Following editor Nik’s editorial in issue 408, in which he hoped the country wouldn’t be ‘shivering under a blanket of snow’, and that March ‘isn’t usually too bad’, he has completed the obligatory 1,000 lines and, by way of atonement, has offered up a stunning summer cover for the May issue. It features the fabulous…
Taking on a project bike build that someone else has already started can, but not always, be a little like taking on a rescue animal… no, no, really, it can. Pictures: Nik Stop looking at me like I’ve finally (finally?) gone mad, and let me explain. Taking on a rescue, be it a dog, a cat…
London’s Ace Cafe, which originally opened in 1938, has teamed up with Western Star Records to launch a special double CD album celebrating 80 years of the famous landmark. The Ace Cafe 1938-2018 Album, which will be launched at the cafe at midday on Sunday 8th April, features 46 rock ‘n’ roll tracks with the…
It’s a long-established fact of custom bike building that any given project will take at least twice as long to complete as intended, and cost at least twice as much as the expected budget. Words: Dave M Pics: Simon Everett Tom Russell had a H-D Softail Twin Cam B, the one with the…
I hate writing articles, although I’m reasonably erudite and inventive. I can never really think of any decent opening sentences, or ‘hooks’ as Mr Samson puts it. I could write “this bike began…” or “it all started when…” but it’s all a bit tedious, isn’t it? Words: Jim Ord Pics: Nik Anyway, once…
After the success, and apparent selling out, of Dirtquake, it was never going to be long before other crazy dirt-track events would appear, and the first of any size to do is this: Dirt Diggers at the Eddie Wright Raceway in Scunthorpe on Saturday 16th June. Partly organised by the legendary Odgie, ex-editor of this…
The lovely people at Fastec Racing, the folk who make all those gorgeous billet bits for bikes, including top race teams all over the country, are having an open day on 29th April to launch their new showroom and range of clothing and accessories, and the new range of Bullit Motorcycles bikes that they’re now…
Following on from all the furore over the Mayor of London’s ill-informed comments on motorcycle theft, and the proposed inclusion of motorcycles in the forthcoming Ultra-Low Emission Zone, MAG (the Motorcycle Action Group) and others have got together to hold a Motorcycles Matter London demo day on 21st April. There will be meeting places on…
Icon have come up with a new full-face helmet to add to the existing Airmada and Variant, and they’ve taken influences from motocross helmets and the bubble visors of the Seventies, and applied them to modern helmet technology. It has a polycarbonate shell with a large chin vent, twin forehead vents and dual ‘exhaust’ vents…
