In this issue

KENT CUSTOM BIKE SHOW - WE LOOK BACK AT ONE OF THE MOST FONDLY REMEMBERED EVENTS OF THE BRITISH CUSTOM SCENE.

DIRT DIGGERS - GOING SIDEWAYS IN A DECIDEDLY SILLY FASHION.

LAST WEEK IN JULY SPORTSTERS - THE COVER BIKE, AND ANOTHER TOO, IN ALL THEIR GLORY.

OLD CODGER

THIS BIKE WAS ORIGINALLY BOUGHT OFF EBAY AS A FIXER-UPPER FOR A BIT OF FUN OVER THE WINTER OF 2015, READY TO RIDE IN 2016, BUT AFTER IT’D BEEN SENT OFF TO HAVE A SET OF FORWARD CONTROLS FITTED, THE FRAME WAS FOUND TO BE UNSAFE – VERY UNSAFE!

2 mins

FLAT-TRACKING BUELLIGAN

YOU’D NEVER’VE THOUGHT THAT TRICK BUELLS WERE LIKE RURAL BUSES, WOULD YOU, BUT THEY ARE – YOU DON’T SEE ANY FOR AGES, AND THEN TWO COME ALONG IN QUICK SUCCESSION…

2 mins

21ST CENTURY TRITON

AS ANY FULE NOES, A TRITON IS AN AMALGAM OF A TRIUMPH ENGINE AND A NORTON FRAME, INVARIABLY WITH AN EQUALLY DIVERSE ORIGIN FOR THE ROLLING GEAR, BODYWORK AND BRAKES.

3 mins

Rock & Blues Old School Weekender

The 35th anniversary rock & blues lurched from baked to drenched, but were we bothered? Not for a minute!

3 mins

WEST COAST MIDLANDS CHOPPER

WHILE THE FASHION FOR THE US-STYLE BILLET CHOPPER MAY’VE PETERED OUT A LITTLE IN THESE DAYS OF BOBBERS AND 60s/70s CHOPPERS, THE BIKES THEMSELVES DO STILL HAVE THAT CERTAIN JE NE SAIS QUOI, DON’T THEY?

2 mins

RESURRECTED

ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY? I HAVE QUITE A STORY ABOUT MY TRIUMPH CHOPPER...

3 mins

Last Week of July

WHILE MOST OF US HAVE A FEW WEEKENDS AWAY ON OUR BIKES EACH YEAR, SOME MORE, SOME LESS, IT SEEMS THAT FEW OF US ACTUALLY HEAD OFF FOR A WEEK OR MORE AWAY, JUST GOING SOMEWHERE FOR THE SAKE OF TRAVELLING.

4 mins

MIKE CHADWICK CUSTOM CRUISERS

A look at the people who live and breathe custom bikes

3 mins

KAWASAKI W800 CAFE

WHEN, BACK IN 1999, KAWASAKI LAUNCHED THE W650, IT WAS ARGUABLY THE VERY FIRST PROPER RETRO TO BE OFFERED BY ANY OF THE BIG MANUFACTURERS AND, IN 2001, WHEN TRIUMPH (HINCKLEY) LAUNCHED THEIR FIRST, 790CC, BONNEVILLE, MORE OF A BONNEVILLE THAN THE TRIUMPH.

3 mins

NIKEN LONG-TERMER

SO, AFTER LAST MONTH’S WONDERFUL SILLINESS OF MR DAVE COATES ESQUIRE RIDING THE NIKEN LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN ONE RIDDEN BEFORE, AND PROBABLY WON’T AGAIN, THIS ISSUE IT’S BACK TO THE REALITY OF A COLD, WET BRITISH WINTER.

4 mins

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