Every so often a bike lands here on the BSH desk that, no matter how much we try, is almost impossible to find out any info about. The XS650 you see is one such bike… Words: Nik Pics: Garry Stuart Our Garry found it at Northwest Customs in Warrington (01942 274888 or www.northwestcustoms.co.uk), a shop…
After growing up watching his old man building bikes in the kitchen, Anthony Pearson always wanted to build his own one. Words and pics: Nik After a couple of years of spraying bikes for other people, he decided it was time, and got advice from an old friend who knew all about these things, deciding…
No, not the two almost terminally unfunny ‘comedians’ off the telly, but the wheels on Phil Jones’ trike… Words: Nik Pics: Simon Everett Phil, from deepest, darkest (well…) Cornwall, started building trikes after losing his left leg in an accident back in 2010. He was a committed and lifelong biker, and he wasn’t ready to…
Selling a custom bike that you’ve poured your heart and soul, your blood, your sweat, and often your tears over, can be a very traumatic experience, and one that can haunt you for years. Words: Nik Pics: FD Dave How built a Triumph TR7 (the bike, that is, not that horrible cheese-wedge of a car)…
The Kustom Kulture Blastoff 10th anniversary festival kicks off in style on 31st August at Lincolnshire Showground. It’s a weekend packed full of eye-popping sights, glamour, colour and sheer visual delights to shock and inspire, and is the place to be to see, share and enjoy subcultures from rolling art to kustom art, tiki to…
Does anyone know where this bike is? Dave Friend is looking to find his old lowrider/dragbike called ‘The Howling’ which was featured in BSH in the ’90s. This picture is from the time when he was racing it. The registration is Q999 FVT and it’s SORN’d. Dave says people remember the bike but he’s had…
A vintage Ariel motorcycle – a make once built in Selly Oak, Birmingham – will recreate a 1929 publicity stunt when a similar bike, supported on wooden floats, powered its way across the Channel and back. The event brings together the Pershore Plum Festival and the Ariel Owners’ Motor Cycle Club’s (AOMCC) annual meet, which…
Some people’s design criteria are really easy – Richy wanted his next chop to have black spoked wheels, and a ‘beep-beep’-style squeezy bulb horn. The rest of the design was up to me… Words: Ger Conlon Pictures: Ian Shipley This is the second fancy chop I’ve built for him (the first was featured in BSH),…
Juha ‘Raiza’ Raitio from Turku, Finland, works at a friend’s custom bike shop, but often goes there in the middle of the night to work on his personal projects undisturbed. No wonder he usually creates half a dozen new bikes every year! Words: Charley Charles Pictures: Siwer Ohlsson Some people ask how we find all…
Cast your minds back to last summer, and the issue of Back Street Heroes in which we ran a bike built by the father and son team of Norman and Louie Hartley of Deathgrip Custom Cycles – the stunning purple Panhead that they took to Born Free in California. Words: Dave Manning Pictures: Garry Stuart…
