Back Street Heroes - May 2018

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
SOUND OFF, ONE, TWO, SOUND
OFF THREE, FOUR!

58 CENTRESPREAD
LOUISE LIMB’S LATEST ARTISTIC OFFERING

60 SUBSCRIBE TO BSH
SEE HERE FOR THE BEST
SUBSCRIPTION OFFERS

62 (ALMOST) A ROADTEST
THE TRIUMPH STREET
SCRAMBLER

84 PROJECT BUILD
ONCE AGAIN, THE LAST PART
OF OUR NEW PROJECT BIKE
BUILD BEFORE THE BIG REVEAL…
ALLEGEDLY

88 MR BRIDGES’MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
THE BEST TECHNICAL KNOWHOW
ANYWHERE

92 MAG NEWS
OUR REGULAR COLUMN BY
THE MAG CHAIRNONGENDERSPECIFICPERSON

94 EVENTS
THE FULLEST LISTINGS OF THE
BEST SUMMER RALLIES, SHOWS
AND PARTIES ANYWHERE!

100 2018 BSH CUSTOM BIKE CHAMPS
ALL THE GEN’ ON THIS YEAR’S
COMPETITION

102 READERS’ LIVES
YOUR PICTURES AND OUR SILLY
CAPTIONS... YEAH, SORRY
ABOUT THAT

114 RICK HULSE
THE MUSINGS OF ONE OF THE
MOST ELOQUENT THINKERS IN
BIKERDOM!


66 ROUTE 62 CUSTOM SHOW
BIKES AND CARS IN
PONTEFRACT… NO
MENTION OF CAKE
THOUGH

68 LEAF-SPRING SPORTSTER BOBBER
ULTRA-KOOL LOWSLUNG ’ARLEY

74 ARIEL/VW HYBRID
BEAUTIFUL AND
EXTREMELY CLEVER
HOME-MADE SINGLE

78 FUNDER IN THE FENS
IT’S NOT ALL INCEST AND
ONION PICKING IN
NORFOLK, YOU KNOW…

80 SPORTSTER TRIKE
NOTHING WHATSOEVER
LIKE A MOBILE BARBECUE…

14 LONG-FORKED HARLEY CHOPPER
WHO SAYS YOU NEED A BMW
GS TO GO TOURING? (pictured)

20 N.I. MOTORCYCLE FESTIVAL
SEXY BIKES, STUNTS AND
SUPERMOTOS ACROSS THE
IRISH SEA

24 NEW 125s
THE SECOND PART OF OUR
ROUND-UP OF COOL NEW
LEARNER BIKES

38 HINCKLEY TRIUMPH STREET-SCRAMBLER
WHY DON’T TRIUMPH MAKE
’EM LIKE THIS AS STANDARD?

42 APOCALYPTICA
A VISION OF THE FUTURE
TO COME?

46 SPORTSTER CHOPPER
COOL AND CLASSY
CELTIC CHOP

50 SPAT OUT OF HULL RALLY
ONE OF THE LAST GREAT
BIKER PARTIES OF 2017

52 HONDA CB750 CHOPPER
GLORIOUSLY HOME-BUILT
SOHC ’ONDA