Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Terrible twins!

We are always split in this passion of ours as to what we owned back in the day, or what we lusted after. Often, if you were of a certain age, you’d be lucky enough to own the latest Sports Moped, but then lust after the next big thing. And often ‘big’ would be the operative word.

So, perhaps, if you were a Yamaha lad in the mid-1980s, lucky enough to have a FS-1E to plod about on, you’d pop to the local dealership and press your nose up against the glass as a series of ‘big’ bikes stole your heart… the FZ750, FZR1000 Genesis, the FZR1000 EXUP… Decades then pass by

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