Probably the biggest custom show in the land, the Bike Shed’s Bike Shed London has been confirmed as being on its usual date – the last May bank holiday, or 24-26th May, as it’s called on a calendar. The absolute mecca for the new-skool custom crowd, but increasingly frequented by us hairy-arses too cos it’s…
These two new Ogri designs feature the iconic biker’s faithful sidekick Kickstart, and you can choose between ‘Mad Dog’, featuring the crazed canine crashing his bike through a brick wall, and ‘God Made Me Do It’ showing Kickstart brandishing a sledgehammer in front of a destroyed police Volvo. Both are printed in the UK in…
Despite a number of rumours, some quite unpleasant, the BMAD Paignton Bike Fest, probably the biggest bike show in the south-west of Britain, and a damn good weekend, is happening again this year! Held on the first bank holiday weekend in May (3-5) down on Paignton seafront in Paignton in Devon, BMAD runs over two…
The National Association for Bikers with a Disability (NABD) has organised its 28th anniversary mega-party, You’ve Been Nabbed, at the Cheshire Showground, near Knutsford, just off junction 19 of the M6, for the weekend of 10th-12th May. There will be 15 bands over two marquees, the usual excellent comedy show, a pirate theme for Saturday…
The National Motorcycle Museum has announced the details of its winter raffle – a brand new/old stock 1977 Commando which’s never been run or registered, with just a few ‘push’ miles only! Second prize is a Sealey MC680E electro-hydraulic motorcycle lift with a 680kg load capacity, worth more than £1,500. Third prize is a luxury…
Happy new year! We hope you’re all in the pink, and if you’re not, then you will be when you pick up your copy of February’s BSH! Inside you’ll find the best custom bikes in the land as displayed at Custom Xtreme at the NEC last year, and two very gurlie pink bikes with don’t-mess…
Words: JAY RANSOME Pics: GARRY STUART What’s a ‘neo-traditionalist chopper’ when it’s at home, then? Well, well, well, where do I begin? I sold my old Shovelhead chopper and began the hunt for a new donor and this involved, as most Shovelhead chopper stories do, a trip to Weatherleys Motorcycles (www.weatherleys motorcycles.co.uk) to see what they…
Here’s a fictional treat from the pen of Jim Fogg that was first aired when BSH was a newborn publication, but it still packs a powerful punch. Illustrations by Louise Limb. It’d been 18, maybe 19 years, since I’d ridden the high border country, and I’d almost forgotten how bare and cold it was on…
Editor Nik Samson road tests the new Niken three-wheeled motorcycle. Looks weird (the bike, that is) but Nik seems impressed. See the video by clicking the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE_DBnkGPNo&feature=youtu.be
Recommended! These Weise Outlast Memphis trousers are made from strong polyester, and have a waterproof, windproof and breathable lining, a removable quilted thermal liner, a high waist to keep draughts out, removable knee armour, ankle zips to fit them over your boots, and stretch panels in the waist and knees for on-bike comfort. And they…
