Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Wheels of change!

A short, grandiose Frenchman once said: “England is a nation of shopkeepers!” Those very same shopkeepers went on to show him a thing or two...

Now, I’d like to think that a modern extrapolation is something like: ‘Britain is a nation of shed dwellers!’ The amount of really skilled and clever people producing some amazing products and services from sheds, small workshops and units around the country is quite something, especially in the bike industry.

In my quest to build my CMR TR I’ve started to encounter a few. As I’ve said, I prefer to use and work with people or small businesses that I can build a relationship with, see the passion, skill and commitment rather than the ‘computer says no’ brigade.

The chain catching on the old Kawasaki shock absorbers was one problem

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