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Bike It Deluxe Heavy-duty Rain Cover

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20th March 2018

This heavy-duty rain cover is designed to protect your motorcycle from rain, snow, frost and, also, prying eyes! Made from a PU-coated heavy-duty polyester shell, it’s UV resistant and fully waterproof, and the aluminised lower section prevents exhaust melt when the bike is still hot. It all packs away into a handy carry pouch for…
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Venhill Extended Cables

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20th March 2018

British motorcycle control specialists Venhill now offer extra-long universal throttle and clutch cable kits, ideal for custom builders and riders looking to fit higher ’bars or risers. Both the throttle and the clutch kits come with 2.35 metres of Teflon-lined black conduit, available in a choice of 5mm or 6mm diameter, and both are supplied…
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Wunderlich GPS Glare ShieldWUNDERLICH  GPS GLARE SHIELD

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20th March 2018

Sunshine is almost always a great addition to a ride, but it can make reading a sat nav difficult – reflections and glare make directions, maps and distances tricky to make out. German motorcycle accessory specialist, Wunderlich, has a simple but effective solution, with a comprehensive range of GPS Glare Shields. Made from tough, impact-resistant…
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Of men and sheds…

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Pauline Hawkins

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16th March 2018

I don’t know  how up you are on the law of triviality? Parkinson’s law of triviality? And the concept that best illustrates it – that  of bike-shedding? You’re not? No problem, read on  and I’ll explain… Pictures: Simon Everett Back in 1957 a British naval historian named C. Northcote Parkinson came up with an argument…
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Darkstar Leatherworks Lifesaver!

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16th March 2018

We’ve mentioned the Keis heated waistcoats in the mag a few times over the years, and everyone who’s got one swears by them for making winter riding much less of a chore than it would be otherwise, but did you know they’re also a literal lifesaver too? Long-time BSH reader and owner of the most…
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The rider: the hidden victim

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Pauline Hawkins

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16th March 2018

I fully appreciate that when you are directly involved in something and sit very much in the middle of it, you can fail to see an outsider’s viewpoint, writes Selina Lavender, MAG chairman. However I am absolutely incensed by some of the viewpoints coming back to me from a number of sources in relation to…
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Update on current UK trike licensing legislation

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Pauline Hawkins

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16th March 2018

Some of this information has been covered in one of my previous articles, but there have been new developments you may be unaware of so give it a good coat of ‘looking-at’, writes Rick Hulse. As of 19th January 2013, trikes became part of the Category A (motorcycle) licensing regulations (previously they came within the…
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April 2018 issue out now!

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Pauline Hawkins

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1st March 2018

Never mind the beast from the east – get something warm on and get along to your newsagents for the April issue of Back Street Heroes! Yes, it is only March, and a freezing start to the month at that, but we’ve plenty to warm the hearts of BSH readers, starting with this cracking cover…
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BAD ASS BOBBER

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Pauline Hawkins

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24th February 2018

A couple of issues ago we told you about Black Kat Kustoms, the brainchild of Tracey and Andrew Dyke from Shropshire, a leatherworking and bike building husband and wife team. Pictures: Simon Everett Despite the fact that they’re generally poorer than shit-house mice (like church-house mice, but with a much poorer diet), they’ve built, on…
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TIME-TRAVELLING T-BIRD

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Pauline Hawkins

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23rd February 2018

It’s been a few years since Sandy, the owner and driving force behind Triumph’ant Motorcycles in Wales, last had a bike in Back Street Heroes. Pictures: Simon Everett Back in the ’90s and early 2000s, bikes he’d built featured quite regularly among these pages, but as his business, specialising in spares for Hinckley Triumphs, flourished…
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