Please, stay safe, above all…

It’s amazing what can happen in just four, short weeks…

The last time I sat here and chatted about the joys of the smaller motorcycle, I couldn’t have envisaged that I would sit here now and see us all confined to barracks for the foreseeable. But this is what we must do.

Thankfully, we at CMM are ahead of the game and have plenty of tests from 2019’s ‘short’ summer lined up, including this issue’s ride of Niall Mackenzie’s Yamaha RD400. We hope you enjoy it.

Of course, we in this hobby/passion also spend some time ‘alone’ so to speak,in our workshops, sheds and garages. So, as well as eye protection and all else, we would suggest you make sure those hands are cleaned regularly!

Personally, I buy lots of magazines over the various interests that I have and now that I can’t get out as much, I’m either buying online, or subscribing and making savings. So, for CMM single issues or subscriptions you can go to: www.classicmechanics.com

I can’t lie, but these recent events have had an effect on your issue of CMM. You can probably feel this between your fingers. With this in mind, now is the time for us in our hobby and our passion to stick together. If you’re stuck in your workshop, still order those parts if you can, join that club, register with that forum and – yes – subscribe to that magazine, whatever magazine it is.

We will come out of this, we will be back on our beloved classic bikes soon and we will spend this time in isolation wisely. We will all see each other on the other side. Stay safe!