Back Street Heroes
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Building a motorcycle rally
Over the past four months, much of my time’s been taken up with organising the 28th You’ve Been Nabbed rally, which is to be held at the Royal Cheshire Showground near Knutsford from 10-12th May, says Rick Hulse This rally caters for anything up to 3,000 paying customers who come for a fabulous weekend of…
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New but old
One of the criticisms you hear about custom bikes, especially ones built around older and perhaps rarer bikes, is that an old bike, and often a rare old bike at that, was cut up (read as ‘ruined’ in the more extreme cases) to build them. Words: Nik Pics: Garry Stuart Peter Walker, the owner of…
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It’s all Fonda’s fault…
It’s probably fair to say that Kev Clubley isn’t the only chap whose long-term dream’d been to own a Panhead chopper, and there’s little doubt that watching Easy Rider at some point in the (not-so) distant past has a lot to do with that fact… Words and pics: Dave Manning It certainly was the starting…
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Cargo pants from Resurgence Gear
Proper heavy-duty protective cargo/combats, available in a range of colours. Not worn yet, but reassuringly heavy!
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Spada Campus Yale jacket
Spada’s new (and very posh) Campus Yale bike jacket is light, comfortable, with armour in elbows and shoulders. Retailing at £119.99, it comes in five sizes, from S to 2XL, and has: Full grain 1.2mm-1.4mm double stitched Leather Stitched channel quilting to shoulders Soft shell and leather dual construction TEKTOFORM armour elbows and shoulders Back…
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Playtime with Royal Enfield
Royal Enfield celebrates the official arrival of the 650cc Twins with the ‘Playtime’ event at dealerships nationwide on April 11, 2019 from 6pm. Royal Enfield will celebrate their 2019 model line-up and all new twin-cylinder INT 650 and GT 650 on April 11, along with the latest accessories and apparel. The warranty for the twins…
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May issue of BSH – out now!
Got your bike out of hibernation yet? Checked it, washed it and filled up the tank? Then get thee to the newsagents and pick up your May issue of BSH! It’s your indispensable guide to everything that’s hip and happening in the custom bike world, with a little less hip(ster) and a lot more happening.…
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Brawler
Over the years there’ve been numerous discussions about a style of motorcycle that gained a nickname back in the Eighties. Tough, big horsepower, no-compromise bikes that were all about attitude, and all about getting from point A to point B in as short a time as possible. Words and pics: Dave Manning If I say…
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Spirit of Albion
The story of this bike is one that you could say is a series of a series of fortunate happenstances or, as I’d really say when Nik’s not putting words in my mouth, a series of results – you know, as in ‘Result!’ with an exclamation mark at the end. Words: Pete Sayers Pics: Nik…
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One of the family…
It’s strange how you meet people and how things work out. I met Andrew, the owner of this bike, when I called into his place of work and was asked: “Do you happen to have a large elastic band on you by any chance?” Words: Will Webb Pics: Simon Everett I asked why and what…
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