Shoei presents its premium full face touring helmet with inner sun visor. Shell in AIM: organic fibre and multi-composite fibre in various layers for a shock absorbent shell with optimum rigidity. EPS Liner system with multiple densities: optimised protection through EPS elements with different shock absorbing levels. Mist retardant CNS-1 Pinlock Visor is fast and…
April issue of BSH (yes, that’s right, get it while it’s ‘ot!) takes a look ahead to some of this year’s shows and events, while reminiscing about a goodly number of last year’s highlights. Who remembers Stormin’ the Castle? If you do, maybe you weren’t there? Either way, enjoy Wor Davie’s report from this annual…
Bikes, you could say, are in my blood… Words: Dave Rogers Pics: Nik It, I s’pose, started with my gran, before I was even born. She was an extraordinary woman and ahead of her time – not only did she ride bikes to get from A to B, but she was the only female member…
Martyn Bratby, the owner and builder of this bike, is a hardcore fan of Indian motorcycles, and hadn’t ever really thought of owning a Sunbeam, let alone one with a home-brewed four-cylinder engine. Words and pics: Dave Manning Don’t get me wrong though, he loves Brit bikes, and is also a serial autojumble attendee, and…
Lego and Airfix kits have a lot to answer for, and the fact that my mother told me I was wasting my time with them shows how little she knew of what I really wanted to do with my life… Words and pics: Dave Manning I think that messing about with ‘toys’ that give an…
Steve Richford, the owner of the bike that won the Best Paint class in the 2018 BSH Custom Champs, runs the Valkyrie Bar on the Market Square in Evesham in Worcs, and this is his Honda Valkyrie – apt, eh? Words : Nik Pictures: Simon Everett In Norse mythology, a valkyrie is one of a…
Nige (and Sue) Brewer’s classic 750/4 chop, which won the ‘Best Chopper’ class, as voted for by you, the readers, in the 2018 BSH Custom Champs, really is that – a ‘classic’ chopper, in that it was originally built a very long time ago. Words and pics: Nik After a series of near-misses on sports…
They (whoever they are) say that people, consciously or unconsciously (probably unconsciously actually, ’cos consciously would just be too weird), look like, or grow to look like, their dogs. Words: Nik Pictures: Simon Everett Okay, so this is, quite obviously, received wisdom (common knowledge that’s held to be true, but may not be, and usually…
The term ‘peer pressure’ is described as ‘social pressure by members of one’s peer group to take a certain action, adopt certain values, or otherwise conform in order to be accepted’. Words and pics: Nik IT’S a subtle thing too; most people aren’t really aware that they’re under it, even though it can be one…
The best of the best… that’s what’s in store in the mad March issue of BSH, out now! We’re just mad for marvellous machinery, and this issue is jam-packed with amazing rides created by some of the finest engineering brains in the country. And you’d be mad to miss what’s on offer. The winners of…
