Classic Bike (UK) - 1 Mai 2025
Ducati 916
22-PAGE FETTLING SECTION
Alan Carter
Seemed like a good idea...
A better Bonneville?
Yamaha RD350
Flying the Brick
Project Matchless
Better Bonnie?
RD restoration
Foggy on his way to a win at Cadwell on the Tony Scott-tuned RC30 in 1989. Now you can buy the bike
We Want It
Inside Motocatman’s workshop
Restoration: Yamaha RD350B
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Project Bike: Henley-blackburne 350
Reshaping the Bonneville
British Bike Basics: Lucas Dynamos
Winning Bids & Price Check
News
Project Bike: Harris Magnum
Knowledge: Regulator/rectifiers
Rick Rides... BMW K100RS
Buying Guide: Ducati 916
Scrapbook: Car-engined specials
Temptation & Quick Guide
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At Lunch With... Alan Carter
Project Bike: Matchless 350
Rescued, Revived & Ridden
May 1966, Spanish 250 Grand Prix, Montjuïc Park, Barcelona
May 1966, Spanish 250 Grand Prix, Montjuïc Park, Barcelona
Hello
Scarborough fayre
Contributors in this issue
Blown motor
Working hard
Fab Foggy weekend
More Laurie
Even more Laurie
Wacky races
Bike bus
Seen this ’Bird?
MAGAZINE NEEDS YOU...
Pride of place
What side are you on?
Send your letters to...
For play not display
For play not display
CRMC/BSB Tickets
Rudge TTR
Yamaha TZ exhausts
‘If I had £10,000…’
News
Your Classics
Quick guide
12 bikes you can buy
Laverda Jota 180
PRICES
12 bikes that sold
’How much?’ Gez Kane on classic values
The Classic Bike auction diary
Foggy’s RC30 for sale
RIP: A bike trade stalward and TT racer
Return of the G/S
Classic community rallies to fire appeal
Ewan and Charley’s classic adventure
European track action
The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride
VMCC Founder’s Day date correction
Some work required
Rescued, revived & ridden
Restorative medicine
Enduro to the end
SHOW US YOURS
‘Making life on bikes better’
GO BEHIND THE SCENES
A SLICE OF ORIGINALITY
A SLICE OF ORIGINALITY
Wiring
Unchanged
Brakes
Kenny’s essential tools
SPECIFICATION | 1975 YAMAHA RD350B
Alan Carter
Alan Carter
FIRST BIG WIN
GOING RACING
EARLY DAYS
ALAN CARTER
PASS IT ON
BACK IN THE UK
MARLBORO YAMAHA
SO CLOSE...
BMW K100RS
BMW K100RS
The Flying Brick’s trajectory in time
SPECIFICATION | 1989 BMW K100RS SPECIAL EDITION
Beautiful buy
Beautiful buy
What to look for
Who’s looked after it?
‘Shimming valves and replacing cambelts are crucial’
Engine
Wheels
Frame and bodywork
Alternator
What to look for
SPECIFICATION 1997 DUCATI 916
Electrics
Clutch
Which to buy, what to pay…
MODEL HISTORY
CARENGINED
DKW BSA
Matchless Fiat
Volkswagen BMW
Subaru flat four
Moto Francaise
NSU Norton
Cossack Reliant
Imp special
Austel MKII
Renault outfit
reshaping the Bonneville
reshaping the Bonneville
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‘I work on bikes I first touched 40 years ago’
‘I work on bikes I first touched 40 years ago’
Hamamatsu of the Fens
Hang on, is that a Yamaha? Paul’s personal bike
Cunning block removing plate
What my bikes taught me
Colchester Chipmaster lathe
Valve clearance adjustment on the bench
Tap removal tool
Home-made camshaft turner
Combustion chamber burette
Lockwire pliers
Assorted T-bar wrenches
Analogue torque wrench
Pepsi RGV500 gear ratios
Useful things
Team Classic Suzuki RGB500
Suzuki TR750 Replica
Checking for straightness
Regulator/rectifiers
How a full-wave rectifier works
Regulator/rectifiers
Three-phase charging system
Soldering on
1 Caked with Castrol R
7 A pain in the R
3 Piston surprised
2 Tasty kidney cam
5 Won’t work – too much play
4 Packing proves the point
6 Don’t rush a new bush
8 Ready to be well drilled
9 Next plan hatched
14 There she blows
11 Dunking my head
10 Starting to look smart
12 Once a rocker...
15 Is it safe?
16 Holier than thou
18 Go with the flow
17 Keep it local
13 Time to be a square
25 Job’s a good ’un
21 Living on the edge
22 A lid with no leaks
Neat heat solution
26 And lastly...
20 Failure to fuse
19 Flux with success
In the toolbox
24 Mind the gap
So, how does this lot go back together?
So, how does this lot go back together?
Homing in on the end
Lucas dynamos 8 Re-polarising
7 The spanner trick
1 Outer connections
2 Inner connections
4 Bench testing
5 Altering rotation
6 Won’t motor?
3 On-bike testing
9 Replacing field coil
Lucas dynamos 8 Re-polarising
16 Beware D brush lead
13 Two different sizes
In the toolbox
11 Commutator clean-up
10 Armature check
12 Core check
17 Battery or not?
15 Drive gears
14 Drive-end fittings
A life of trials
A life of trials
SHOW US YOUR PHOTOS
How Stan put a lid on me
US INFO•
1957 Norton ‘Norvin’ Black Shadow 998cc
1922 Douglas Electric Bike 18v
1985 BMW R80 G/S 797cc
1951 Innocenti Lambretta LC125
1991 Honda VFR750R Type RC30 748cc
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