Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Apache hunter!

OK, so mentally I’ve made the commitment to buying a Suzuki TS400 circa 1972-1977. In amongst that handful of years the bike changed quite significantly, moving from full on prototrail iron – sold as the fastest dirt bike you could ride on the road – through to a machine which had off-road aspirations that few owners ever bothered to realise.

The truth is that the TS400 Apache never really cut it as a real trail bike, which is fine by me as I’ll be sticking to the

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