Festival than the man who attends every ruddy year? Yup — Allen Millyard.
Honda GL1200 Gold Wing Aspencade
Want to travel in style while looking like 330 kilos of rust? Scottie’s got just the bike for you!
Ducati 999
We all love a fairy tale, so – in retrospect – is Ducati’s 999 still an ugly sister, or an ugly duckling about to become a beautiful swan?
Combe Calling!
If you like old Jap bikes having a top time on hallowed Tarmac, then head to Wiltshire in July
Back In The Saddle
Meet CMM staffer Mike Cowton and read about how a grizzled old Rocker suddenly became all mod(ern) and bought an old Bandit!
Project Yamaha Fazer 600 Part 2 Cam-Chain Of Fools!
Al has picked up a neglected Fazer to pass the time while his turbo ZRX is at the exhaust welders. He’s made a mixed bag of discoveries this month. Would you like the good news or the bad news first?
The Kitchen Zinc…
When it comes to zinc plate, you only get good results with decent preparation! Scoop talks about preparing for zinc plating.
Points Make… ...
prizes! Allen sorts out the ignition for his Velocette V-twin and the timing.
Mick And The RZV
With this month’s test on the rare Yamaha RZV 500R, we figured we’d show this as-rare shot from Mick Doohan’s own archive of the time he rode one.
Project Kawasaki Hybrid Part 7 A Bit Of Push And Shove
Scoop’s Kawasaki Hybrid engine is doing the hokey-cokey this month.
Out Of The Bag
The new ‘retro’ Suzuki Katana has arrived in the UK and a damp Bertie Simmonds splashes his way through Warwickshire.
Master Blaster!
Yamaha’s 500cc V4 two-stroke was in 1984 the first bike to offer the average rider the experience of what a Grand Prix racer might be like. John Nutting enjoys a blast on the special Yamaha RZV500R.
Be An Award Winner!
Two CMM track days are taking place this year, but it’s not all about what happens on the tarmac – we have awards too!
Import-ant
With this issue seeing a test of the rare RZV500R, we ask about the relevance of imports and why two-strokes are going up in value.
Air Cool!
In the first of a series, we look at the best classic clubs in the country: First up, those cool cats with cool Kats (and other bikes) of Air Cooled Suzuki.
The Secrets Behind Lego Star Wars
T3 interviews the man who runs one of the coolest brands in history