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EDITORIAL

THE STORY OF MØØ • AS MENTIONED IN THIS ISSUE’S BIKE SHED ARTICLE, THE TWO STAND-OUT BIKES AT THE SHOW WERE DESTINY CYCLES’ PLATINUM AND LAMB ENGINEERING’S M00. DESTINY’S HARLEY ISN’T QUITE FINISHED, BUT HERE’S THE GEN ON THE QUITE, QUITE STUNNING LAMB ENGINEERING BIKE…

DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN’S RIDE LONDON • ON MAY 22 RIGHT AROUND THE WORLD, DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMEN, AND ONE SCRUFF, GATHERED TOGETHER TO RIDE TO RAISE MONEY FOR PROSTATE CANCER RESEARCH AND MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES ON BEHALF OF THE MOVEMBER FOUNDATION.

THIRD TIME LUCKY • ALTHOUGH IT’S EASY TO THINK THAT ANYONE WHO’S HAD A BIKE FEATURED IN THESE PAGES HAS SET OUT FROM THE VERY START TO BUILD THAT VERY BIKE, THAT ISN’T ALWAYS THE CASE.

BIKE SHED SHOW • PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CUSTOM BIKE EVENT IN THE UK FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, THE BIKE SHED LONDON (YOU HAVE TO CALL IT THAT ‘COS THERE’S NOW A BIKE SHED IN LA, TOO) SHOW AT TOBACCO DOCK IN WAPPING AT THE END OF MAY’S A TRUE CELEBRATION OF ALL THINGS CUSTOM – IT REALLY IS!

HANDMADE PAN • IT’S NOT UNUSUAL FORA FEATURE BIKE TO HAVE HAD THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK DONE TO IT BY ITS OWNER, AND I OFTEN FIND IT SURPRISING, AND NOT A LITTLE FRUSTRATING, THAT MANY OF THE BUILDERS DON’T GO THE WHOLE HOG AND HAVE A BUSINESS BUILDING BIKES/PARTS FOR DISCERNING CUSTOMERS WHEN YOU SEE HOW GOOD THEY ARE.

FARMYARD PARTY • THE FARMYARD PARTY THIS YEAR WAS AN ABSOLUTE CRACKER! THE HIGHLY EXPERIENCED TEAM AT YORKSHIRE MAG ENSURE THEIR EVENTS’RE ALWAYS EXCELLENTLY PRODUCED AND DELIVERED, AND THIS YEAR THEY EVEN MANAGED TO ORGANISE A DRY WEEKEND AS WELL!

RARE BREED REVISITED • FAR BACK IN THE MISTS OF ANCIENT TIME (WELL, 1991 ANYWAY), IN ISSUE 167 OF THIS VERY MAGAZINE, RICH KING, ERSTWHILE PHOTOGRAPHER/SCRIBE OF THIS PARISH, WENT TO SEE A GUY NAMED NIGEL FROM LINCOLNSHIRE ABOUT HIS REALLY RATHER STUNNING LONG, LOW, BLUE DOHC 750 HONDA CHOP CALLED RARE BREED.

CROWNING AROUND BIKE SHOW • ONE OF THE CLAIMS TO FAME FOR LITTLEPORT IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE IS BEING THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE FATHER OF WILLIAM HARLEY, ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS OF HARLEY-DAVIDSON, AND, IN 2003, THE TOWN ERECTED A STATUE IN HONOUR OF THE FIRM’S 100TH BIRTHDAY.

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NOT ALL THAT’S GOLDEN GLITTERS… • DIG OUT THOSE OLD COPIES OF BSH FROM UNDER THE BED OR UP IN THE ATTIC OR DOWN BY THE BOG, WHEREVER YOU KEEP ‘EM, AND SEE IF YOU CAN FIND ISSUE 62, JUNE 1989. HAVE A LOOK AT THE BIKE ON THE COVER. DOES IT LOOK FAMILIAR? YUP, YOU’RE LOOKING AT IT RIGHT ‘ERE, TOO.

THE FASTEST BOBBERS IN THE LAND? • AT THE FESTIVAL OF POWER AT SANTA POD BACK AT EASTER, I PHOTOGRAPHED JAKE BODEN’S GSX750 AND MATT JONES’ BAN-DIT 1200 TURBO DRAG BIKES – BOTH HARDTAILS WITH HIGH ‘BARS… NOT THE USUAL STYLE FOR A DRAG BIKE. LET’S HAVE A LOOK AT THEM IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL, SHALL WE?

SUZUKI GSX-S 1000 • ANOTHER YEAR (WELL, SOME OF ONE), AN-OTHER LONG-TERM PRESS BIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT. LAST TIME, LAST YEAR, IT WAS A CRUISER (HONDA’S VERY GOOD CMX1100 REBEL); THIS YEAR IT’S A NAKED – A NORMAL BIKE, IF YOU LIKE?

MR BRIDGES' MOTORCYCLE DIARIESVOL. V, PART VIII • LAST TIME I’D WELDED UP THE FORK ASSEMBLY (FIG.1), AND I SAID THAT NEXT ON THE LIST’D BE THE LINKS AND THE YOKES. SURPRISINGLY, THIS IS WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, WHICH REGULAR READERS MIGHT FIND SOMETHING OF A SHOCK…

THE CHRONICLES OF HORN PART FIVE • THOU HAST NOT MADE MY LIFE SO SWEET TO ME THAT I, THE KING, SHOULD GREATLY CARE TO LIVE, FOR THOU HAST SPOILT THE PURPOSE OF MY LIFE.

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