The Prescott Bike Festival, which was due to take place over the weekend of 14-15th April, was postponed due to adverse ground conditions. The event is the biggest annual fundraiser for the charity Blood Bikes, and so has been rescheduled for 16-17th June. All advance ticket holders, Run the Hill entries, competition winners and exhibitors…
Breakfast at the Brewery is a new car and bike meet that’s being held on the third Sunday of every month (until September) from 9am till 1pm at Lymestone Brewery, Mount Road, Stone, Staffordshire (ST15 8LL). All are welcome… except perhaps grumpy gets who shouldn’t be up that early. The next one is this Sunday,…
Britain’s biggest threat to biking turns out to be in the air… or rather policy about the air, to be precise, says MAG chairman Selina Lavender. I’m talking about Clean Air Zones (CAZs), based on the nutty idea that if we reduce air pollution we’ll live longer. It’s rubbish, but there’s so much momentum behind…
Die Hards MCC are welcoming everyone to their Mendips to Minehead motorcycle ride out on Saturday 14th July. It’s free to join in and all donations on the day will go to the Paulton Birth Centre.
We showed you the new Icon Airflite helmet back in issue 408, and having had chance to use one, we can now give you some feedback as to what the dramatically styled lid is really like. While the Airflite is really tight to put on – the neck hole was really tight over my fat head,…
For a lot of gentlemen (and ladies) of a certain age, those of us cutting our teeth on the first rung of the biking ladder (he said, mixing his metaphors) in the 1980s, chops looked, or would’ve liked to look, like the bike you see here before you. Words and pics: Nik The ’80s (and…
For many custom bike builders, it’s their life’s dream to open a custom bike shop, building bikes and getting paid for it. The reality, though, is that if you do ever attain that dream, you’ll always be building bikes for customers, and you’ll never get another chance to build one for yourself again… Words and…
The June issue of Back Street Heroes is out now! Find out what’s new in the custom bike world, read news and views from fellow bikers, check out Rick Hulse’s latest column and drool over some amazing bikes! For a preview of the latest issue, see here:
As usual, The Classic MotorCycle Show will bring you a fine selection of everything needed for a weekend of motorcycling indulgence, this year being held over April 21/22. Held at Staffordshire County Showground, you’ll find a feast of trade stalls, autojumbles, club stands and private entries. Guest of honour will be Neil Tuxworth, Honda’s racing…
English Electric Motor Co’s first Electric Alley Demo Day to be hosted at Orwell Motorcycles (IP2 0AQ) takes place on Saturday (7th April) from 10am to 3pm. There will be a selection of new 2018 electric motorcycles available to try from Zero and Super Soco, which offer various models to cater for all licence types…
