Back Street Heroes

Back Street Heroes
Back Street Heroes is the UK’s biggest-selling and best custom bike magazine. We cover all styles of custom bikes and the custom biker lifestyle. Subscribe here.

Built For the Ride

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Alex Bestwick

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5th August 2022

You may remember Jason Mellers’ ultra-skinny ‘Cream Machine’ Sportster from a couple of years ago, which he’s now sold as, like many of the other lads in the Last Week of July collective, he likes to have a new (or radically reworked) bike for each year’s travels.
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Testing Positive

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Alex Bestwick

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4th August 2022

There’s much been said about the downsides of the Covid lockdowns that most of us were affected by, but perhaps […]
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Global Gathering

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Alex Bestwick

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4th August 2022

When Glenn Townsend was living in Thailand, he saw a chopper for sale over there (the Thai chopper scene is amazing!) – a hardtailed Honda Bros 400 with a handmade teardrop tank, headlight cowling, mudguards, and side panels.
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The Fenlanders 30th East of England Rally Ride-out to Felixstowe

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Arianne Davey

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4th August 2022

I spotted the Fenlanders chapter – sponsored by the Newmarket dealership – of the Harley Owners Group down at Felixstowe this weekend.
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Young Blood

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Alex Bestwick

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3rd August 2022

When Cheyenne Keogh was fifteen, thanks to her mum being a riding instructor, she decided she wanted a bike. When she was seventeen, she got an AJS Bobber and, as her dad, Mark, had built a few bikes over the years, asked him if he could modify it to be more ‘her’.
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Flames and Flames

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Alex Bestwick

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2nd August 2022

According to Wikipedia, ‘fire in the hole’ is an expression indicating an explosive detonation in a confined space is imminent. It originated from US miners, who needed to warn their fellows an underground explosive charge’d been set, but it’s since become more well-known as a throwaway smart-arse line used by military personnel in films when…
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UPBEAT DEMEANOUR

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Alex Bestwick

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1st August 2022

With the current fashion for doing up older Japanese bikes, particularly Kawasaki Zeds, Suzuki GSs and GSXs, and Yamaha RDs and YPVSs, in a ‘restomod’ (restored and modernised) style, it’s good to see that some out there don’t slavishly follow the herd…
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Preview: August issue of Back Street Heroes magazine

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Arianne Davey

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11th July 2022

Take a look at the best custom bikes of all in the August issue of Back Street Heroes!
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VIDEO: Chops and Lancaster

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Ben Stockdale

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1st July 2022

Nige’s Honda and Deb’s Triumph with an icon of the age – the Lancaster!
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VIDEO: Phil’s Mad Max Goose bike replica

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Ben Stockdale

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30th June 2022

Phil from Notts has built a replica of Jim Goose’s bike from Mad Max, and it’s sublime!
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