Farewell Old Friend
‘Demand has pushed the value of projects way out of beginners’ reach’
Read MoreLack of Skill Kills Parts
‘Unrestored’ means exactly that – what you are paying for is largely cosmetic’
Read MoreSeizing the Opportunity
‘when the Sunbeam went on the bench, I honestly believed I was doing a pre-sale spruce up’
Read MoreAnother bsa to be reborn
‘I think it’s a shame if we lose the inclination (and ability) to try and fix old parts’
Read MoreThe Angle of Dangle
‘I seldom go to a bike event without learning something I didn’t know’
Read MoreGold Star Going Good
‘I couldn’t operate without a lathe, yet I meet people who have one but almost never use it’
Read MoreThe return of the GP and Goldie mythology
‘The engineer said the piston was scrap, a rebore was needed’
Read MoreA stiff climb for an old bike
‘That’s why the cylinder was on a shelf, not a bike’
Read MoreSetting the pace in the Garden of England
‘You cannot work out carb tuning simply by plug colour’
Read MoreRamsey Sprint turns into more of a canter
‘Technology should be our servant, not our god’
Read MoreColour Wash
‘each screw took six mins 44 secs to make; i’m working for a miserable £9 an hour’
Read MoreShowing it Who's Boss
'I got a shock – I was struck by the incredibly vivid colour of the terminal corrosion'
Read MoreSpeedo had me in a spin
‘join an owners’ club... you’ll get help and advice and almost certainly a fair deal’
Read MoreIt's all in the timing
‘Nothing seemed right... the seat looked too high... to be frank, it looked a mess’
Read MoreSquish and a Squash
‘Keeping bikes on the road with a limited budget taught me what i can get away with’
Read MoreStar-ting over again
‘Time may appear to be free, but it’s harder to get than money when you need it...’
Read MoreStoring up a Solution
‘However nice that bike in the advert looks, all classics are flawed to some degree’
Read MoreThe Round Way Wrong
‘rather than de-rusting his tank with nuts and volts, my friend went for electrolysis’
Read MoreAnother job on the List...
‘the more tools you have, the more options you give yourself when you face a new problem’
Read MoreThis month’s Problem
‘The bike reared like a bronco and cavorted off toward the opposite kerb’
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