Back Street Heroes - January 2019
CONTENTS
14: SHOVELHEAD CHOPPER
A Seventies bike built by someone who wasn’t even born then!
20: ISSUE 1 INTRO
The first bit of our look back at the very first issue of BSH
22: ISSUE 1 HONDA
Plunger-framed chopper that wouldn’t look out of place these days at all!
26: ISSUE 1 TRIUPH
Neat, simple, street custom
30: ISSUE 1 KENT SHOW
Prepare to get all misty-eyed and nostalgic!
37: ISSUE 1 RICK’S HOG
The epitome of cool…
42: ISSUE 1 NCC
The National Chopper Club just ten years after it was formed!
46: ISSUE 1 VENOM
Eighties chop par excellence!
50: ISSUE 1 ODGIE
Early portrait of a legend…
58:GSX600 PROJECT BIKE
Mr Bridges’ (very) long term build in all its glory!
62: THE TRIP OUT
The funkiest bike bash of the year
66: BORDER STORY
As a final treat from 1983, one of the legendary Jim Fogg’s finest pieces of fiction
REGULARS
6: NEWS
All that’s new and happening in the custom bike world
8: PRODUCT
Loads of good stuff for you to spend your hard-earned on
12: LETTERS
Sound off, one, two, sound off, three, four!
54: CENTRESPREAD
Ms Limb has other duties this issue so how’s about summat different?
56: SUBSCRIBE TO BSH
See here for the best subscription offers
70: KATANA PROJECT
Our new build is not your average project bike build….
74: TECH
BSH’s resident spanner monkey twirls his implements…fnurk
78: MAG NEWS
Our regular column by the MAG chairnon genderspecificperson
80: MR BRIDGES
The guru imparts more of his knowledge of mechanics
84: INDIAN LONG-TERMER
Wor Davie’s last few miles on it
86: (ALMOST) A ROADTEST
The new Honda CB1100 EX
89: SMALLS
Sell your bike here for free!
90: EVENTS
Your essential guide to the best rallies, shows and parties
94: READERS’ LIVE
Your pictures and our silly captions….yeah, sorry about that
98: NEXT MONTH
Just to whet your appetite….
105: RICK HULSE
The musings of one of the eloquent thinkers in bikerdom
106: BACK IN T’DAY
Retro choppers from the depths of time