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Tidy sum raised by Barbersride 2

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Pauline Hawkins

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5th September 2018

Twenty like-minded motorcycle enthusiasts assembled at Bowkers Harley-Davidson in Preston, Lancashire, to take part in Barbersride 2. Included in their number were barbers, manufacturers, designers, bloggers, distributors, photographers, film makers and a comedian from Blackpool. Barbersride’s collective aim was to ride well over 1,000 miles and raise money for Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in the…
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Back brakes? Fergurls!

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Pauline Hawkins

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2nd September 2018

Bike building, as I’m sure you know, can be thrilling, educating, rewarding. It can also be a massive pain in the arse… Words & pics: Ian Shipley There comes a point in a build, especially one that’s fighting you every step of the way, where you have to decide whether to persevere with it, scrap…
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You chopped a what?!?

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Pauline Hawkins

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1st September 2018

There are few more evocative names in the motorcycling world than that of Brough Superior; the legendary marque set up in 1919 by motorcycle racer and world land speed record holder, George Brough. Words & pics: Nik Our George was a bit of a boy; he originally set out in business with his father, motorcycle…
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MILE MUNCHER

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Pauline Hawkins

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31st August 2018

Who says that motorcyclists hardly do any miles nowadays? And which plum suggested the average mileage for bikers in the UK was so low because Harley riders only go out on sunny Sunday mornings to local pubs? Words and pics: Dave Manning Owned by Mev Carter, this is one Harley that does miles – lots…
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CARTE BLANCHE

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Pauline Hawkins

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30th August 2018

Well, it all started when I was in hospital delirious with fever… Words: Luke, Smiley Monkey’s Custom Cycles Pics: Nik I got a phone call from Jim (yes, the Jim, the other half of Smiley Monkey’s Custom Cycles) “Oi, I’ve just ’ad an American bloke up Revved Up and he’s followed me back to the…
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NEAR THE KNUCKLE

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Pauline Hawkins

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29th August 2018

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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Summer madness

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Pauline Hawkins

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28th August 2018

By Rick Hulse I’ve always been a bit of a sun-worshipper, me. Not the ‘down on my knees praying to the mighty Sun God’ sort of sun-worshipper – that,  to my mind, would  be as silly as worshipping any other sort of ‘god’. Nor do I mean the ‘lying on a deckchair trying to darken…
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Retro-futurism

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Pauline Hawkins

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28th August 2018

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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RESURGENCE BLACK CANVAS MOTORCYCLE RIDING SHIRT

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Pauline Hawkins

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16th August 2018

Just arrived in the BSH office, this cool new Resurgence Gear Black Canvas Protective Motorcycle Riding Shirt is stylish, neat, protective and smart, and it’s even suitable for scorching hot summers. It’s made with 60% PEKEV coverage to the body, and its lining is quilted faux silk with a padded thermal lining, and there are…
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Royal Enfield Classic 500 Pegasus

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Nik Samson

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14th August 2018

I’m sure you know this already, but Royal Enfield, the world’s oldest motorcycle manufacturer, has a long, long history of working with the British armed forces. Back in the late (very late!) 1800s, the Eadie Manufacturing Company Limited, who’d taken over the Townsend and Ecossais pedal-cycle business, launched in 1886, won contracts to supply precision…
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