Category: Workshop

All roads users need clear vision to drive or ride safely. Motorcyclists have to cope with visors and goggles, and classic riders frequently suffer from deteriorating vision, too. Paul Miles, RC’s resident professional eye expert, finishes by looking at contact lenses and going under the knife… To get the best results from this professional advice, you really need to have…

Spring is here, and obsessive suspension tinkerer Martin Gelder’s enthusiasm is undamped. Rebounding from a succession of old bikes with interesting steering, he weaves his way through a list of suggestions to help get the most out of a bike’s handling… The science of how (and even why) motorcycles handle is a subject of much debate but little understanding amongst…

Paul Jennings had been perfectly happy with the Mikuni carb fitted to his BSA B44. So he had some misgivings about swapping to a brand new Amal Concentric. Here’s what he discovered… Six or seven years ago when I put my B44 together I was determined to make it as easy to start and reliable as possible. Both my bank…

A damaged mounting can mean the end of an original component’s useful life. Alan Goff didn’t want to throw away the tank badge for his Triumph T90, so set about fixing it… I also own ‘Puddle Jumper’ a Triumph T20 Tiger Cub (seen on RC before at www.real classic.co.uk/newsfiles/news08101700.html), and recently acquired one of the last Triumph Tiger T90s ever…

If you can’t elevate your classic bike to get at its underside then Andy Bone has a suggestion: borrow a trick from the classic car crowd. Better than laying on the ground, any day! Some folk say that a man’s shed is an extension of himself, whether it is a shed on an allotment, a shed at the end of…

The sticky business of cleaning and re-sealing fuel tanks can be tricky to get right first time, especially as there are so many cleaners and sealants now on the market. Ian Potter of Tank Care Products shares some of his expertise with us… I have sold many thousands of these kits and coated many tanks myself for customers, there will…