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Preview: October issue of Back Street Heroes Magazine

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Alex Bestwick

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30th August 2022

Take a look at the best custom bikes of all in the October issue of Back Street Heroes! Back Street Heroes covers all styles of custom bikes; choppers, bobbers, streetfighters, trikes, cafe racers, street scramblers, flat trackers, brats and rats… to name just a few. We also go to custom biker lifestyle events big and…
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The Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club turns 40!

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Alex Bestwick

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17th August 2022

It’s hard to believe but one of the most modern clubs in the classic bike scene is actually turning 40 this year. They’re bringing over 50 bikes to Stafford this October to celebrate!
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17-year-old’s design could revolutionise electric vehicles

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Alex Bestwick

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17th August 2022

An American teenager has discovered a way to sustainably manufacture electric vehicles without rare-earth magnets.
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FIND THIS CHOP!

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Alex Bestwick

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16th August 2022

Porky, who built the glorious Shovelhead elsewhere in this issue, as mentioned in the article, built a 750/4 chop back in the ‘80s – the first bike he built, registration number JMC 491W. According to the DVLA, it hasn’t been on the road since its last MoT in 2018, so it must be parked up…
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No Airs, No Graces

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Alex Bestwick

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8th August 2022

Every time Shammy saw Dan’s oil-burner Suzuki-engined chops, he wanted one more and more. So he asked Dan to build him one.
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Morris Lubricants launch video series on how oil is made

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Alex Bestwick

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5th August 2022

Morris Lubricants have released a new video series starring Guy Martin – designed to provide end users and distributors in the motorcycle trade with an insight into how oil is made and the factors that should be considered when choosing a lubricant supplier.
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Built For the Ride

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Alex Bestwick

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5th August 2022

You may remember Jason Mellers’ ultra-skinny ‘Cream Machine’ Sportster from a couple of years ago, which he’s now sold as, like many of the other lads in the Last Week of July collective, he likes to have a new (or radically reworked) bike for each year’s travels.
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Testing Positive

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Alex Bestwick

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4th August 2022

There’s much been said about the downsides of the Covid lockdowns that most of us were affected by, but perhaps not quite as much about the positive effects it had on our lives… The mainstream media may waffle on about the huge uptake in gardening, or how ‘community spirit’ made a comeback, but what we’re…
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Global Gathering

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Alex Bestwick

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4th August 2022

When Glenn Townsend was living in Thailand, he saw a chopper for sale over there (the Thai chopper scene is amazing!) – a hardtailed Honda Bros 400 with a handmade teardrop tank, headlight cowling, mudguards, and side panels.
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Young Blood

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Alex Bestwick

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3rd August 2022

When Cheyenne Keogh was fifteen, thanks to her mum being a riding instructor, she decided she wanted a bike. When she was seventeen, she got an AJS Bobber and, as her dad, Mark, had built a few bikes over the years, asked him if he could modify it to be more ‘her’.
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