This Bonnie belonged to one of my best mates, Dave Robbo, for years, and it sat in the corner of his workshop in a part-disassembled condition. He’d bought it in 1984 when it was just two years old, and’d used it to go all over the country to rallies, as well as being a daily ride. He took it off the road to repair an oil leak, but then bought a GS750, and the Bonnie was confined to the corner.
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Christmas is just around the corner and we’ve lined up a huge range of special gifts for your loved ones (or yourself)… including a selection of subscriptions, books, show tickets and merchandise.
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Are you looking for a job in advertising? Here’s why the Advertising Sales Executive role with Mortons Media Group is the perfect fit.
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We’ve noticed of late that you lot haven’t really sent pics of your tatts, especially your biker tatts, into Readers Lives, and we’d like to get a few in, y’know?
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This week’s book pick is Peter Starr’s fantastic Motorcycle Traveler!
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Bikesafe is a unique training initiative by UK police forces, aimed at making British bikers safer. Our man Alan Dowds went along to check it out. WORDS: Alan Dowds PHOTOGRAPHY: Holeshot PR and BikeSafe Generally, when a motorcycle industry marketing bod invites you to a press event, it’s a good
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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
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I built this bike originally around eight years ago for a mate who was recovering from an operation and wanted me to let him pay weekly, and help build the bike as something to help him get stronger. It’s not something I’d do normally, but it felt like the right thing to do, so…
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As’s been mentioned a few times over the last few months, some bikes’ve taken a while to get photographed for the magazine because of delays imposed by Covid and lockdowns. Some, though, take a while to get photographed ‘cos the owner(s)’re forever pulling the feckin’ things apart and redoing them…
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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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