‘it took a full five hours to change two bearings!’

Times have changed for ace Ducati mechanic and restorer Ray Petty . He shows us round his London workshop, full of Italian goodness from all eras

Discovered a leak? Time to drop the motor and lift the casings

Sunday afternoon detour leaves our Bear wedged in a 4x4’s wheel track

These are the many parts of a Triumph TR6C engine that’s been tuned and blown-up countless times over the last half century. All Rick needs to do is see if its troubles can be put behind it…

YAMAHA R9 7147 MILES

The good thing about running two examples of the same model – 1964 Ford Galaxies in my case – is that you can contrast and compare by swapping parts around. Long before the recent round of work descri