Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

The way we were…

We've teamed up with The Hobby Company  which which distributes Tamiya plastic motorcycle kits in the UK to give our favourite restoration one of its amazing motorcycles in miniature. So, send in your pictures of your bikes and you could win the chance to"Here are a selection of snaps taken of my bikes, starting with an FSl-E that cost a few hundred quid when it rolled out of the showroom in a cloak of Kenny Roberts yellow together with a modest splattering of chrome, and a disc brake up front. This is me, a fresh faced 16-year old who was about to set the world on fire, impressing the girls with my hot wheels. Parkers and flared jeans were all the rage in those days. Honest.

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