Back Street Heroes - October 2016
6 OPENFACED
– all that’s new and happening in the custom bike world
12 LETTERS
– have your say about ... well, owt really!
34 SUBSCRIBE TO BSH
– see here for the best subscription offers
44 (ALMOST A) ROAD TEST
– Our Billy rides the Moto Guzzi V9 Bobber
78 MAG NEWS
– our regular column by the MAG chairman
80 PROJECT STREET MUTANT
– part three of our new Yamaha XSR900 project
84 PROJECT RAT ROD
– tanks (plural), seat (singular), gear-change (plural) n’ stuff!
88 MR BRIDGES’ MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
– checking your bike over before the MoT can save a lot of grief
92 PROJECT DESERT RACER
– cutting down exhaust cans for beginners
96 EVENTS
– our guide to the best rallies, shows, parties and runs!
100 READERS’ LIVES
– four pages of your pictures and our
silly captions ... yeah, sorry about that.
105 SMALLS –
sell your bike here for free!
113 NEXT MONTH
–what’s in the mag next month … obviously!
114 RICK HULSE
– the musings of one of the most eloquent thinkers in bikerdom!
REGULARS
14 550 ZEPHYR CHOPPER
the cover bike in all its glory!
20 FARMYARD PARTY
30 years of partying like there’s no tomorrow!
22 T140 BONNIE BOBBER
the first of the two Red Max Speed Shop bikes we’ve got for you
28 HONDA SHADOW & 883 SPORTSTER
home-built and glorious
36 REVTECH 125
horror-themed Harley
42 BIG BIKE SUNDAY
classic and custom bikes in West
Yorkshire? Eee, it were grand!
50 DIAMOND DAY
the NCC’s major London bunfight
52 THE RIDE (pictured)
Sailor Jerry’s custom bike
competition for 2016
62 NCC SUFFOLK SHOW
it might be a backwater, but
the bikes are class!
64 W650 KAWASAKI
the first full build from a new
shop that’s going places
68 ROCK & BIKE FEST
twenty seven bands over one
weekend? And fifteen bike show
categories? That’s a lot to cram
into one weekend!
70 THE BSH CUSTOM BIKE
BUILDING CHAMPIONSHIP
vote for the best bikes in the land!
76 BULLFROG BASH
old show gets a new name and a makeover