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Built For the Ride

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Alex Bestwick

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5th August 2022

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.
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Testing Positive

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Alex Bestwick

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4th August 2022

There’s much been said about the downsides of the Covid lockdowns that most of us were affected by, but perhaps not quite as much about the positive effects it had on our lives… The mainstream media may waffle on about the huge uptake in gardening, or how ‘community spirit’ made a comeback, but what we’re…
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Global Gathering

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Alex Bestwick

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4th August 2022

When Glenn Townsend was living in Thailand, he saw a chopper for sale over there (the Thai chopper scene is amazing!) – a hardtailed Honda Bros 400 with a handmade teardrop tank, headlight cowling, mudguards, and side panels.
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Young Blood

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Alex Bestwick

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3rd August 2022

When Cheyenne Keogh was fifteen, thanks to her mum being a riding instructor, she decided she wanted a bike. When she was seventeen, she got an AJS Bobber and, as her dad, Mark, had built a few bikes over the years, asked him if he could modify it to be more ‘her’.
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Flames and Flames

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Alex Bestwick

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2nd August 2022

According to Wikipedia, ‘fire in the hole’ is an expression indicating an explosive detonation in a confined space is imminent. It originated from US miners, who needed to warn their fellows an underground explosive charge’d been set, but it’s since become more well-known as a throwaway smart-arse line used by military personnel in films when…
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UPBEAT DEMEANOUR

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Alex Bestwick

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1st August 2022

With the current fashion for doing up older Japanese bikes, particularly Kawasaki Zeds, Suzuki GSs and GSXs, and Yamaha RDs and YPVSs, in a ‘restomod’ (restored and modernised) style, it’s good to see that some out there don’t slavishly follow the herd…
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The Airbrush Company: Artists with a huge passion for airbrushing

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Sam Hewitt

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6th July 2022

The Airbrush Company is a family-run business based in Lancing, West Sussex, with over 75 years in the airbrush industry.
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Back Street Heroes – the first 50 covers!

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Darren Hendley

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19th May 2022

Here are the first 50 covers of Back Street Heroes from 1983 to 1988. Which is your favourite?
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Four big events this year!

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Arianne Davey

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18th May 2022

Here we’ve established four huge events that you won’t want to miss – and we’ve looked back at previous years, here’s some photos so you too can reminisce.
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Back to the eighties!

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Shannon Butcher

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22nd April 2022

uilding – one which resulted in no small part from the abundance of fast, reliable four-cylinder motorcycles from the Land of the Rising Sun.
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