March 2017
March 2017   


Back Street Heroes - March 2017

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CONTENTS

24 TRIUMPH SAINT CHOPPER
like no police bike ever!

30 MOONEYES SHOW
the biggest Japanese
custom show of them all

36 SUZUKI GS750 BOBBER (pictured)
named after a city it’s never
been anywhere near…

42 SPORTSTER STREETBIKE
no cowboys were involved in
the building of this!

48 BANDIT CHOPPER
does its bum look big in this?

68 ULTIMA CHOPPER
monster by name, monster by nature

74 SPORTSTER BAR HOPPER
just the thing for blatting
the city streets

80 BSA A10 BOBBER
crossover classic with a
history all of its own

86 SPORTSTER BOBBER
glorious beast from the east

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

10 ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT
 – things you really can’t live without in your life

12 LETTERS
 – have your say about ... well, owt really!

14 READERS’LIVES
 – four pages of your pictures and our silly
captions ... yeah, sorry about that.

18 (ALMOST A) ROAD TEST
 – the futuristic Honda NM4 Vultus

20 (ALMOST A) ROAD TEST
– the hip and happening Ducati Scrambler

22 SUBSCRIBE TO BSH
– see here for the best subscription offers

58 CENTRESPREAD
 – Louise Limb’s latest artistic offering


62 HALF ON A HARLEY,HALF ON A HONDA
 – part four of the touring Scotland story…

92 EVENTS
 – our guide to the best rallies, shows,
parties and runs!

96 TECH
 – fuel lines and how not to catch fire

100 HOW TO
 – create a decoupage paint scheme,
part the second

104 MR BRIDGES’ MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
 – sorting out the front ride height

108 MAG NEWS
 – our regular column by the
MAG chairnongenderspecificperson

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!