Back Street Heroes - January 2017

BSH Jan  2017 #393

Contents

REGULARS

6 OPENFACED
 - all that's new and happening in the custom bike world
8 PRODUCTS
-loads of good stuff for you to spend your hard earned on
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
- the monstrously powerful Ducati XDiavel
83 MAG NEWS
- our regular column by the MAG chairnongenderspecificperson!
88 PROJECT DESERT RACER
- Last bits and bobs before the reveal next month
92 MR BRIDGES'MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
- randomly fixing  fings wot are broken
97  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.
104 SMALLS
sell your bike here for free!
112  NEXT MONTH
- whats in the mag next month...obviously!
114 RICK HULSE
-the musings of one of the most eloquent thinkers in bikerdom!

14 XSR900 STREET MUTANT
Our second project bike revealed
20 STORMIN’ THE CASTLE
The massive north – eastern bunfight
22 H-D SHOVELHEAD CHOPPER
Simon Harris back in BSH
28 BONNEVILLE STREET BIKE
So gorgeous it’s almost physically painful
36 Z900 FLAT – TRACKER
Taking the concept of the flat – tracker to the extreme
42 DUBS OF ANARCHY
VWs and custom bikes are unusual bedfellows
50 JESSICA LOVE
Cool chick on a cool Honda
52  BSA THUNDERBOLT BOBBER
Just like they used to be built in years gone by
58 CENTRESPREAD
Louise Limb’s latest artistic offering
62 NORTH MANCHESTER CUSTOM & CLASSIC
Fagin travels to the rainy city
64 HALF ON A HARLEY, HALF ON A HONDA
Part two of the touring Scotland series
68  COPDOCK MOTORCYCLE  SHOW
One of the biggest one – dayers gets bigger and better
70 SPORTSTER BOBBER
home – built …with considerable help from eBay
76 BRIGHTONA
Oh we, and several thousand others too, do like to be beside the seaside
78 XS 650 CHOPPER
Long – forked and more traditional than Morris dancing and fish on Fridays
- randomly fixing  fings wot are broken