Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Bert’s blarney

To say I’m a bit jealous of Mr Redmond is an understatement. Y’see, I harbour a bit of love for Honda’s forgotten twin-pot sportster as I had one (by default) back in the day.

I was working on an august motorcycling magazine back in 1998 when I got the keys to a VTR1000F FireStorm for the year when

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