Classic Bike Magazine nr. 410 van maart 2014

CONTENTS

Classic World

04 THE BIG PICTURE
The ultimate Airfix – building a BMW R90S from NOS bits

06 CLASSIC WORLD
The world’s cleanest Honda 400 Four? Plus win a lathe and a test report on BMW’s new retro, the R nineT

14 EVENT REPORT: ISLAND CLASSIC
Thunder from down under, both on the track and off it

18 DIARY
Four whole weeks of hot dates

20 OUR CLASSICS
Mark, Rick and Mark’s T140 walk into a shed... the punchline’s some real progress

23 YOUR CLASSICS
In bits, restored or riding out

25 LETTERS
An inveterate Kawasaki turbo writer pals an offer to buy one of Rick’s horde of BSAs

29 MIKE NICKS
In praise of the uniquely decorated John Surtees

31 JOHN NAISH
Classic endurance racing – the most fun you can have with your overalls on

33 MARK GARDINER
What started as a bar-room chat leads to a barn find and 30 tonnes of dusty classics

Features

36 THE WORLD’S BEST BSA A65 LIGHTNING
They didn’t make them like this back then – one man’s mission to build the finest BSA twin

47 INSIDE HONDA’S CX500 TWIN
A detailed delve into the unburstable heart of the maggot

54 SUBSCRIPTIONS
Commit to us and save cash

56 BSA GOLD STAR: THE ULTIMATE ALL-ROUNDER
The qualities that made BSA’s single a winner at everything from dirt track to scrambles

64 YAMAHA DT250 RESTORATION
Yamaha’s two-stroke trailster should be a joy off-road and on it. And this one is, now that owner Andy Miley’s poured a year’s hard work into it

73 2014 EVENTS GUIDE
All the dates you need for a classic summer on the road

78 RIDING THE NORTON SUPERIOR
The most intriguing of this year’s Classic Bike of the Year entries was Bill Higginson’s home-brewed blend of Norton frame and big V-twin. Finally, we’ve taken it for a ride

87 SUPERMOUTH STEVE McLAUGHLIN
The father of modern Superbike racing on wrestling, shaft-drive BMWs, crashing in style and inventing world championships

Buying & Workshop

94 RICK’S FIXES
How to bend a universal mudguard to your will, plus more of your issues resolved

97 PROJECT COMMANDO PART 4
In a Thruxton workshop, a bewildering avalanche of progress – the boys are buried up to their necks in Norton...

102 BUILD A FASTER CR250 RED ROCKET
Go-faster preparation tips for Honda’s awesome scrambler

112 BIKES FOR SALE
Choose your own brilliant buy from this selection of classic conveyances. Or sell yours free

122 THE WAY WE WERE
Fantastic old photographs from your well-thumbed albums

Welcome

Making a difference takes dedication, motivation and oceans of sheer bloody effort.

Just ask Steve McLaughlin (page 87), the American racer who went from racing TZ Yamahas at Daytona and winning on shaft-drive BMWs to starting his very own FIM-backed world championship.

Can you imagine the obstacles that must gleefully range themselves against anyone trying to pull off such a feat? The mind boggles. But Steve overcame them. His championship – World Superbike – is still with us, while some of the bikes and riders it made famous, the Ducati 916, Honda’s RC30, Carl Fogarty and Troy Bayliss, all made their mark on motorcycling.

Other astonishing feats of creativity and determination in this issue include the stunning BSA A65 (page 36) and Bill Higginson’s remarkable V-twin Norton special (page 78), plus Project Commando (page 97).

Ben Miller, editor

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