October 2017
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Back Street Heroes - October 2017

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16 H-D SPORTSTER
clean and simple Sporty
from the sunshine isle

22 FARO

the annual British invasion
of Portugal

28 T120 BONNIE
all the way from the other
side of the world

34 BANBURY RUN
the oldest collection
of road-ridden old
drippers around!

36 SPORTSTER 60TH
six decades of the entry-
level Harley

38 BSH CUSTOM
BIKE CHAMPS
pick the winners!

46 XS650 YAM

stunning retro-styled
Yamaha twin

52 BUELL CHOPPER
Grub’s BSH Biker Build
Off bike

66 TONE VALE TEA RALLY

don’t worry, they sold
beer too

68 NORTON ATLAS

glorious Swedish 750
bobber (pictured)

74 SUZUKI TL1000S

vee-twin street scrapper

80 TRIP TO TIJUANA
CHOPPER SHOW
choppers and tattoos,
natural bedfellows
of course

82 BULLFROG BASH

HA North Lincs’ annual
bunfight

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 Honda F6C

84 XSR EVOLUTION – what it’s like to
live with a custom bike long-term

86 PROJECT BUILD – part seven of
our new project bike build

90 MR BRIDGES’ MOTORCYCLE
DIARIES
– how to stop embarrassing
dripping…

94 MAG NEWS – our regular column by
the MAG hairnongenderspecificperson

96 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

105 SMALLS – sell your bike here
for free

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