It’s been a very long time since I’ve ridden a cruiser, a Japanese cruiser – years in fact. I think the last one was a Yamaha V-Star XVS1300A. Words: Nik Pics: Nik and Dave Manning Since then, despite the popularity of custom-styled factory bikes from the likes of Harley-Davidson, Indian, Triumph and Ducati, the Big…
Just what you wanted for Christmas! Buy whatever goodies you like for the biker in your family or circle of friends, but make sure you wrap ’em up to best effect using this excellent festive wrapping paper, available from Industry & Supply Co. Find out more, and check out other designs, by visiting https://industryandsupply.com/christmas-wrapping-paper/
Fed up with the gloomy weather and need to cheer yourself up? Here’s a way to support a good cause, have fun and brighten up the winter months looking forward to a May weekend of mirth, mayhem, music and motosickles! The 29th You’ve Been Nabbed is happening from 8th-10th May at the Cheshire Showground, Pickmere…
The Expletives are a very entertaining punk and new wave band looking to play more biker gigs. They’ve played more than 280 shows, including the Tiger MCC’s Soggy Moggy rally (twice), the Rat & Survival and many more. They play songs by The Jam, The Specials, The Sex Pistols, The Undertones, Blondie, Madness, The Vapors,…
If you’re looking for a cool 125cc bike, then you might be interested to know that the Herald Motor Company has dropped the price of its Maverick 125 to £2,499 (plus OTR costs) from £2,650 (plus OTR). It’s available in seven different colours, and is off-road inspired with an aggressive retro-styled look. It can be…
Since the 1950s, the leather-clad motorcyclist has been the most potent image of the archetypal bad boy, popularised by Hollywood stars such as Marlon Brando and James Dean. Now this painstakingly detailed chronicle of biker culture delves into the early town-sieges of America’s mid-West in the 1940s, through to the British Mod and Rocker coastal…
NOBODY seems to quite know when the alloy of copper and zinc that’s more commonly known as brass became the ‘must-have’ material for custom bikes, but it’s a recent trend that, although very much a modern thing, can be traced back, pretty much, to the dawn of motorcycling. Words & pics: Fazerdaze The use of…
I’ve been riding and building bikes as a hobby for 42 years. I had a pretty common list of bikes to begin with: FS1E, RD250, Z650, CBX1000, have done loads of track days, and previous builds’ve been featured in Superbike, Streetfighters and AWoL magazines, all based on the Honda CBX1000 – all built in a…
Italian firm Eleveit has taken all its top protection and fitting tech, and made a new ankle boot – the Versus. Starting with a full grain leather outer, they’ve added armoured sections in the ankles and toes, super-rigid torsionally-stiff soles, patented Freelock one-touch laces that make the boots fast and easy to get on and…
