Category: Features
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Spine Crippler – 1979 Yamaha XS650
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
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
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!
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!
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 ’un. Maybe it’s a bike…
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FIND THIS CHOP!
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 it must be parked up…
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Kathin
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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At The Moment…
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… Nik This one ’ere, Tony…
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No Airs, No Graces
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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Built For the Ride
You may remember Jason Mellers’ ultra-skinny ‘Cream Machine’ Sportster from a couple of years ago, which he’s now sold as, like many of the other lads in the Last Week of July collective, he likes to have a new (or radically reworked) bike for each year’s travels.
