In this issue

DEADLINE - A TIME LIMIT IN THE FORMOF A DATE, ON OR BEFOREWHICH SOMETHINGMUST BE COMPLETED.

AS MANY OF YOU’LL KNOW, THE RESTRICTIONS PLACED UPON THE CUSTOMISATION OF MOTORCYCLES IN OTHER COUNTRIES IS FAR MORE DRACONIAN THAN OUR OWN, WITH GERMANY PERHAPS BEING THE PRIME EXAMPLE (ALTHOUGH OTHERS’RE EVEN STRICTER.

Bling!

PEOPLE WHO’VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CUSTOM SCENE COMMERCIALLY ARE OFTEN VERY GOOD AT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF TRENDS IN BIKE STYLES, AND ADAPTING THEM TO SUIT WHAT THEY DO BEST. TRIKE DESIGN, DOWN IN DEEPEST, DARKEST (WELL, SOMETIMES) WALES, ARE A CASE IN POINT…

5 mins

DEADLINE

(NOUN) A TIME LIMIT IN THE FORM OF A DATE, ON OR BEFORE WHICH SOMETHING MUST BE COMPLETED

4 mins

HARD LABOUR...

AFTER MESSING ABOUT WITH MOTORCYCLES FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, I DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO ADD LOADS OF STRESS TO MY LIFE BY BUILDING MY OWN SO, ARMED WITH A DISC-CUTTER, A LARGE HAMMER, AND A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE, THE PROJECT BEGAN….

4 mins

HARDCORE HOODLUM

AS MANY OF YOU’LL KNOW, THE RESTRICTIONS PLACED UPON THE CUSTOMISATION OF MOTORCYCLES IN OTHER COUNTRIES IS FAR MORE DRACONIAN THAN OUR OWN, WITH GERMANY PERHAPS BEING THE PRIME EXAMPLE (ALTHOUGH OTHERS’RE EVEN STRICTER).

4 mins

STOCKER...

IT’S BEEN A VERY LONG TIME SINCE I LAST DID IT (PROBABLY AROUND 1999/2000, I SUSPECT), BUT THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT BLASTING THROUGH THE STREETS OF A CITY ABOARD A BIG, LOUD, ANTISOCIAL CHOP THAT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD TO BE ALIVE…

4 mins

All's Well That Ends Well...

I first built this bile twelve year ago... Well, I ask this bike - it didn't look quite like this. It was, at first, ared-oxide rear strutted, brat looking thing with no real direction, then I started with ncc staffordshire, and it was clear that it wasn't of the expected standard...

3 mins

BETTER THAN SOCKS...

IT TOOK ME ABOUT FIVE YEARS, YOU KNOW, TO GATHER EVERYTHING I WANTED FOR THIS BIKE AND, ONCE I HAD EVERYTHING I NEEDED, I SET MYSELF A TIME LIMIT OF BEING READY FOR MY 50th BIRTHDAY - A PRESENT TO MYSELF

4 mins

NCC GLOCUS & HEREFORD RUN

IN 1973 THE NATIONAL CHOPPER CLUB WAS CONCEIVED AND FORMED BY BILL GILL, PETE GAERTNER AND SYD WELLINGS WITH THE AIM OF GENERATING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN CHOPPER ENTHUSIASTS, OTHER ROAD USERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IMPROVING STANDARDS IN THE SAFETY AND CONSTRUCTION OF CHOPPERS, AND BRING ALL CHOPPER RIDERS CLOSER TOGETHER.

2 mins

IT LIVES AGAIN!

REGULAR READERS MAY ALREADY KNOW THE STORY OF THIS BIKE(WELL, IN ITS FORMER GUISE ANYWAY), BUT WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE RESULT OF ME PLOUGHING INTO AN AUDI AT 70 ON THE M25...

5 mins

Suzuki Katana Long-Term Test

As you’ll know from the last few issues, or if you’ve seen the video on the bsh youtube channel, we have one of suzuki’s new katana 1000s to play with for a while. We’ve done a wee bit to it (nothing drastic, just altering it slightly to look a little more like its iconic namesake), but at some point you do have to stop spannering and actually ride…

4 mins

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