Back Street Heroes - November 2017
16 SIDEWAYS HARLEY
clever engineering in evidence
22 ROCK & BIKE FEST
bands, dressing up and choppers
26 LINCOLN BIKE FEST
bikes and history in
Lincoln’s fair city
28 XS500 YAM
the coolest XS500 on
the planet?
34 CHAOS
crossing the sea to
Guernsey to party
36 HERTS DAY
NCC Herts booked the
sunshine again!
38 BSH CUSTOM BIKE CHAMPS
last chance to vote for
your favourites
46 BMW CAFE RACER
simple, basic and clean
52 TR6SS TRIUMPH
proper chopper an’
no mistake!
66 ATTITUDE DAY
bikes, beer and burgers
in Sarfampton
68 GPZ750 TURBO
it’ll rip yer ‘ead off an’
gob down yer neck!
74 SHOVELHEAD CHOPPER (pictured)
the Bulldog Bash winner in all its glory
80 TOMINTOUL MOTORCYCLE GATHERING
one of the biggest Scottish biker gatherings
82 CHINNOR BIKE DAYZ
rally-cum-festival in the Chilterns
84 THE MILE
Malle’s posh London hill -climb
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 SUBSCRIBE TO BSH
– see here for the best subscription offers
14 LETTERS
– sound off, one,
two, sound off three, four!
58 CENTRESPREAD
– Louise Limb’s latest artistic offering
62 (ALMOST) A ROADTEST
– the Moto Guzzi V9 Roamer
86 XSR EVOLUTION
– what it’s like to live with a
custom bike long-term
86 PROJECT BUILD
– part eight of our new project bike build
92 MR BRIDGES’ MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
– wheel bearings and how to do them
96 MAG NEWS
– our regular column by the MAG
chairnongenderspecificperson
98 EVENTS
– the fullest listings
of the best summer rallies,
shows and parties anywhere!
102 READERS’ LIVES
– your pictures and our silly
captions... yeah, sorry about that
104 SMALLS
– sell your bike here for free
114 RICK HULSE
– the musings of one of the most
eloquent thinkers in bikerdom!