Cruisers

To the uninitiated, even the latest model in the development of Harley-Davidson’s air-cooled powerplant looks like it could’ve been built at any point within the last 70 years or so, given the basic, unchanging design of the 45-degree vee twin. Words: Dave Manning Pics: Simon Everett Unless you’re enough of an anorak to be able…

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If you think everyday life is too boring, you can always escape to your own private alternative universe… Words: Charley Charles Pics: Siwer Ohlsson Our old friend Petri Ruusunen, from Turku, Finland, lets his unique imagination run wild more and more with each passing year, and the latest result is his Honda 750 trike ‘Futuromoteur’.…

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Being the main man behind Redmax Speedshop, the Devon-based business specialising in flat trackers and cafe racers, Steve Hillary has not only fed his adrenaline fix by racing flat-track, he’s also done hill-climbs, enduros, sidecar racing, supermoto, drag racing (using a Ducati in SuperTwins) and road racing too (again on a Ducati). Words and pics:…

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It’s funny, isn’t it, how some bikes can gain a reputation for being something special even before you’ve actually laid eyes on them? Words & pics: Ian Shipley Paddy O’Toole’s GPz750 chop is a fine example of this; everywhere I’ve been in the last year or so, knowing that I take pictures for Back Street…

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Some things are meant to be, aren’t they? They may take a bit of time, or a fairly convoluted and circuitous route, to come into fruition, but eventually The Fates ensure that two things that’re destined to be, come together in a fortuitous way. Words: Nik Pics: Alien4 Take Chris from NCC Kent and the…

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Let’s play a guessing game, shall we? Do you know which film made by George Miller, the director of the four Mad Max films – Mad Max, The Road Warrior, Beyond Thunderdome, and Fury Road – is his most successful? Bet you can’t guess … are you ready for the answer? Really ready? Okay, here it…

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The Buell Cyclone wasn’t exactly the prettiest of bikes when it left Erik Buell’s loving hands… Words: Dave Pics: Garry Stuart IT had a long dual seat, deep side-panels and a deeply unattractive big suitcase-style appendage on the right-hand side of the motor that actually contained the air filter, but what this does mean is…

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It may surprise you, but some of our readers have interests outside of motorcycles… and not just drinking beer and listening to loud music either.  Words and pics: Dave Take Alastair for example; aside from being a motorcycle nut – being of a certain age he was a ‘victim’ of the Easy Rider film, along…

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Most of us’ve heard the rather unlikely tales of people picking up a totally unbelievable bargain by being at the right place at the right time, haven’t we? And most of us put it down to a case of being who you know, and thus being offered parts at mates’ rates. Words: Dave Pics: Garry…

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