The Can-Am Ryker is not only the lightest and slightest of the Can-Am three-wheeler range, it is also the one with the styling most like a motorcycle, looking far more bike-like than the company’s bigger Spyder, which Nik tested a while ago. Words: Dave Manning Pics: BPR & Dave Manning The manufacturer, Bombardier Recreational Products…
The rally season has begun in earnest (well, it really kicked off in April, but let’s not split hairs) and to help you make up your mind where to go this year, BSH June issue has a free 32-page listings supplement packed with dates for your diary. Who needs Mexico, Malta and Majorca when you…
It’s been a few years since we last featured a bike built by Rob Wood at Twistedspine Custom Motorcycles (the last was his truly stunning stainless steel-framed BSA Bantam) so, ladies and gentlemen, may I offer for your delight and delectation one of the more recent offerings from his workshop – the Copper Penny. Words:…
Latest figures show that London has nine of the top ten most dangerous roads in the UK. They are: 1. Lambeth A23, London 2. Brent A404, London 3. Hackney A10, London 4. Islington A501, London 5. Hackney A107, London 6. Tower Hamlets A13, London 7. Powys A483, Wales 8. Islington A1, London 9. Wandsworth A3,…
For years we’ve drooled over the styling of Harleys and Indians from the 1940s, and we were also inspired by the images of TROG in the US, but finding (and affording!) an original Harley or Indian of this era was beyond our means so this created an opportunity to build a replica with a twist.…
Over the past four months, much of my time’s been taken up with organising the 28th You’ve Been Nabbed rally, which is to be held at the Royal Cheshire Showground near Knutsford from 10-12th May, says Rick Hulse This rally caters for anything up to 3,000 paying customers who come for a fabulous weekend of…
One of the criticisms you hear about custom bikes, especially ones built around older and perhaps rarer bikes, is that an old bike, and often a rare old bike at that, was cut up (read as ‘ruined’ in the more extreme cases) to build them. Words: Nik Pics: Garry Stuart Peter Walker, the owner of…
It’s probably fair to say that Kev Clubley isn’t the only chap whose long-term dream’d been to own a Panhead chopper, and there’s little doubt that watching Easy Rider at some point in the (not-so) distant past has a lot to do with that fact… Words and pics: Dave Manning It certainly was the starting…
