Big, air-cooled retro is now an affordable, exciting modern classic

…from a world champion mechanic. Yamaha spanner ace Liam Coffey reveals all

Classic Bike, Media House, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, Cambs, PE2 6EA

The joy of an authentic retro with a hint of modernity

Zinging sports bike power, a trail bike chassis and rally-raid styling. Is Yamaha’s two-stroke a curious oddity, or way more than the sum of its disparate parts?

I absolutely need a Monkey bike – for all sorts of reasons. First, walking the dog would be easier, quicker and more fun on a Monkey bike (to be fair, everything’s probably more fun on a monkey bike)