Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

GO FORTH!

The good (or bad, depending on your view) thing about riding an old bike is there’s never any shortage of jobs to be done.

Sure, a brand-new bike is a lovely thing, and there’s plenty of set up to fiddle with – especially nowadays where you can have electronic suspension and riding modes, multi-stage traction control and all that nonsense. But apart from that, lubing the chain, checking tyre pressures and polishing the plastic is pretty much it.

Not the case with a 1999 Fazer 600 of course, especially one as weary as mine. It’s turned into a mini ‘Forth Rail Bridge’ type project, with a seemingly neverending

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