April 2017
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Back Street Heroes - April 2017

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22 750 BONNIE BOBBER (pictured)
one of the sweetest around!

28 IRONHEAD BOARD TRACKER
monster-fork home-made Harley

34 DIESEL CHOPPER
one man’s (slightly kinky)
affair with the smokiest
of fuels

40 SHOVELHEAD CHOP
committing sacrilege to a
classic chopper… with
gorgeous results

46 BANDIT 1200 CHOPPER
steampunk sexiness from
the flatlands of Lincolnshire

52 TRIUMPH SAINT CHOP
it’s become part of the family

62 JAWA 350
stunning home-built
two-stroke twin

68 Z750 KWAK CHOPPER
just like they used to build
them in the ’80s

74 ENFIELD BULLET
glorious Indian- built bobber

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 COOL KIT
 – the hippest and grooviest new things on
the market!

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

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

20 SUBSCRIBE TO BSH
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subscription offers

58 CENTRESPREAD
 – Louise Limb’s latest artistic offering

82 MAG NEWS
 – our regular column by the MAG
chairnongenderspecificperson

84 (ALMOST A) ROAD TEST
 – the Indian Chief Dark Horse

88 BSH CUSTOM BIKE BUILDING CHAMPS
 – the details of the 2017 competition

90 XSR EVOLUTION
 – the Yam project bike moves on a
little further

96 PROJECT BUILD
 – part one of our new project
bike build

100 MR BRIDGES’ MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
 – the start of a four-part series on paint

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

114 RICK HULSE
 – the musings of one of the
most eloquent thinkers in bikerdom!