Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Basket case!

If you’ve been following our Yamaha CS3C restoration series then you’ll be painfully aware that the 200cc street scrambler had led a hard life, despite having less than 7000 miles on its odometer.

Given the state of peripheral

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