Features

Steam’d Shovel

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Nik Samson

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21st February 2023

Mark bought three boxes of Shovelhead bits from someone in Cornwall, and this bike ’ere, a ’75 1340, is the last of the three to be put together.
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Unique Steampunk Suzuki

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Nik Samson

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10th February 2023

Chris’s steampunk Suzuki really turned heads at Motorcycle Live!, including Nik’s. He takes a closer look.
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The Thing…

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Mark Lancaster

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27th January 2023

THE THING’, AS THIS BIKE’S CALLED, WAS BORN OUT OF AN IDEA TO BUILD AN OLD SCHOOL ‘70S CHOPPER. Simon […]
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Spine Crippler – 1979 Yamaha XS650

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Nik Samson

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9th December 2022

Although he calls it ‘Spine Crippler’, the legend on the tank of Jason Williamson’s XS650 reads ‘Deathwish’ – something that a lot of folk may agree with when they realise his bike’s seriously lacking in the front brake department…
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‘Tracker Tribulations

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Alex Bestwick

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25th November 2022

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…
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Reasons to work in advertising for Mortons Media Group

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Alex Bestwick

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27th September 2022

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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Biker tatts wanted!

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Alex Bestwick

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8th September 2022

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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It’s a Fair Cop!

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Web Editor

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23rd August 2022

Bikesafe is a unique training initiative by UK police forces, aimed at making British bikers safer. Our man Alan Dowds […]
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FIND THIS CHOP!

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Alex Bestwick

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16th August 2022

Porky, who built the glorious Shovelhead elsewhere in this issue, as mentioned in the article, built a 750/4 chop back […]
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Kathin

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Web Editor

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10th August 2022

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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