Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

I FEEL THE NEED…

The original Top Gun film had it all, really: a thumping soundtrack; adrenalin-fuelled aerial scenes of dog-fighting jet airplanes; beautiful Kelly McGillis; and a Kawasaki GPz900R…

And unless you’ve been living under a stone over the last year or so, you’ll have realised that the sequel to the original – called Top Gun: Maverick – has finally been released to great fanfare in UK cinemas and it’s still got plenty of bikes in…

Both films are 36 years apart, but feature Navy Lieutenant (later Captain) Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell who,– as his call-sign suggests, is somewhat of a loose cannon. If you’ve never seen the original or the sequel, then you should. It’s

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