One of the things about biking, custom biking, that fascinates me is the way the scene has so many separate facets, separate sub-divisions, the more you look into it. Words and pics: Nik You have folk who are into bike trikes, folk who are into car trikes, folk who are into streetfighters, folk who are…
Now that we’re deep in the clutches of winter one needs decent winter trewsers and these, ladies an’ gennulmen, are just that. They’re actually all-season trousers, although they may be a little warm for our summers (the quilted thermal lining is removable though), and as such are made of a heavy-duty polyester with stretch panels…
This very light, very comfortable adventure-style helmet is perfect for normal bikes too; it has a wide viewing aperture, a visor that locks in place so doesn’t fly open/slam shut if you ride with it open a notch, a useful drop-down sun visor, an inner chin-guard to stop draughts blowing upwards, and a simple-to-use, quick-release…
A bit from here, and a bit from there – it’s probably the most clichéd way to build a bike but, like all good clichés, it has a solid basis in truth and honesty. Words: Dave Manning Pics: Garry Stuart And, to be totally frank, it’s perhaps the only way that any of us actually…
If you’re struggling to feel festive, take a few minutes between wrapping gifts and resisting a beer to share the pain of Rick Hulse, as he looks back over his life and towards his Big 6-0. As my 60th birthday comes hurtling at me like a prosecco-filled Essex girl charging into a kebab shop, I’ve…
Since the 1950s, the leather-clad motorcyclist’s been the most potent image of the archetypal bad boy, popularised by Hollywood stars such as Marlon Brando and James Dean. Now this painstakingly detailed chronicle of biker culture delves into the early town sieges of America’s mid-West in the 1940s, through to the British Mod and Rocker coastal…
When most of us hear the word ‘chopper’ we think of a motorcycle with long forks, don’t we? If we go back all the way to when the word was first used, though, it didn’t mean that at all – it meant a bike that’d been cut down and modified for both speed and looks.…
Oil in the Blood is an excellent documentary film about the contemporary custom motorcycle culture, directed by lifelong biker Gareth Maxwell Roberts, and produced by Lucy Selwood. Over the last three years, they’ve interviewed nearly 300 bike builders, riders, journalists, artists and racers, and filmed at just about every big modern show there is, detailing…
Beeline Moto is a revolutionary new motorcycle sat nav that makes navigation on a bike easy and safe, writes BSH editor Nik Samson. It’s a neat little round unit that attaches to the front of your bike (on the dash or the ’bars or a mirror stalk, wherever you can see it) and, once your…
Her work’s graced the pages of BSH for more than 35 years, and our own Louise Limb’s been once again collecting some of her favourite works to put in her very popular calendar for 2020. Her new offering features a selection of classic images from her archive, and maybe even the odd new piece, and’s…
