Back Street Heroes - December 2015

DECEMBER 2015 CONTENTS

16 CX650
the cover bike in all its
monster-wheeled glory!

22 Rock & Bike Fest
one of the best biker festivals
of the year just gets better!

28 NCC Vectis Bike show
suspiciously southern,
almost France …

30 Triumph Hybrid
a glorious blend of
old and new(ish)

32 Z1000
and, continuing the hybrid
theme, a stonking streetfighter
from the States!

68 Award-Winning EVO
slammed, stretched
n’ sexy as hell!

72 Vietnam
part two of Laurie’s trip …
you weren’t there,
man, he was!

78 Sportster Trike
owned by a self-confessed
mad woman!

82 Flames & Frames
NCC Kent’s summer
bunfight …

36 Ultima Bobber
gorgeous red ‘Arley from
the Emerald Isle!

40 Old-Skool Triumph
minimalism taken to extremes!

50 Louth Bike Night
they have a lot of bike nights
in Lincolnshire, don’t they?

52 V8 quad (pictured)
exquisitely crafted and fast
as fuc … err, hell!

62 Ironhead & Trumpet
two wonderfully retro bolides
from So Low Choppers!

66 Dutch Hardly Rideables Rally
silliness and shenanigans
across the sea!

100 Next Month
– what’s in the mag next
month … obviously!

101 Events
 – our guide to the
best rallies, shows, parties
and runs!

104 Readers’ lives
 – two pages of your pictures
and our silly captions ...
yeah, sorry about that.

106 smalls
– sell your bike
here for free!

114 Rick H u ls e
The return of one of the best
thinkers in bikerdom!

8 Open Faced
– all that’s new and
happening in the custom
bike world

14 Letters
 – have your say about ...
well, owt really!

44 (almost a) Road test
 – the rather lovely and very
cheap new Harley 750!

76 Landmarks
– the latest of your pics and, my gosh,
they’re rude!

86 Fiction
 – Allan Lowson’s Tinker’s
latest adventure

90 Mag news
– our new column by the
new MAG Chairman!

92 Mr Bridges’motorcycle diaries
 – Sportster gearboxes
 n’ clevis pins n’ stuff!

96 Trike Trickery
 –how to make yer reluctant
brakes work …