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Stories, stuff, shows

More things for your shopping list.
Small things for small people.
A treasure chest in Guildford.
34 STORMIN THE CASTLE

Partying compulsory.
42 BAD WABBIT SHINDIG
Chris sends a French letter.
Out on the range with Cowboy.
Not the first time Rod has been in trouble

Everything you need to know for
everywhere you want to go.
91 SHEDHEAD
In which Blackjack does a little jig
Bosun falls in love with a lawnmower.

Sort of.
94 BIKE JUMBLE
44 SO LOW CUSTOM
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96 THE MAG BIT
Stanton delivers.
98 TAILPIECE
54 BARREL BIKERS SHOW

Yoda gets stuck in. In his van.
A bazaar for the bizarre. And not so bizarre.

Mitch is out on licence.
In which Rick dresses up at Santa and

dispenses good will through the land.
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Christmas is a dangerous time,

and not simply for your wallet
and your waistline.
According to the Health & Safety
Executive, over three-quarters of
accidents occur in the home or in
leisure time, and given that you spend
most of your latter in the former at this
time of year, that could be bad news.
Its estimated that, over the Christmas
period, more than 1000 people will
visit an A&E department because of
accidents involving Christmas trees.
Weve had trees in this country for quite
some time, so you would assume that
people had learned to deal with them,
but apparently not. Perhaps we have
a particularly virulent strain of killer
Christmas tree although, if Id been
grown for five years and then had my
feet chopped off and stuck in a bucket,
then I suppose Id be quite vexed.
Christmas lights are, unsurprisingly, a
source of injury, both inside and outside
the home. Traffic accidents caused by
drivers being distracted by displays are
common, while, since 1996, 32 people
have died because they watered their
Christmas trees while the fairy lights
were plugged in. Weve had electricity
and water for a while, too, long enough
to learn that theyre not a happy
combination.
Even without lights, your tree can
still be lethal. In the last three years,
19 people have died because they ate
Christmas decoration they thought were
chocolate. The statistics, alas for our
safety, dont record exactly what those
decorations were, but trust me, Ive never
mistaken, say, a wooden nativity scene for
chocolate, even in my worst sugar rush.
Presents are a source of danger, too.
In 1998, 18 people suffered serious burns
after trying on a new jumper while
smoking a cigarette. Now, I ask you, what
sweater is so seductively alluring that
you have to don it immediately without
pausing to find an ashtray? While they
might not be plugged into the mains, our
old friend electricity rears its head again
in the shape of battery-operated toys
and gadgets. More than 60 people will
end up in casualty because they used a
knife rather than a screwdriver, while 3
people die each year testing if a 9-volt
battery works on their tongue.
Once youve managed to avoid
stabbing or electrocuting yourself, those
toys can still turn on you. Last year
and this is my favourite 5 people were
injured in accidents involving out of
control Scalextric cars. Out of control
slot cars? How?
Dont think that resorting to alcohol is
a guarantee of safety. Last year, around
250 people were admitted to A&E after
opening bottles with their teeth, while,
in 1997, 8 cracked their skulls after falling
asleep after throwing up into the toilet.
My advice to you is to retire to the pub
for the whole festive season where
your bottle will be opened for you and
someone else will water the Christmas
tree. Have a very happy Christmas,
everyone, and take care out there
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BUILT FOR SPEED

Rock n roll and motorcycles have always
gone hand in glove, but some of those
legendary names of the music scene are
not getting any younger and so perhaps
we shouldnt be surprised that theyre
turning to three wheels, albeit still with the
same spirit of rebellion.
Victory Motorcycle and Rewaco have just
collaborated to build a unique trike for a
certain Mr Philip Campbell, better known
as Wizzo, who, for the last thirty years, has
been the guitarist in modern beat combo
Motrhead. Starting with a Victory HighBall with a 106 cubic-inch (1731cc) engine,
Rewaco adapted it to Phils wishes, adding
a modified CT1700v custom back end. The
hydro-pneumatic CTAF chassis combines
the advantages of a rigid axle and
independent suspension without sacrificing
ride comfort. Flowing sculpted bodywork
with twin high level exhausts and chrome
17-inch laced wheels give the trike a stylish
look. Terje Aspmo, who was responsible

for the artwork of Motrheads Aftershock
album, took care of the paint and the
airbrushed petrol tank features portraits
of Phil, Lemmy and Mikkey Dee on stage.
A hand-stitched seat by Marius Mellebye
Leathercraft features the legendary
Motrhead War-Pig logo depicted in
antique brown leather.
And it makes noise. A lot of noise. And
not just from the Victory Freedom motor.
At the rear of the trike is an integral top
of the line Marshall MG10CF guitar amp,
allowing Phil to pick out a riff anywhere
he likes he did just that at the handover,
much to the delight of fans. Phil hadnt
seen the trike until he was presented with
the completed machine, but he was pretty
pleased. Plugging in his guitar, he said; I
cant wait to get out and ride this baby, I
know everyone will want one but, mine is
gonna be the only one with a built in amp!
Twisted Iron is pleased to announce that

Triumph Motorcycles will be supporting
The Happening 2015. This will enable
the organisers to provide a larger
undercover space for the bike show.
Triumph Motorcycles were the natural
choice to support the grass-roots build
event; after all, individual Triumph dealers
such as Jack Lilley, as well as the parent
company, have built many one-off custom
specials with innovative engineering
solutions. These include the recent TFC-1
Bobber and TFC-2 Scrambler where the
engineers were given free rein to produce
a bike theyd want to own. An event for
garage artists and engineering artisans
around the world, the 2015 event will take
place on 11-13th September. Find out news
as it happens at www.twistediron.co.uk
and turn to page 22 for coverage of this
years event.
MV AGUSTA
We told you last issue how MV Agusta

had been bought by Daimler. Alas, things
have not got off to an auspicious start
as, in the middle of November, the MV
Agusta factory was flooded and the R&D,
racing and testing facilities damaged.
MV Agustas factory is on the edge of
Lake Varese mainly due to the fact that
AgustaWestland also build seaplanes
and as the water levels of the lake rose by
almost three feet, flowing into the facility,
production had to be halted and staff
sent home.
TERBLANCHE JOINS ROYAL ENFIELD
After a decade working for Ducati

(where he designed the 999, Supermono
and Multistrada), following by stints
at Moto Guzzi and Norton and a short
collaboration with Confederate Motors,
during which he was responsible for the
X132 Hellcat Speedster, Pierre Terblanche
will now be designing for Royal Enfield.
A gifted and proved designer, Terblanche
stayed for just six months at Norton and
leaves Confederate after a year of a three
year contract, so we trust that he will find
his feet at Enfield.
ANDREW KIRBY
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Best Harley at the Bulldog Bash Custom
Show for calling him Andrew Horby in
our coverage.
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Now in its nineteenth year, the Adventure Travel Show is the UKs leading event for people
who just arent satisfied by lying on a beach for a week in Benidorm or picking up a few
leaflets about castles and theme parks from a local tourist information office.
It brings together at Londons Olympia a huge collection of specialist travel operators who
can offer guidance on everything, from walking and trekking to exploratory journeys, safaris,
overland trips, life-changing volunteering projects and much more. The show will also, for
the very first time, host an Adventure by Motorcycle seminar, aimed at people planning
their own two-wheeled adventures, whether on an organised tour or striking out on their
own. The seminar will deal with issues such as preparing for a trip, what type of type and
equipment you should use, where should you go and what should do.
On hand will be two experts who have years of travel experience, Austin Vince (pictured here
showing how not to ride thousands of miles) and Lois Pryce. Some of you may have caught
Austins very entertaining talk at Stormin The Castle; this is a man whose first solo journey was
from London to Delhi at the age of eighteen. Alongside him will be Lois who has ridden from
from Alaska to Argentina, from London to Cape Town, across the US, Europe and around Iran
all unsponsored and mainly on her own. These are seminar sessions for people serious about
undertaking their own adventure; two will be held during the Adventure Travel Show and are
limited to just fifteen people, ensuring everyone will be able to ask all the questions they want.
Seminar tickets are 40 in advance, and booking early in recommendation.
Especially for 100% Biker readers, the Adventure Show is offering cut-price tickets. Book
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The Adventure Travel Show is at Olympia, London, on 17-18th January 2015. For more
details, visit www.adventureshow.com.
New Zodiac
Bikers Book
While the rest of the

world ticks off the dates
on their calendar to
Christmas, we here at
the 100% Ranch count
down the days until
the new big catalogues
start thudding on
the doorstep.
The first making a dent on our mat (and
having to be wrestled from the jaws of
Walter the office dog) is the Zodiac Bikers
Book, now in its 40th edition and with a
new all-fresh look. It contains thousands
of parts on its 1512 pages, and its easier to
find items than ever before, with products
from the likes of Roland Sands Design,
hlins, Biltwell, Performance Machine and
Arlen Ness to name just a few, as well as
Zodiacs own designs.
Zodiac is also the leading European
distributor for Kryakyn parts, which
are described as daring products for
daring motorcycles, which actually
means Kryakyn components are often
cheerfully barking mad. Obviously
concerned that the lunacy might rub off
on the sensible stuff, Zodiac is producing
a separate 260-page Kryakyn
catalogue. You can get hold of both
the new Bikers Book and the Kryakyn
tome through your local Zodiac dealer or
visiting www.zodiac.nl. [Blue]
IRISH MOTORBIKE
SHOW 2015
On 27th February-1st March 2015, the Irish Motorbike &

Scooter Show will return to the RDS in Dublin.
For three days, the normal sedate surroundings of the
Royal Dublin Society are transformed into Irelands biggest
bike show. There will be countless traders and attractions
as well as something going on at every turn. The show
is the Irish round of the AMD World Championship of
Custom Bike Building (Don Cronin, the winner of the last
show in 2013 went on to become World Champion) while,
new for 2015, there will also be the Ace Global Stunt Starz
competition with a cash prize of 5000 euros. For more
details, visit www.irishmotorbikeshow.com. [Blue]
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2015 CUSTOM BIKE BUILDING

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Kickback show is delighted to be

hosting and staging the Custom Bike
Building National Championships when it
comes to Stoneleigh in Warwickshire at the
end of March.
The Championships are a unique opportunity
for builders, engineers and designers to show
off their talents all in front of television
cameras. Kickback will be filmed over the
weekend for the new series of The Motorbike
Show, presented by Henry Cole, and which
will feature both the Custom Bike Building
National Championships and the whole event.
Organiser, Lorne Cheetham, told us; This is
a fantastic chance to promote and celebrate
British engineering excellence, as well as
providing a platform for the new generation
of young builders to demonstrate and showoff their talents to the custom motorcycle
world. Many young builders will be able to
see their custom built masterpieces and,
indeed, themselves on the telly!
There are five categories for the competition
and they include Freestyle, where there are
no rules of course, Caf Biker, Streetfighter/
Performance Custom, Retro Custom Classic
and The New Generation Young Builder,
which is a chance for all custom builders under
30 years of age to show off their talents.
Sponsors of this class include the renowned
Lamb Engineering and the winning young
builder will have a fantastic opportunity
to spend a week with Larry and the Lamb
Engineering team at their workshop! Other
prizes include one-off trophies and entry in
the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike
Building finals in Germany!
Following the success of the 100%
Biker-partnered Kickback at Donington in
September, the event will now be staged
twice a year. After Stoneleigh, the show will
return to Donington Park in September 2015.

Both shows will be bigger than ever, with
more exhibitors, traders and retailers, more
feature zones, more manufacturers and
more show bikes on display, and even better,
evening entertainment and a late bar with
both on-site camping and hotel facilities.
To enter your motorcycle in the
Kickback Custom Bike Building National
Championships simply email lorne@rwrw.
co.uk for an application form. Kickback will be
held at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, on 2829th March 2015, and you can find out more
details at www.thecustomshow.com. [Blue]
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The 5th Prescott Bike Festival on 12th

April 2015 promises to be the best
yet with, the organisers say, things
you cant normally see and stuff you
cant normally do. The venue, at the
Prescott Hill Climb in Gotherington
near Cheltenham, has been owned
by the Bugatti Owners Club since
1937 and still has a rather wonderful
feeling of times gone by.
An impressive line-up of riders has
already been announced, including
four times World Superbike Champion
Carl Im A Celebrity Get Me Out Of
Here So I Can Spend the Money
Fogarty, former racer and MotoGP
commentator Steve Parrish, three
times British Superbike Champion
John Reynolds and adventurer Nick
Sanders. There will also be around
a hundred rare modern and classic
motorcycles running up the iconic hill
and on display, while, if youre quick,
you can book a place to ride Prescott
Hill yourself. Places sell out in advance,
so best do that right now.
Away from the track there will be
bike displays, manufacturers and
club stands, trade stands, celebrity
appearances, live music and much
more. And the very best thing about
the Prescott Bike Festival? All the
proceeds go towards supporting
the Blood Bike charities, Severn
Freewheelers and The Nationwide
Association of Bloodbikes.
100% Biker readers are also being
offered an exclusive discount on
tickets. Buy tickets online at www.
prescottbikefestival.co.uk before
the end of January using the code
100BIKER and youll get a whopping
20% off all General Admission tickets.
That means youll pay just 9.60
instead of 12 or 15 on the gate
(under-16s go free). Thats an amazing
day out in aid of an excellent cause
for under a tenner. So rush to your
computers and book tickets instantly!
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Win A Richardson
Original T-Shirt!
Too often, Harley-Davidson-inspired
t-shirts are, well, horrid. But, much to
my amazement, Ive found some that I
really like, and the first three designs of a
forthcoming series.
Trevor Richardson is an established graphic
designer who still illustrates by hand. Each
of his three initial designs were meticulously
drawn by hand and then printed by the
classic silkscreen method to give a superb,
rich image. Printed on high quality heavy
cotton Gildan shirts, you can choose from
a 1940s Knucklehead, a 1960s Electra
Glide or a 1990s Fat Boy. Or just buy all
three at 18.95 (including P&P) each,
theyre also decent value. Available in
sizes S-3XL (with no extra charge for the
largest sizes), theyre available from www.
richardsonoriginal.co.uk. However, Trevor
has three t-shirts to give away to three
lucky winners. All you have to do is tell us in
what county Trevor is based (you can find

the answer on the web site) and send the
answer and your details to editor@100biker.com by 31st January 2015. Please
write Richardson Original in the subject
line of your email so I dont think youre a
Nigerian princess offering me millions of
pounds for the use of my bank account.
PIECES OF HATE
The brand Fuck The Haters was put together

by three guys who just enjoy building
motorcycles, riding them and dont take
each other too seriously. One of those guys
is Chris Hatton, last seen on these pages
sliding his narrow-barred rigid Shovel chop
around the dirt track in the Hot Rod Hayride
coverage (100% Biker #187).
FTH say that, as in life, youre always going
to have haters for what you choose to do, this
brand is putting the middle finger up to them
and just carry on with what we do.
Theres a blog (fthater.blogspot.com) with
regular updates of bike builds, ride outs and
events that they run, such as Cardiff bike
night, clothing launches, etc. You can find
t-shirts, beanies and stickers at
fthaters.bigcartel.com.
Rider Of The Apocalypse
LIFE IN THE RAW
As of October, Raw Steel Choppers,

which has been purveying parts to the
good people of Essex and beyond since
2011, has become a full-time concern for
owner, Stuart String Thompson.
But thats not the only news from the
Raw Steel workshop because String has
just announced a new and exclusive IRS
softail chop trike frame. Designed to fit
Suzuki Bandit and GSX-Rs, mounting of
most straight four engines should also be
possible. The rear will accept the chain-drive
Equaliser differential and axle from West
Wales Trike Shack. For more details and
prices, contact String on 07814 540528 or
email rawsteelchoppers@hotmail.co.uk.
When the Zombie Apocalypse comes, you

will need to be prepared. Fuel will be in
short supply, the undead will be roaming
the earth and you wont be able to collect
points on your Tesco Clubcard. Actually,
even the end of world probably wont stop
you using your Tesco Clubcard.
APT MotoVox of Kansas City has come up
with the answer for such desperate end
of days. It has developed the Motoped, a
completely new hybrid that, it says, pushes
the boundaries of traditional two-wheeled
transportation. Merging the best lightweight
parts and technology of the downhill
mountain bike with an engine, the Motoped
is capable of more than 140mpg, which will
be very useful when your local BP has been
razed to the ground.
Motopeds can be fitted with a variety of
Honda or Chinese small capacity engines
of the type generally found in pitbikes or
mopeds and can be purchased either as a
build it yourself kit or a complete bike. And
the Black Ops Survival Motoped is for when
times go bad. Really bad. When that happens,
you will need a crossbow, a shovel, a sharp (or,
according the spec, super gnarly) hatchet
with which to chop down trees or cut the
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heads off marauding zombies, while a big

luggage rack and a climbing rope will be
invaluable, as will an extra two gallons of fuel
in portable sidemounted tanks. Oh, and its
equipped with knives too. Lots of knives.
With a 49cc engine, it does only have a top
speed of 24mph, so youd better hope that
zombies are really as slow and lumbering
as the movies have led us to believe.
The Motoped Survival will be available in
February 2015, which also makes me wonder
whether Motoped knows something about an
impending apocalypse that we dont... [Blue]
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THE BEST BAR IN AMERICA
Released last year after several years in the making, Damon and Eric
Ristaus The Best Bar In America has won a place in my heart as a
proper biker movie. True, nothing very much happens. The story, such as
it is, is straightforward: man hits rock bottom, meets some people whove
already been there, finally listens to them rather than himself and, like
the mermaids in the Sip n Dip bar (a real establishment in Great Falls,
Montana), floats back to the surface and into the light.
But its a film that starts slowly and draws you in until, by the end, you just
want to watch it all over again. But first you want to buy yourself a BMW
combination and a good bottle of whiskey and ride across Montana. Now
the DVD is now available on this side of the Atlantic (so it will only cost
you a few pennies in shipping) through the auspices of Mr Keith Harman.
The Best Bar In America costs 14.95 (plus very cheap P&P). To get your
copy, visit www.harmedia.co.uk; the DVD is stocked under Cool Stuff
quite rightly so in the House of Wax section. You can pick up some Cock
Grease while youre at it, but thats another story
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The Boyesen Power X-Wing is the simplest and

most economic way to maximise the power and
efficiency of your intake, whether your bike is
fuel injected or has an old-fangled carburettor.
The Power X-Wing provides acceleration gains from
idle to wide-open throttle, smoother and broader
power, more horsepower, more torque and improved
fuel consumption. It fits all Evolution Sportsters, Big
Twins, Twin cams and Buells with a Keihn, Mikuni
HSR52, HSR45 or HSR48 and S&S Super E or Super
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Unless youre really old school and happy to fling your arms
out
when approaching a turn, indicators are the way to go. Or at least show
other people the way you intend to go.
Turn signals are nearly as old as the motorcycle or car - in 1907 Percy
Douglas-Hamilton applied for a patent for a device indicating the
intended movements of vehicles, although indicators didnt really
catch on until 1939 when Buick first used them. Now they can be as
small and neat as these D-Light indicators from Daytona, with an
aluminium body (and in a choice of black, chrome or silver finish) and
either smoked or clear lenses. Sold in pairs, theyre available through
Custom Chrome Europe find your local dealer at
www.custom-chrome-europe.com.
MUSTANG
ROCKET III SEAT
Mustang has just announced a new

two-piece touring seat for Triumphs
Rocket III.
This seat (alas, it hasnt been given a snappy
name other than Two-Piece Touring Seat) sets
the rider half an inch lower and almost an inch
further back than the stock riding position, while
the 17-inch bucket seat ensures plenty of posterior
comfort. Pillions are presumed to have neater
backsides as they get just 12 inches on which to
perch. You can make your own jokes up. Theres also an
optional built-in riders back rest. In a choice of studded or vintage mode, the new seat
is available through MAG Europe and costs from 466.30. You can find more details and
stockists by ringing 0161 337 4390 or visiting www.mageurope.eu.
New from CB750Four.us is this rather

fine calendar, showing off the worlds
first mass production four-cylinder motorcycle
in all its shapes and forms through 13 stunning
photos (thats one for each month and one for
the cover, just in case you thought the EU had
gone and changed the year to a bakers dozen
while we werent looking).
Theres stockers, caf racers, chops and even a
trike, all on high-quality 170-gsm glossy paper and
in a sumptuous A3 size, designed to enhance any
workshop wall. Its 25 euros and is sold exclusively
online through www.cb750four.us.
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BIKE FEATURE
KAWASAKI KMX200
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PUNCHING
ABOVE ITS WEIGHT
Sometimes the reason for doing something is just because
you can, and sometimes its not only because you can, but
because, in doing so, youll know it will get right up the
noses of some folk
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m not saying thats the reason

that Graham Stone built
this bike well, actually, I
am, because thats just what
Graham told me when I first
spotted this little gem at this
years So Low Choppers Custom
and Classic Show, minutes after
it had been awarded the Best
Engineering trophy. It had,
unsurprisingly, been attracting
a good deal of attention all
through the afternoon. Id got
as far as identifying it as a 125 or
200 Kawasaki single (aided in
no small part by the fact that the
manufacturers name is on the
side of the engine), which was
considerably more accurate than
some of the guesses being mooted
by various onlookers. That was
exactly the reaction Graham was
looking for, as he says; I wanted
to build something which would
confuse people and, yes, annoy the
classic bean and rivet counters!
With a background in
engineering, Graham has built
various machines prior to what he
calls the Lightweight, although
often choosing less obvious
motorcycles, including a Hinckley
Triumph Triple and a Royal
Enfield long before everyone
was doing it. However, perhaps
his most unusual bike before the
Lightweight was a Rotax-engined
chopper. That was some years
ago and its since passed through
several owners and is now, I
believe, being put back on the road,
which is testament to the solid
work that Graham did in building
it in the first place.
GRAHAM SAYS; I WANTED TO BUILD SOMETHING

WHICH WOULD CONFUSE PEOPLE AND, YES, ANNOY
THE CLASSIC BEAN AND RIVET COUNTERS!
While small capacity builds are
becoming ever more popular,
relatively few people choose an
engine as titchy as a 200cc (or, to be
strictly correct, a 191cc), but then it
appealed to Graham simply for not
being an obvious choice, as well as
being considerably removed from
anything that hed built previously.
He started with an idea of how it
would look a bike which would
mess with most preconceptions
of what a classic or a chop or a
custom should look like and then
he went from there.
He knew that he wanted an
underslung tank in the style of a
speedway bike and, if you ignore

the placement of the seat and the
big searchlight of a headlamp (its
a Lucas carbide lamp which has
been modified with a Vespa lens),
you can see that the shape of the
Lightweight is actually very similar
to that of a classic speedway racer.
In choosing the engine, though,
Graham certainly didnt make life
easy for himself. The little KMX
motor is not, with all apologies to
Kawasaki, the prettiest engine upon
which you will ever have laid eyes,
but then it was designed to hoon
over dirt roads and trails, where
aesthetics take a very distant back
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BIKE FEATURE
KAWASAKI KMX200
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SPECIFICATION
SHEET
Engine:
Kawasaki KMX200 liquid cooled two
stroke single cylinder, 26mm Mikuni
carburettor, Amal air box with
machined adaptor, one-off exhaust
by owners.
Frame:
One-off single downtube rigid by
owner in 1 and 1 CDS tube.
Front end:
21 KMX wheel and hub, powder
coated with stainless spokes, Heidenau
90/90 x 21 tyre, Cagiva Mito 125 forks,
rebuilt with added preload, polished
Cagiva Mito forks, one-off handlebars
by owner, Amal-style throttle, Acewell
52mm digital speedo/rev counter,
polished alloy mudguard on one-off
stays, Lucas carbide lamp modified
with Vespa 35w lens.
Rear end:
21 KMX front wheel and hub,
powder coated with stainless spokes,
Heidenau 90/90 x 21 tyre, unknown
master cylinder, unknown mudguard
modified by owner, one-off
chainguard/sprocket cover, one-off
mudguard stays with brass munsen
ring brackets, unknown taillight,
converted to LED.
Miscellaneous:
One-off petrol tank with polished
plumbing stop cap, German brass
boat tap and generator filter, oneoff seat base with hand-stitched
leather cover, stationary engine oiler
modified for use as oil tank, army
canvas ammo bag battery box with
integral number plate mount, one-off
wiring loom using thinwall cable.
Paint and finish:
Damask Red and Old English White
by owner. Powder coating by
Aurora Powder Coating, Ash Vale,
Surrey. Anodising by Neil at Acorn
Plating, Sandhurst.
Thanks to:
My wife, Debby, for being a very
understanding shed widow.
THE SHAPE OF THE

LIGHTWEIGHT IS
ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR
TO THAT OF A CLASSIC
SPEEDWAY RACER
seat to functionality. Its also liquid
cooled, and the radiator is not the
natural bed partner of the custom
motorcycle. However, there are
far bulkier rads than this one, and
it actually gives the bike a slightly
rakish post-Scott Squirrel air.
At first, Graham says that he
toyed with the idea of making some
leading link forks, but he rejected
that route for the very reason that
it seemed too obvious an option. I
thought upside down forks would
be a more contrary choice, he says,
and so he rebuilt and fitted a set of
forks from a Cagiva Mito 125. KMX

wheels proved to be both an ideal
and economical choice, although
you probably wont remember the
original little 1980s traillie running
about on two tall slender rims.
Well, not at either end, anyway.
Two KMX 21-inch front wheels
were used instead of the 17-inch
rear hoop on which the bike would
have first bounced around.
The hardtail frame was handbuilt by Graham in his shed, using
one inch and one-and-a-quarterinch cold drawn steel tube, and it
came out exactly as he wanted. It
was also a rather quicker job than
that of making the petrol tank. This
was the first petrol tank that hed
made from scratch but, given the
look of the bike and the frame that
he had made, he didnt have much
option. Try finding something like
this off the shelf He says; Im
pleased with the result, but it took
more hours to make than any other
part, including the frame.
The items on the Lightweight
that Graham didnt make himself
were often ones put to uses for
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THIS WAS THE FIRST PETROL TANK THAT HED

MADE FROM SCRATCH BUT, GIVEN THE LOOK OF
THE BIKE AND THE FRAME THAT HE HAD MADE,
HE DIDNT HAVE MUCH OPTION
which they were not originally
intended, or certainly not on a
motorcycle. The striking oil tank
was once fitted to a stationary
engine, while the petrol tap
started life on a German boat.
Plumbing fitments also played
their part in the build the neat
brackets on the rear mudguard
and under the seat are, for
example, brass munsen ring
backplates, also known more
prosaically as single ring pipe
clips. Getting the right connectors
throughout the bike proved a bit
of a problem with attempting to
mate imperial and metric fittings,
but nothing that could beat Stone
Built Choppers, as the bikes that
emerge from Grahams workshop
are now called and which
explains the logo on the tank.
After working when he could on
the bike for four months, Graham
had hoped to get the Lightweight
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finished for the 3Bs show although,

in the way of these things, it actually
hit the road a week later. But, in its
short life, its already garnered a
fair amount of appreciation, as he
explains; The Lightweight won
Best Custom at the NCC Berkshire
Chops and Rods Show, and I was
really chuffed to get recognition
from those guys! Its also won
Best Engineering at the Nordic
Brotherhoods 2nd Pillage Rally
and, oddly, also Best Classic, which
is what happens when you let the
public vote!
In a way, though, that particular
award is proof that Graham has
succeeded in achieving exactly
what he set out to do, which is to
confuse people p
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Biker Gear
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KIDS STUFF: THIS MONTH ITS ALL ABOUT KIDS STUFF, WITH
A QUICK TROT THROUGH A SELECTION OF WARES FOR THE
TINY THROUGH TO THOSE CAPABLE OF UNDERSTANDING
THAT THEY ARE GOING TO GROW UP TO RIDE MOTORCYCLES,
WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT. ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA OF
THE JESUITS WAS RIGHT
BIKER BABYGRO
12.00
Tiny Rebels is a new company formed when Jim

Distortion and his wife, Syd, couldnt find cool clothing
for their baby son, Samuel (the eponymous Tiny Rebel).
So they decided to design and make apparel that not
only Samuel but other small children (and their parents)
would like, but would be a cut above the usual mass
market far. They are aiming their clothes at the offspring
of bikers, trikers and hot rodders and this striking design,
which happens to be one of Jims favourites, is also
available as a white print on black. For details of the full
range, visit www.tinyrebels.co.uk or call 01920 877582.
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BIKER TEE 12.95
849
Ideal for children from three years old, the new Oset 12.5 Eco electric trials bike
has a 24-volt motor (giving up to four hours of use), a twist and go throttle,
adjustable power control and front and rear brake levers.
A couple of years ago at a show, I persuaded a 5-year-old of my acquaintance to have
a go and she was so impressed that there were tears when she had to give the bike
back. Helmets, boots and jeans are also available. For more details, ring 01535 606311
or visit www.colinappleyard.com.
From purveyors of biker garb to the masses, Fat

Skeleton, comes this bright, screenprinted t-shirt,
guaranteed to turn the small wearer into a righteous
dude in one fell swoop.
Only for the smallest would-be biker, the t-shirt is
available in sizes from 12 months to 4 years. After that,
kids have to buy their own clothes and may have been
lured in to spend their pocket money with Fat Skeleton.
They can start picking the designs they want in the future
at www.fatskeleton.co.uk or by ringing 0115 9635837.
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BRIO
MOTORCYCLE
14.99
The ideal first build and you can do

it inside, on carpet, in front of the telly
(although we know thats how some of
you build your bikes anyway).
This wooden motorcycle by Brio is supplied
as a kit with parts, nuts, bolts, tools and
instructions. You or, obviously, your child
can build it to the instructions or construct
new permutations. And think how cool your
kid will be when they can say they built their
first bike at the age of five For stockists,
visit www.briotoy.co.uk.
ASSAULT VEST
19.95
Im not entirely sure why a small child would

need an assault vest although, if I cast my
mind back to being young, I probably always
had my pockets stuffed full of treasures.
On this vest theres enough room to
accommodate a fair-sized packed lunch, all
sorts of precious things and probably a small
puppy. Mind you, knowing how kids tend to
squirrel things away, parents having to fish
out week-old jam sandwiches and squashed
bananas (which are obligatory parts of
any assault kit) may not be so keen on the
abundance of pockets. Available from www.
meanandgreen.com or ring 08458 991133.
JAGO JACKET
Biker Gear
59.99
The problem with buying clothing of any

sort for kids is that they tend to grow.
Annoying, that. Buffalo has addressed this
with its Jago kids jacket by making the
sleeve length adjustable to accommodate
growth spurts.
Its a proper waterproof motorcycling jacket
with a removable quilted lining and CEapproved armour in the shoulders and at
the elbows. Available in sizes XS-CL (or for
kids between 6 and 14 years), its available in
either black or black and neon. For details,
visit www.thekeycollection.co.uk.
KIDDIMOTO
CHOPPER 129.99
A family firm from Somerset, Kiddimoto
needs little introduction, having sold its
striking balance bikes for some years now.
Designed for very young children, the bikes
dont have pedals or stabilisers and so kids
learn to balance and steer very quickly,
developing motor skills and coordination.
Kiddimoto produces a number of different
bikes scramblers, scooters, superbikes (even
replicas of the likes of Carl Fogarty and Troy
Corser) but we like the new Evel Knivel bike.
By the time theyre old enough to catch a
school bus, theyll be able to jump over it For
stockists, visit www.kiddimoto.co.uk.
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While researching this piece, it seemed

that all motorcycle-related clothing sold
by major suppliers was designated Boy
(step forward House of Fraser and your
bike-printed pyjamas) and in shades of
blue or brown.
But Tiny Rebels recognises that girls
shouldnt be pigeonholed, even as babies,
which is why we like this particular Babygro
with its This Princess Can Wrench slogan.
Like all Tiny Rebels clothing, its screenprinted
to order by Jim and Syd on either a black or
white garment and then sent out beautifully
packaged in brown paper, which is even
more exclusive and bespoke than the likes of
Gucci and Armani. For details, visit
www.tinyrebels.co.uk or call 01920 877582.
NEXT
MONTH:
WINTER
WARMERS
EVENT FEATURE
THE HAPPENING
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THE HAPPENING
THE BLACK HORSE, GREAT MISSENDEN, BUCKS

Once upon a time, not too long ago, September was when
everything started to grind to a halt. Now it appears to be the
trendiest month on the calendar, populated by the new cool
kids on the rally going block. WORDS: BLUE PHOTOS: BLUE AND YODA
heres The Trip Out and Kickback, both

owning weekends in September, and now
they are joined The Happening. It started, as
things do in this new and transient world,
with a Facebook page called Twisted Iron.
This was the pet project of Russell and Bev Cort and
was designed as a showcase for, in their own words,
grass roots garage artists who sweat long and hard to
create a unique motorcycle. It turned out that there
were a lot of people out there who appreciated not
only having this online community in which to display
their work, but also to admire that of other people.
And, at some point, the young Cort people must have
said, Lets do a show! Now, this is a couple with a
history of event organising, people rustling and cat
herding behind them, so you would think that they
might have run a mile from doing it all again. But, if
anyone was going to put on a new show, then they
certainly had the credentials.
Over the next few months, they tirelessly promoted
the show, persuaded builders to come, sorted out
sponsorship and a hundred and one tasks that should
require a whole team. In fact, I was so impressed by
their hard work and their vision for the show that,
when they asked if 100% Biker would sponsor it, I
said yes immediately without actually asking anyone
grown-up if that was okay. Luckily, it was.
The only fly in the ointment was the weather. Bit of

September were lovely and sunny. Bits of September
were wet. Unfortunately, the day before the Happening
was the latter, and Saturday dawned grey and lurking.
Quite a few of the builders whose bikes were in the
show marquee had arrived on Friday and partaken of
some revelry and a few sherries while reclining on the
sofas in the Distinguished Gentlemens marquee. There
was talk of how some were still knocking back the
amontillado at 5am. Did they get sympathy? No.
The classes had been kept to a minimum but did
include one simply called Work in Progress. This
was dominated by what we shall simply call Them
Northern Lot. Robbie Robinson was the only one
who had actually finished his bike (youll see it in a
future issue, by which time he will probably have
completely changed it), so Mark Nadins trike and
Dan Wilks sidecar outfit (which has changed often
during the build process and quite possibly even over
the weekend) took over the WIP area. There they
were joined by the, er, contraption of engraver Tony
Reynolds, who lives in Spain and so temporarily
became an honorary misplaced Northerner. I know
that should be displaced, but anyone who has
met Tony will feel misplaced is a more accurate
description. As a complete contrast, at the same end
of the tent was P&D Motorcycles beautiful gold
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Sportster which can be seen again on this months

giveaway rally wall planner. It was as if youd
surrounded a duchess with street urchins.
But the rest of the show bikes also threw up
surprises. There was raw steel and there was top
notch paintwork and shed builds that would outclass
some professional workshops. Chico Lanzerotes SloPoke Enfield Bullet has been around for a while, but
it really is one of those bikes that its a pleasure to see
(Chico is threatening to change it this winter, to which
I say Noooo!). I really liked Paul Holmans Bobber 59
1200 Sporty, it was a pleasure to see Kalamity Chop n
Rods Saddletramp, now in new(ish) hands and being
ridden all over the place by Frank, while, outside the
marquee, was the most perfect little black and orange
Triumph 650. I liked it very much.
But there was one bike that virtually everyone I
spoke to mentioned in glowing terms, generally with
Twisted Iron was designed as a

showcase for grass roots garage
artists who sweat long and hard
to create a unique motorcycle
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EVENT FEATURE
THE HAPPENING
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Quite a few of the builders had

arrived on Friday and partaken of
some revelry and a few sherries
while reclining on the sofas in the
Distinguished Gentlemens marquee
a slight air of disbelief. With absolutely no offence

intended towards owner and builder Clive Cook,
one doesnt expect the star of what was a pretty fine
custom show to be a BSA Bantam. A Bantam that
looks like a butchers boys delivery bike, complete
with capacious wicker basket on the front. But it
was so well done and so sweet that it seemed to capture
everyones imagination. Clive was more surprised than
anyone when it took the Best of Show trophy, but it
seemed to be a popular decision with everyone.
A most honourable mention in dispatches must
go to Artisan Uprising. When the Corts approached
Mark and Johnny to produce bespoke trophies,
the chaps took the job very seriously. Two weeks
beforehand they showed me what appeared to be little
finished works of art. Then they explained how they
werent happy and how they were going to change this
bit and that bit... Artists, eh! But the final results were
rather wonderful. Then Mark and Johnny, quietly
and without fanfare, donated their entire fee to the
Air Ambulance, for which the Happening was raising
money. Fine young men.
As with the previous evening, there was live music
with added comely addition of go-go dancers, the
Meyer Dancers, all smiles and gyrations despite
having had a nightmare journey to High Wycombe.
Unfortunately, I had had to make my apologies by
then, as I was heading north to the Kickback show.
Russell and Bev have changed the date for next years
Happening, and I like to think thats so I can stay all
weekend, although its probably not. Regardless, I
shall be there for the whole proceedings because this
was a cracking show with huge potential and, above
all, heart. Plus, its around about the time of Mr Corts
birthday so there might be cake again, as there was
this year. Just dont let on I told you that p
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Unit 2, Haines Park, Grant Avenue
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ROYAL ENFIELD BULLET ELECTRA-X
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FOR THE TEAM
Its clear that the latter day single cylinder Royal Enfield,
as produced in the factory in Chennai, India, is gaining
something of a cult following here in the UK.
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he recent resurgence of
bobbers and brat style bikes
has undoubtedly helped its
cause, as has the Brit bikers
perennial fascination with
classically-styled cafe racers,
beautifully proved by Paul
Roberts gem that you see here.
While the general motorcycling
public may not have latched on to
the fact that the air-cooled, 26bhp,
four-stroke single is actually
capable of being a fun bike, itll
only be a matter of time before
more people realise that the various
restrictions brought in by the bike
licensing system, perenniallyrising insurance and fuel costs and
increasing victimisation of people
who want to ride fast, will lead
to an obvious conclusion. Buy a
smaller bike, with less power, and
ride it to its full potential: youll
get just as big a buzz as that gained
from a larger, more expensive
machine, both in terms of running
costs and initial investment.
Obviously, Bruce Maconochie
is a huge fan of the Indian-built
machines, given that hes the main
man at Oxfordshire Royal Enfield.
This latest build of Bruces is
somewhat less bobbery than the
previous ORE bikes that youve
seen in 100% (#158 and #160), but
no less of a custom bike.
While Bruce built the bike at

the ORE headquarters in Sutton
Courtenay, a green and peaceful
village in the Thames Valley, it
actually belongs to Paul Roberts.
And, although Paul gave Bruce a
brief with regards to the direction
of the build, it was just that;
brief. Essentially, Paul wanted a
minimalist cafe racer, with some
modern detail. Aside from that,
Bruce was given a clean sheet (or
carte blanche, as they might say
in a French coffee house, although
were talking about an English
caff here) and free rein to do
whatsoever he deemed suitable.
Given that a stripped-down,
60s-style pseudo race bike was
the intended end result, the first
job was to totally strip the 2008
model Bullet Electra X (the one
with the electric start, but running
a carb rather than the newer fuel
injection) down to its constituent
parts. The frame had the standard
rear end, plus any unwanted
bracketry, swiftly removed, and
a bespoke subframe was created
to support the equally one-off
seat unit. While the Enfield Bullet
frame isnt as svelte as a true
custom chassis, nor does it have
the clean and purposeful lines of
the factorys production cafe racer,
the Continental GT, it can still be
BUY A SMALLER BIKE, WITH LESS POWER, AND

RIDE IT TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL: YOULL GET
JUST AS BIG A BUZZ AS THAT GAINED FROM A
LARGER, MORE EXPENSIVE MACHINE
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ROYAL ENFIELD BULLET ELECTRA-X
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SPECIFICATION
SHEET
Engine:
2005 Royal Enfield Bullet Electra X
single, internally standard, wrapped
bespoke exhaust, DellOrto PHF32 carb,
Ramair air filter, 28bhp.
Frame:
Original Bullet Electra X single
downtube, lightened and with all
extraneous bracketry removed,
bespoke rear subframe.
Front end:
Rebuilt 19 Royal Enfield wheel, Avon
Roadrider 100/90 x 19 tyre, standard
forks, yokes, disc, caliper, master
cylinder and switchgear, Hitchcocks
fork brace, clip-on bars, aftermarket
clocks, overbraided brake line, rubber
fork gaiters, bar end mirror, aftermarket
headlamp shell.
Rear end:
18 Royal Enfield wheel, Avon Roadrider
110/80 x 18 tyre, standard disc and
calipers, standard swinging arm with
bracketry trimmed, one-off seat unit
housing battery and all other electrics,
recessed Bantam tail light.
Miscellaneous:
Stainless aftermarket petrol tank,
modified loom, standard ignition
switch, aftermarket indicators,
sidemount number plate, aftermarket
rearsets with carbon fibre heelplates,
standard sidestand. All work by
Bruce Maconochie at Oxfordshire
Royal Enfield.
Paint and finish:
Not a lot of paint. Powder coat on
wheels and fork legs. Polished tank, top
yoke and engine cases.
Thanks to:
Alan for help with the wiring; and Paul
the owner for giving me a free rein
Bruce Mac.
WHILE THE ENFIELD BULLET FRAME ISNT AS

SVELTE AS A TRUE CUSTOM CHASSIS, NOR DOES
IT HAVE THE CLEAN AND PURPOSEFUL LINES OF
THE CONTINENTAL GT, IT CAN STILL BE IMPROVED
improved and have a significant
amount of weight removed as
well! A set of aftermarket rearset
footpegs were fitted, with some
carbon fibre heel plates adding
some up-to-date bling. Oh, and
that lovely little sidestand is
actually the standard RE one!
Thanks to the weight loss, it
was decided that the standard
brakes would be up to scratch
(theyre actually pretty competent
on the standard bike, anyway),
and using all the original rolling
gear would save a lot of unwanted
hassle and expense. The wheels
were powder coated black (and
shod with modern, grippy rubber),
as were the leading axle fork legs
and bottom yoke, while a set of
fork gaiters help to chunk up the
front end. At the rear, the standard
swinging arm and shocks were
retained, although the swinger has
been tidied up with any unwanted
bracketry removed, and a slim oneoff chain guard fitted.
Back at the pointy end, the
standard bar mounts were removed
from the top yoke, as clip-on bars
were being fitted, although it still
retains the clock and ignition switch
binnacle (odd word, binnacle,
sounds like a discarded barnacle)
but not the original headlight
and sidelight arrangement. The
front end was stiffened up with
the aid of an aluminium fork

brace from Enfield specialists
Hitchcocks Motorcycles, made all
the more necessary due to a lack of
mudguard or, more accurately, a
lack of mudguard brace.
Of course, the first thing that
everyone sees and comments on
is the fuel tank. An aftermarket
item, of uncertain origin, its of
an ideal size for the diminutive
Enfield, where many commercial
alternatives would be too big.
Although the one-off tail unit is
equally small in stature, Bruce and
his wire-weaving sidekick, Alan,
have managed to squeeze in not
only a Bantam tail light, but also
the battery and other electrical
components! The electrical bits that
you can see include LED indicators,
front and rear, and standard
switchgear, all essential items if
Paul is going to race between cafes
in busy traffic or at night...
The engine remains internally
standard (for the moment) with
just a wrapped one-off exhaust
and a RamAir air filter, although
as the motor and the gearbox are
the only things that havent been
modified, that state of affairs
wont last for long. First in the
queue is a 535cc big bore kit...
But, in truth, the performance
of the Bullet is already much
improved over standard,
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mainly due to the fact that the

modifications have succeeded in
removing some 45lbs of unwanted
mass. Its little wonder that it
now handles like a dream, steers
accurately and quickly and stops
on a twenty pence piece. It would
stop on a sixpence, but Pauls
yet to see one lying in the road.
The only problem, according
to its owner, is also a result of
the weight loss: My arse is in
a dreadful state as the original
shocks, a bit stiff in the first place,
are now simply not fit for purpose.
Its like being repeatedly kicked in
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CLOCK AND IGNITION
SWITCH BINNACLE
ODD WORD, BINNACLE
the crack by a bloke with steel toe
caps. A set of Hagons is currently
on the way. And a gel seat is on
the cards, too.
And, once the painful posterior
problems are eradicated, this
little beauty will be carving
Cotswold corners at each
and every opportunity! p
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WHEELS MIKLOS OPEN DAY
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UNIT 6 A3 GARAGES, STAG HILL, GUILDFORD
On a grey autumnal afternoon, I
dropped in to the open day of a new
motorcycle restoration and custom
business called 2 Wheels Miklos.
ased in Guildford, Surrey, 2 Wheels

Miklos started in 2012 as a private project,
inspired by Miklos Mike Salamons
passion for the motorcycling icons of the
1940s through the 80s. Over many years,
he has amassed a collection of over thirty iconic
bikes, each restored to the highest standard. Its a
gallery of bikes which spans both time and style,
from a 1940 Indian Four to a 1979 Honda CBX1000
and the best of the best in between.
Now, along with bike builder and restorers
Alan Wells and David Rose, Mike has opened 2
Wheels Miklos on a site which not only shows off his
enviable collection, but also provides enough space for
the team to take on restoration and custom projects.
The showroom is indeed a veritable treasure
chest, with not many of Mikes own bikes, but also
impressive custom work the team is currently
working on late model BMWs. All work is done
in-house, with the exception of paint, to the standard
Mike demands of his own personal bikes. These
are displayed against a mural by artist Will Vibes,
an artwork commissioned to provide a suitable
backdrop, which it certainly does.
The smell of burgers and coffee provided during
the open day might have been tempting, but it was
the machines that were the real attraction, and the
custom bikes that have already rolled out of the
workshop bode well for the future of the company.

2 Wheels Miklos is also the regional sales and
service agent for the achingly pretty bikes of Metisse
Motorcycles, as well as a franchise for the Ilmor
V-twin-engined Vipers from the USA. Hopefully
the future for 2 Wheels Miklos will be as bright as
the light that bounces off the motorcycles in a rather
remarkable showroom. If you happen to be on the
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THE
CASTLE
WITTON CASTLE, WITTON LE WEAR, CO DURHAM
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For those who dont know of Stormin the Castle, its the North Easts
largest bike rally and fund raising event. The event, although not run by
MAG, is in aid of MAG to help in the fight for riders rights in the UK.
lthough it might seem that Stormin

magically appears out of nowhere each
year, that sleight of hand hides ten months
of preparation and planning. Maybe as the
result of strange rituals involving nudity
and traffic cones, the sun blessed us with its big
shiny presence for the entire build up week, when
it was raining nearly everywhere else. After a spot
of rain on Friday morning the sun reappeared and
stayed out for the rest of the weekend, I was talking
to some arrivals on the gate who had spare tickets
as some of their friends had decided not to come
because it looked like it was going to rain. Sheesh
Some of you who did brave the complete lack of
rain may have recognised the bloke handing out
wristbands on the gate. That was Lembit Opik,
ex-Liberal Democrat MP and now Campaigns and
Communications Director for MAG, persuaded along
by the promise of a ride in Dave of Durham MAGs
original Willys Jeep. Then, for no other reason than
it would be a good laugh no, no, I meant its a new
Health and Safety security demonstration directive I

fitted a WW2 Bren gun (cheers Daz) to my pickup and
drove Stormin crew stalwart and occasional 100%
Biker freelancer, Andy, around the site as, resplendent
in his pith helmet, he barked such orders at campers
as Drink more! and Party now!. It appeared to work.
As the fields filled up, many availed themselves of
the offer of cheap beer from Honest Jims Beverage
Emporium and took up residence sunning themselves,
drinking beer, farting, belching (thats just the ladies,
of course), catching up with old friends and making
new ones. Once refreshed, the show field opened; a
new layout meant folk could sit and eat while viewing
both stages and the custom show. This worked well,
apart from the odd complaint from the likes of Richie
who, worse the wear for drink later in the evening,
and confused by the change in layout, decided to
entertain the Samaritans for a few hours before being
found and shown his tent.
This year there was a guest speaker in the Iris
tent on Saturday afternoon. Austin Vince of Mondo
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Enduro/Terra Circa/Mondo Sahara fame is not only

a crazy adventurer but an excellent speaker.
Despite being able to find his way around the
worlds most inhospitable places against the odds,
getting from the train station in Bishop Auckland
defeated Austin and he had to be picked up in
Steves 53 Chevy stepside pickup. Hes a funny and
entertaining bloke and its well worth catching one of
his talks if you get the chance.
Musically, Friday night on the main stage was
headlined by Toseland, fronted by former racer
James Toseland. Now theres a stroke of luck that he
got a job in a band called Toseland... With only one
album to his name, he had a job on his hands to keep
the party going that the brilliant preceding Blackjack
had started with their excellent renditions of big rock
covers. Over at the Iris stage the Q-Jumpers had the
place, er, jumping before Prognosis came on with a
set of prog rock to slow things down.
On Saturday morning the sun was splitting the
skies again, and judging by the groggy morass of
Many availed themselves of the

offer of cheap beer from Honest
Jims Beverage Emporium and took
up residence sunning themselves,
drinking beer, farting, belching
(thats just the ladies, of course)
hangovers hanging about the food vans, Friday night
had been a great success. By popular demand, Bad
Bob Bates & Ronnie Semple Oil City Shakers were in
the Hobgoblin Bar on Saturday afternoon, and had
thoughtfully brought their instruments along, too.
The bar was full and a large crowd lounged about on
the grass outside the bar in the blazing sun, drinking,
blethering and enjoying some great music.
Meanwhile, the custom show was filling up
nicely 1100 Suzuki Katanas seem to be having
a resurgence, and there were several very nice
examples on display. John Martins 1100 Turbo
Katana was outstanding in many ways, but especially
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STORMINTHE CASTLE
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Friday night on the main stage was

headlined by Toseland, fronted by
former racer James Toseland. Now
theres a stroke of luck that he got
a job in a band called Toseland...
in its lavish turbo pipeworkery (thats a real word,
honest). Others to be mentioned in dispatches are
Paul Robsons lovely XS650 caf racer, another
well-executed exercise in apparent simplicity, while
Shaggy got his lovely Norton up to the show despite
a rattly quibbling shaft bending the ping flap, which
he managed to repair sufficiently to get him home
with a an old sock, some jam, a metric compliant
hamster and a stale nan bread. There was a chilled
atmosphere in the field as everyone wandered, fell
over or just lay around under a blue sky, surrounded
by great examples of bikes and a sonic backdrop of
the irrepressible Bessie and The Zinc Buckets.
As evening approached, the Spirit Levellers got
the party going on the Iris stage and Oliver Dawsons
Saxon, had the crowd singing along to a litany of Saxon
greats before giving way to the Temperance Movement
who, despite being a relatively new band, had a large
and enthusiastic following in the main marquee.
Around tea time on Sunday, as we were in the
middle of the clear up, a weary 72-year-old traveller,
Nobby, turned up on his Harley from Derbyshire.
For various reasons, he was very, very late. Despite
missing the event, he was keen to pitch in and do
some work and he grafted hard for a man of his years.
Nobby was offered the empty medics tent to sleep in,
Carrynowt kindly supplied him with a sleeping bag
and he came to the marshals party, promising to come

back next year on time! to marshal.
Another splendid Stormin was made all the better
by our big yellow friend in the sky, the some 4000plus nutters who came and partied and everyone
who worked tirelessly to help it run smoothly. Its
the 25th Stormin The Castle next year. See you there.
Bring cake. p
You can see a full list of the Custom Show winners at
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Saturday Beginners Classes

Airbrush Paint class:
Custom Paint class:
Learn basic techniques

with an airbrush, how to
clean and maintain, how
you use stencils and achieve
3D effects on a basic skull
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to the world of custom paint.
Pre prep and metal flake

petrol tanks ready as a blank
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days you will learn how to
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Tiger took lace painting, old
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1 hour
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you have finished your
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and delivered or take your
tank.
Dates for each individual class will be

announced on my
page
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The classes are available to buy via
Classes will start at 10am and I aim to finish around 5pm

but may run over a little. Hotel accommodation is
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More classes will be coming soon.
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BIKE FEATURE
YAMAHA XS650
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BENDING
THE RULES
When starting down the path of customising, most people

begin with simple modifications maybe a change of handle
bars or a custom mudguard or perhaps a sprung seat. But
Roel went further. Much further, because this is his very
first project.
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n years gone by, Roel Peijs

used to race bikes like Honda
Fireblades before deciding to
move to custom motorcycles
although becoming a father
may have had something to do
with that choice. He explains
how this radical project started:
On Discovery Channels Biker
Build Off, I saw how Jesse Rooke
created his Kali Cruiser with
flowing frame tubes around a
Harley V-twin, making the bike
very slender. I reckoned, if Jesse
can do it, I can too! So I thought I
would build something similar.
However, Roels budget didnt
stretch to a Harley motor, so
he decided to buy a complete,
running Yamaha XS650 instead,
knowing that theyre relatively
easy on which to work. Plus, he
figured, if the project failed, he
could then rebuild it as standard.
Roel is one of those
annoyingly useful blokes. With
a background in construction,
he now works with CAD while
being able to make everything
around the house from the
car port to the garden furniture
to a childrens house with a
slide, he built it. Sorry, ladies,
hes already married! He didnt,
however, have anywhere to

build a bike, but fortunately
his parents-in-law had a large
garage where he was able to use
some space. But, despite being
an all-round handy man, hed
never built a chopper before
and he realised that he would be
taking on a very big challenge.
Although Roel wanted a
frame in the style of the Kali
Cruiser, he thought that the
single-sided swinging arm
Rooke used on that bike would
be a little too difficult for a first
project. But he wanted the bike
to look open and clean and so he
first developed the design as a
CAD drawing before producing
a full-size printed version.
Roel says: Before starting
the real work, I first bent up a
dummy frame in thin wall tube,
just to check that the engine
would fit properly. Then I
started on the real thing, with
the help of my brother, Erwin.
At first I used an old hand pump
before finding a genuine prewar pipe roller. This worked
far better then the tubes came
out without any folds! For days
I worked at getting the engine
in just the right position while
ROELS BUDGET DIDNT STRETCH TO A

HARLEY MOTOR, SO HE DECIDED TO BUY
A COMPLETE, RUNNING YAMAHA XS650 ...
HE FIGURED, IF THE PROJECT FAILED,
HE COULD THEN REBUILD IT AS STANDARD
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YAMAHA XS650
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DAYS I WORKED AT GETTING THE

SPECIFICATION FOR
ENGINE IN JUST THE RIGHT POSITION
SHEET
Engine:
1980 Yamaha XS650 parallel twin,
standard gearbox, Yamaha ignition,
K&N air filters, one-off 2-into-1
exhaust system.
Frame:
One-off single downtube hardtail
by owner.
Front end:
17 Honda CBR600F wheel, Michelin
120/60 x 17 tyre, one-off forks by
owner, one-off handlebars by owner,
headlight from the internet.
Rear end:
17 Honda CBR600F wheel, Michelin
160/60 x 17 tyre, Honda CBR600F
brake, one-off mudguard by owner,
internet taillight.
Miscellaneous:
One-off modified scuba tank petrol
tank, seat found on internet, one-off
battery box, Honda CBR600F foot
controls, VW fuel pump.
Paint and finish:
Metallic blue by owner. One-off decals
by Erwin.
WHILE CONSIDERING WHERE I WOULD

LOCATE THE PETROL TANK AND BATTERY
considering where I would locate
the petrol tank and battery. When
I was happy and had tacked up the
frame, it was professionally welded
by the guys at Jeku Sport.
The Jesse Rooke theme
continued with the forks, although
this was a job that was not as easy
as Roel had hoped. The project
had been going very smoothly up
until this point, he says. But my
enthusiasm was dented when I
found that the trail of the forks Id
made was not good. Not good at
all. It took repeated adjusting until
I got the perfect trail. For the forks
I then used a shock absorber from
a mountain bike which was fitted
with a heavy duty spring.
When Roel had been racing
his CBR, he had always liked the
Hondas five-spoke wheels, so, to
complete the rolling chassis, he
bought a set of CBR

wheels. Next it was
time to make the fuel
tank. As on the Kali
Cruiser, he didnt want
the tank to be mounted
on the top tube, because he was
determined that the engine should
be the focal point of the bike. So,
instead, he fitted a modified scuba
tank under the seat. But he then
needed to find a way to get the
petrol to the carburettor, the tank
being too low to allow for a gravity
feed. Roel explains; A friend who
works with cars had a Volkswagen
petrol pump which we used. We
then found another problem, the
pump will just keep going, flooding
the carb. So we made a little nodule
to act as an overflow and now all
surplus fuel is fed back to the main
fuel tank.
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ID BEEN LOOKING AROUND FOR A GOOD ARTIST BUT THEN,

BECAUSE I HAD DONE EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE BIKE MYSELF,
IT SEEMED LIKE IT WOULD BE FUN TO PAINT IT, TOO
It was only with the handlebars
that Roel deviated from the
flowing lines which define the
rest of the bike. The apehangers
he made are a rectilinear V-shape,
although they actually fit perfectly
with the design. A particularly
personal item is the electrics box,
as Roel told me. My father was in
the army in New Guinea and his
cigarettes always got wet on the
boat. So he had a special box made
which my mother has always
kept. That cigarette box is what I
used on my chopper.
Originally Roel didnt want
to have a rear mudguard on the
XS. But, just before it was time to
paint the bike, he decided to make
one albeit a very short guard!
It had taken three winters to get
to the paint stage, although thats
because Roel could only work on
the project on Saturdays, and he
hadnt intended to undertake the
paint work himself. He says; Id
been looking around for a good
artist but then, because I had done
everything else on the bike myself,
it seemed like it would be fun to
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paint it, too. I used the online tips

on painter Kustombarts web site
and started with sanding and
filling. When everything was
in primer, I then decided on the
colour. It had to be blue with a little
metallic in it because Erwin once
had a beautiful cruiser push bike in
that colour. He works in the print
industry which came in handy for
the decals. Everything that is white
and silver on the bike is actually a
sticker. The measurements had to
be precise so the decals would be
perfectly printed to the right size.
Roel is modest about embarking
upon what many would consider a
huge challenge for his first project,
saying, It was just a matter of
starting and seeing where it ended.
But, yes, the first ride on the bike
was such a buzz! In all, it was also a
very cheap project I only bought
the engine, wheels, headlight, seat
and some materials. Some people
are very surprised that, without
any experience of metal work,
Ive built such a bike, but the most
important thing is that I had a lot
of fun doing it! p
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BAD
WABBIT SHINDIG 2
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BAD WABBIT SHINDIG 2

NEWTOWN SPORTS & SOCIAL
CLUB, BOGNOR REGIS, SUSSEX
Sometimes the best events are those
that are unexpected, and one such was
the Bad Wabbit Crews 2nd Summer
Shindig. Unexpected? Well, the weather
forecast was for torrential rain
he Bad Wabbit Crew is not a bike club its

just a group of likeminded people who enjoy
a good time. Some ride bikes and some ride
tractors and some create masterpieces out of
lawnmower engines.
The predicted Biblical floods did reduce the
numbers, but a lot of people still wanted to party.
There was, admittedly, a swamp of despair at
the access to the field, so I simply parked on the
hardstanding and adjourned to the bar which was
dry and had, unusually, a deep funk music groove
going on which suited a chilled out day.
Amongst the bikes on show were ones to gladden
the heart for example, a superb BSA converted to
12v with decent lights and brakes which looks and
sounds great. Then, sitting quietly next to a tractor
(yes, a tractor) was one of the most superb things Ive
seen in a long time. Built as a redundancy project over
five weeks and at the total cost of 100 was a twin
lawnmower engine bike. The frame, forks, seat and

many other parts had all been handmade I was told
that the exhaust was fabricated out of copper as they
had no other pipe left, but, whatever the reason, it was
just perfect. It deservedly won best engineering.
For fun and stupidity there were more, er, things
including a funky mini bike and beer crate gocart, the handling of which on slippery grass was
interesting. Its nice to know that there are people
around who build things in sheds, just because they
can and then have fun with them.
The crew had negotiated a discount deal with a
local chippy for food, but there was also a hog roast,
ice cream and doughnuts on site, so, all the basic food
groups covered. To round the afternoon off with a bang,
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BUILTH-FEST
SO
LOW CHOPPERS CUSTOM & CLASSIC SHOW
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SO LOW CHOPPERS
CUSTOM & CLASSIC SHOW
STANTON, BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK
I have not, to the best of my knowledge, noticed either Clive or Jay

Ransome glowing in the dark. And, given that their successful So Low
Choppers is just a stones throw away from the former RAF Shepherds
Grove, a certain luminescence might be a distinct possibility.
ecause, during the 1950s and 60s, Shepherds

Grove was used as a storage facility for
nuclear weapons. Now part industrial
estate, part wasteland, the three buildings
where nuclear and thermonuclear weapons
were stored still stand, while the area is popular
with the So Low chaps for photographic purposes
in fact, since I shot a bike of Clives there last year
Ive noticed a slight shimmer about myself at dusk,
although that might be down to over-consumption
of Ready Brek.
Such weaponry is long gone (well, given the
condition of the buildings, one hopes it is). Now,
the most exciting thing about the village of Stanton
is So Low Choppers, which not only produces fine

custom machinery, but also hosts an annual show on
a field behind the workshop. Although not blessed
with the exceptional weather of last year, the day
stayed dry and even sunny in bits. However, people
must have been listening to a different forecast to
the one I heard, because they seemed to be dropping
in on the show, having a swift look round and then
disappearing off again. Luckily, as they werent all
doing this at the same time, the afternoon remained
busy for the most part.
A band played, (here I have to hang my head in
shame because I was too busy talking and looking at
motorcycles to catch the name), there were stalls and
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burgers and cake, but, for the most part, it was about
bikes, which is just how it should be. Prizes were
distributed by the lovely Jasmine, goodbyes were
said and I was rather hoping to win a nuclear missile
or something in the raffle, but a very nice chocolate
brownie soon overcame that disappointment. Greasy
motorcycles and sticky cake an ideal Saturday
afternoon, then p
There were stalls and burgers

and cake, but, for the most part,
it was about bikes, which is just
how it should be
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TRIUMPH T100
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THE ITALIAN JOB

There can be no finer exponent of the current
trend for all things retro especially if those
things are also British in origin and customised
than Barons Speed Shop.
WORDS: STU GARLAND AND GIORGIO CASTRONUOVO PHOTOS: MIKE PRIOR
his little beauty,

however, represents a
slight deviation from
the normal Barons
fare. It was built by
a young expatriate
Italian, Giorgio Castronuovo,
with the aim of authentically
reproducing the kind of custom
bike popular amongst the UKs
pioneer builders during the late
1960s and early 70s. But Giorgio
is more than happy for people
to view his first complete bike
build as a Barons bike, given
that hes proud as punch of his
involvement with the shop over
the last few years. Giorgio says;
I came to the UK from
Italy in 2008 to pursue my
studies in industrial design and
engineering. However, I come
from a family of bikers, and
motorcycles and especially
customised motorcycles have
been in my blood since birth
(my father is the proud owner
of a collection of Moto Guzzis
that he either built or heavily
modified himself). So it wasnt
that surprising when my further
education plans soon fell by
the wayside as I concentrated
instead on seeking out a
suitable pre-unit rigid Triumph
donor bike for the 60s-style
chopper project I knew I would
eventually build.
Some time later, in 2010, after
much searching, I came across
an advert for a likely candidate in
the shape of a 1957 500cc T100. It
was in the right price range and
had, apparently, already been
chopped of a fashion, anyway.
But there was no photo, just a
description and a phone number.
Before I even saw the bike, I
knew that Id call it Destiny
when I realised that the seller
MY FURTHER EDUCATION PLANS

SOON FELL BY THE WAYSIDE AS I
CONCENTRATED ON SEEKING OUT A
PRE-UNIT RIGID TRIUMPH DONOR
BIKE FOR THE CHOPPER PROJECT I
KNEW I WOULD EVENTUALLY BUILD
was the owner of a design studio
where Id applied for a job only
a couple of months previously.
I thought that this encounter
might succeed in getting me
through the doors
This, though, didnt work out
as Id hoped, but nonetheless,
while shopping for spares to start
rebuilding the little Triumph,
destiny steered me unerringly
towards a modest back street
workshop in Croydon where
Dick Smith, the main driving
force behind Barons Speed Shop,
was plying his trade on a parttime basis.
This was at the time when

Dick was just about to finally
take the plunge and turn the
Barons venture, which had
been launched in 2003, into a
full-time operation. A deal was
struck whereby Dick offered
me the chance to help him with
all sorts of diverse tasks in
exchange for the opportunity
to use both the floor space
and the extensive facilities.
Of course, I immediately
shook hands on the deal!
The Triumph, as I acquired it,
wasnt particularly well built and
was barely roadworthy. It was Z
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BIKE FEATURE
TRIUMPH T100
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SPECIFICATION
SHEET
Engine
1957 500cc Triumph T100 pre-unit
vertical twin, polished T100 big
bearing crankcases, balanced crank,
3136 camshafts timed to racing spec,
reworked 10:1 MC Cycle Supply pistons,
Triumph 5T barrels, ported cylinder
head, 650cc T110 valves, dual 1 1/16
Amal Monobloc carburettors, finned
manifold, Joe Hunt magneto, one-off
1.75 high level 2-into-2 ripple exhausts
by owner at Barons Speed Shop, long
dynamo chaincases, 4-speed Triumph
gearbox, slickshift outer cover.
Frame
Pre-1953 single downtube Triumph rigid,
raked steering head.
Front end
3.5 overstock Triumph forks, BSA A10
bottom yoke, machined repro Eddie
Dow Superleggera top yoke, conical
Triumph 2LS hub laced to 40-spoke
21 aluminium Borrani WM1 rim, 3.00
x 21 Avon Speedmaster MkII tyre,
one-off rabbit-ear handlebars, inbuilt
push-button switch, Barons grips,
Super Pratic 8 throttle, aftermarket
Wipac car spotlight.
Rear end
Triumph bolt-up hub laced with stainless
spokes to 19 40-hole aluminium Borrani
WM2 rim, drum brake, 3.50 x 19 Avon
Safety Mileage MkII tyre, chromed
Wassell mudguard, 18 twin rail sissy bar,
aftermarket bullet running light, 5/8
x 3/8 chain, rubbermounted number
plate holder, Wipac taillight.
Misc
Reworked petrol tank of unknown
origin, mini Monza-style flip-up filler cap,
one-off oil tank by owner with Barons
fittings, one-off seat base by owner,
white leather cover by Stan Leather,
capacitor electrics (no battery), braided
stainless oil lines, chromed Triumph
footpegs and levers, Barons rubbers,
one-off stainless gearbox plates and
adjusters to accommodate swinging
arm-type box, one-off wiring loom by
Steve Hallam.
Paint/finish
Paintwork by Jimmy L, panels finished
by owner. Chrome and polishing by Roy
at RB Polishing, Croydon.
intended to be a typical
1970s-style Brit chopper,
with 6-inch over forks,
a 17-inch wheel at the
front and 5.00 x 16 at the
back, a badly-raked rigid frame,
coffin tank and a pretty dreadful
red metal flake and silver flames
paint job.
Before meeting Dick for the
first time, I felt that I should
at least make the chop roadlegal, as well as start to change
some of the more important
elements, such as the front end
and wheels. But that winter,
things snowballed into a complete
strip-down, kicking off what was
to become a three-year build.
Each individual task during
the course of the build was
treated as a job in its own right
and meticulous attention to detail
was practiced in an unachievable
quest for perfection. If you dont
strive to do your best, though,
you just end up with something
ordinary, dont you?
Those things that werent
junked entirely were seriously
modified, such as the badlyraked pre-53 rigid frame. The
steering head was machined
to accept a BSA A10 bottom
yoke and a reproduction Eddie
Dow Superleggera top yoke,
both of which
hold a set of
twin leading shoe
Triumph conical
hub-type forks. These
originally measured
six inches over stock
length, but I shortened
them by two and a half
inches to produce the right
overall stance when the 21-inch
wheel was installed. I made
the rabbit-ear handlebars
myself, and converted a Wipac
car spotlight into a headlight
with high/low beam.
The 1957 T100 engine
was comprehensively
rebuilt. The polished
big bearing cases hold
a balanced crank and
were fitted with 3136
camshafts timed to
factory racing spec.
A pair of reworked
10:1 MC Cycle Supply
pistons run inside
Triumph 5T barrels,
THOSE THINGS THAT WERENT JUNKED

ENTIRELY WERE SERIOUSLY MODIFIED, SUCH
AS THE BADLY-RAKED PRE-53 RIGID FRAME
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A DEAL WAS STRUCK WHEREBY DICK OFFERED
ME THE CHANCE TO HELP HIM WITH ALL SORTS
OF DIVERSE TASKS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO USE BOTH THE FLOOR SPACE
AND THE EXTENSIVE FACILITIES
while the cylinder head was
fully ported and treated to a
set of bigger 650cc T110 valves.
Dual 1 1/16 Amal Monobloc
carbs deliver the fuel/air mix, a
Joe Hunt magneto supplies the
sparks and the one-off high level
ripple exhausts in 1-inch pipe
were made by myself at Barons.
The petrol tank came from
one of my fathers 70s-style
choppers. He thinks it might
originally have been fitted to an
Italian moped. I disembowelled
and rebuilt it to house the bikes
electrics; with a capacitor-type
system, theres no need for a
bulky battery. I made the oil
tank from scratch using Barons
off-the-shelf fittings, and also
knocked up the reinforced sissy
bar from round bar.
Destiny, my dream chopper,
was finally finished late in
2013 (well, I say finished, but
at the moment, Im about to
swap the front wheel).The
years of co-operation had seen
not only another classic Britbased custom being built at
Barons Speed Shop, but also
the development of a sound,
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lasting friendship between me,

Dick and his co-conspirator
Del, ace photographer Gary
Margerum and all of the other
people whove been involved
in making Barons so unique.
During my time with Barons,
Ive helped with a number of bike
builds, including for Born Free,
the Goodwood Revival and BUB
Week at Bonneville Salt Flats. Ive
also seen Dick work extremely
hard to secure official stockist
status for products such as Joe
Hunt magnetos, Borrani wheel
rims, Amal carburettors and
Avon tyres, as well as Wassell
aftermarket gear. Barons Speed
Shop is, quite simply, a great place
at which a bunch of laid-back and
down-to-earth likeminded friends
can share their passions and, in
the process, very often produce
things that are exceptional
and memorable.
PS And before
anybody asks, yes, the
bars are actually
comfortable and
the bike handles
surprisingly
well. p
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EVENT FEATURE
BUILTH-FEST
21ST
CUSTOM & CLASSIC BIKE & TRIKE SHOW
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21ST CUSTOM & CLASSIC

BIKE
&
TRIKE
SHOW
Cruck Barn, Bradwell Abbey, Buckinghamshire
WORDS AND PHOTOS: YODA
The Barrel Bikers (Buckingham) MCC is one of those clubs that appears to
have been around forever, although its only thirty-five years since they were
formed. Okay, I know, some of you werent even born thirty-five years ago
ut, despite the fact that the club has been

running its Custom and Classic Bike Show for
a number of years this year, the good people
of the 3Bs reached a landmark twenty-first
anniversary with the show in addition to two
rallies and any number of parties and gigs, Id never
before managed to get to their late summer show at
Bradwell Abbey, near Milton Keynes. In fact, I nearly
didnt manage it this time, either. I arrived at the show
and then found that the lift on my van had broken,
meaning that my electric wheelchair was stuck in the
vehicle. Here I have to thank the lads and lasses of the
Barrel Bikers and Pendragon MCCs who man/womanhandled my 270lb wheelchair out of (and, later, into) the
van. The show was already so busy that I couldnt just
drive around, taking photos out of the drivers window,
which, for a couple of minutes until everyone pitched
in, was my only option so, cheers, all of you!
The Barrel Bikers holds its annual show at the Cruck

Barn at Bradwell Abbey which is an unusual venue.
After all, how many events have a 15th century
building as a backdrop? (Even if it was partly covered
with some rather more modern scaffolding!) Unlike
many ancient buildings, the barn is still very much
part of the local community as its always been
although the priory itself was closed in 1524. All that
remains of the original site are a small chapel and
the Cruck Barn, once a farmhouse, but thats now
put to good and frequent use as a centre for cultural
activities, an Urban Studies centre, a venue for
weddings and gigs and, of course, a bike show.
A beautiful day had brought out bikers of all types
and ages, and the bikes proved to be as much of a
variety as you will see anywhere. They ranged from
full-on streetfighters to an orange flower-power
Honda C90, from a Vincent to a Titan (the latter a
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rarer beast these days than the Vinnie). There was

a scooter with a sidecar, a rat bike with an attached
and unpleasant toilet, pristine Honda CB500T and
a 750 with a period twin headlight fairing, BSA and
Triumph chops, neat trikes and less neat trikes
and even a Bond Bug. The Bond Bug, for those
youngsters among you, was a fancy, sporty twoseater version of a Reliant Regal and, mechanically
(with the exception of the rear coil spring suspension)
it was all Regal with a futuristic fibre glass body.
Like Henry Fords Model T, the Bug came in just
one colour, although it was orange and not black. A
standard Bug was not a luxurious vehicle you had
to buy the top of the range model to even get a spare
wheel and wing mirrors but it was surprisingly
quick, almost matching a Lotus 7. However, it was
also expensive; in 1970, a Bond Bug cost more than
a four-seater Mini. 2268 were made during the four
A beautiful day had brought out

bikers of all types and ages, and
the bikes proved to be as much of a
variety as you will see anywhere
years of production at Reliants Tamworth factory,
and this one at the show was one of the 570 or so still
on the road. The Bug is part of Britains motoring
history, so it was good to see one here.
Even though I had to call a nice RAC man out to get
me home and prevail upon some strong young people
to help, it was a great day out at a very friendly show
with a lovely atmosphere. The 3Bs Custom and
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100% IN ATION
Velocette Revival
Back in the 1960s, my stepfather-in-law, Brian Baxter, used to race a Venom. All
was well until 1970 when the engine made a deathly clatter and went ominously
silent. The Venom was stripped down and stored away in the shed.
WORDS AND PHOTOS: STEVE CORBETT AND BRIAN KNEALE
hen Brian and a mate

bought an old Morris
ambulance and went
touring around Europe.
Returning home, Brian
found that, tired of the
Venom frame and forks in the way,
his stepfather had chucked them
in a skip Fortunately, the engine,
gearbox, wheels, petrol tank and
oil tank survived the clear out.
In the early 1970s, Brian met a
lovely Manx girl at the Isle of Man
TT, fell in love, got married and
moved to the island. The remains
of the Venom were moved from
Shropshire shed to Manx shed,
where it stayed until 2010, when
it was decided something really
needed to be done with it which
is where I come in. Id just bought
a 1960 Venom. It was rusty, crusty
and quite horrible but it had a V5.
With the donor bike and the parts
Brian had stashed away, we might
have a complete bike, and so we
began a game of correspondence
bike chess in which he would send
various bits to me in Kent, while I
posted stuff over to the Isle of Man
so he could cherry pick the best bits
with which build a complete engine
and gearbox.
Eventually, Brian and his wife,
Maureen, came over for a holiday
and he brought the best of the
bits, which went to Nick Payton
to work his magic on the bottom
end. I tried to keep the look of the
bike very much as Brian had it in
the 60s, hence the silver tank, red
piping on the seat, etc, although
I did use some artistic licence of
my own. The oil tank, by the way,
is an aftermarket one sold by L
Stephens, the London Velocette
dealer, back in the 1960s.
Now, I knew nothing about
the various idiosyncrasies of the
Brian and I began a game of

correspondence bike chess in
which he would send various
bits to me in Kent, while I posted
stuff over to the Isle of Man...
Velo engine and there was only so
much help Brian could give over
the phone. So a friend put me in
touch with a chap in the Huntsman
MCC who made regular trips to my
workshop to piece it all together
and get the thing fired up. Take a
bow, Mr Tim Bailey! What a gem
of a gentleman.
Finally finished, the bike was
taken to the Isle of Man for the
1: Brians Velo
at Cadwell
Park in 1967.
2: 12 might
seem cheap
for an oil tank,
but in 1960
that was over
a third of
the average
weekly wage.
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Manx Grand Prix in 2012. The
bike took pride of place at a
party to celebrate Brians 70th
birthday in the hotel foyer and
the next day, he rode two track
sessions at the Festival of Jurby
in glorious sunshine. I also got
to ride the Venom in the Parade
Lap on the following Friday in
torrential rain.
So thats the main part of the
story, but part two of this tale is
why the engine broke, all those
years ago.
Brian, in a never-ending
quest for speed, had spent a lot
of hard-earned shillings (about
38, a fortune back then!) on
3: The Venom I
bought rusty,
crusty and horrid!
4: Brians Venom
lives again, or, at
least, parts of it do.
5: This is
what a BMG
Velocette Venom
desmodromic kit
looks like. It wasnt
as rusty when
Brian paid 38
for it.
6: After 42 years,
Brian takes to the
track again on a
Velocette.
The day after his 70th birthday, Brian rode

the Venom in two track sessions at the
Festival of Jurby, all in glorious sunshine
a desmodromic valve kit from
Ilford-based dealer, BMG. This,
apparently, didnt give a huge
increase in horsepower, but it
did enable you to forget about
the 6000rpm redline and just rev
the thing until it stopped pulling.
As a bonus, missed gear changes
were no longer a potentially
catastrophic mistake. In 1963,
BMG actually patented the
principle, although contemporary
reports suggest the benefits of the
kit were rather exaggerated.
Indeed, Brians engine lasted for
a couple of race meetings, but then
a cam follower snapped while he
was riding the forty miles to work
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one morning. Here, forty or so

years on, heres that desmodromic
kit. Sadly, the passage of time has
taken its toll, but Brians shed is
close to the Irish Sea, after all.
So, what to do with the
desmodromic kit? It needs to be
restored as I think its a very rare
and interesting piece of Velocette
history. Are there any others
around? Theres one fitted to a
cutaway engine in Australia, and
occasionally kits come up for
sale. Im open to sensible offers
or maybe loaning it to a museum,
or youre welcome to inspect it
and figure out if you can make
your own! p
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BENELLI 654 SPORT
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MADIBA
While were used to seeing the occasional Italian-based custom

particularly with a number of caf racer builders having currently
adopted Moto Guzzi as their engine of choice Benelli has never
been a popular choice as the base for a custom motorcycle.
WORDS: BLUE PHOTOS: ANTONIO CELLINI
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uite why this should be is

unclear; Benelli has been
in existence since 1911,
surviving a merger with
Moto Guzzi and is now
owned by Chinese company,
Group Qianjiang, although
modern Benellis are still
produced in the marques home
town of Pesaro in Italy. During
its history it has produced
a number of good-looking
engines, from its early singles
to the Tornado parallel twin
of the 1970s and, of course, the
legendary Benelli Sei. However,
Benelli have, in general, been
more expensive than their
contemporaries, as well as
commanding higher secondhand
prices. But, if anyone was
going to going to build a one-off
custom motorcycle around a
Benelli, then it seems fitting that
it should be an Italian.
Vincenzo Ciancio of
Inglourious Basterds Cycles
is as Italian as it gets. From
his rapid fire conversation
truly three-dimensional as he
waves his hands around to
his innate generosity and his
tendency to spontaneously
leap to his feet and serenade
an entire, slightly bemused
restaurant (I have video
evidence of this), he could come
from no other country. Based
to the north east of Bologna,
Inglourious Basterds
was started at the
beginning of 2013
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by Vincenzo with his friend

Massimo. Just three builds
later, IB Cycles Bastarda
Senza Gloria Pan/Shovel won
the Retro Modified class in the
AMD World Championship of
Custom Bike Building and was
also seen at shows in London
and Dublin.
For their next build, Vincenzo,
along with fellow Basterds
Massimo and Armando, decided
upon a completely different
direction. The bike you see here,
Madiba, was conceived as a
sports bike, which is appropriate
given that Benelli has a long and
proud racing heritage that was
started by Antonio, the youngest
of the original six Benelli
brothers. Vincenzo began with a
donor bike that had seen better
days. Back in the 1970s and 80s,
when Benelli and Moto Guzzi
were sharing a factory, identical
models were frequently badged
in different ways. Anyone who
is familiar with the history of
BASED TO THE NORTH

EAST OF BOLOGNA,
INGLOURIOUS
BASTERDS WAS
STARTED AT THE
BEGINNING OF 2013
BY VINCENZO WITH
HIS FRIEND MASSIMO
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MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY ASSOCIATE

SPECIFICATION YOU
AN INLINE FOUR ENGINE WITH EITHER
SHEET
Engine:
1986 Benelli 603cc inline four, 32mm
DellOrto carburettors, air filter by
Inglourious Basterds Cycles, standard
Benelli 5-speed gearbox, copper oil
lines, one-off 4-into-2 under seat
exhaust system by IB Cycles.
Frame:
Benelli twin downtube modified by
IB Cycles.
Front end:
19 Honda wheel, Brembo 4-piston
caliper, 100/90 x 19 Dunlop tyre,
Marzocchi forks, lower fork legs by IB
Cycles, risers by IB Cycles, handlebars
and grips by IB Cycles.
Rear end:
18 Honda wheel, drum brake, 120/80
x 19 Dunlop tyre, softail-type shock
absorbers, swinging arm by IB Cycles,
tail unit with exhaust escape ports by
IB Cycles.
Miscellaneous:
One-off petrol tank by IB Cycles, seat
base by IB Cycles and upholstered by
Real Pelle, wiring loom and electrics
by IB Cycles.
Paint and finish:
White pearl paint by Iano at Iano
Paint Garage.
MOTO GUZZI OR BENELLI, BUT IT WAS AN

ATTEMPT BY THE COMPANY TO PRODUCE
A VIABLE RIVAL TO HONDAS CB RANGE
Indian or of the British motorcycle

industry will know this was often
common practice, which can
with the passing of time lead
to confusion as exactly what a
bike was when it rolled out of
the factory. Sometimes, even the
workers putting it together on the
production line didnt know.
You might not necessarily
associate an inline four engine
with either Guzzi or Benelli,
but it was an attempt by the
company, then owned by
Argentinian industrialist,
Alejandro de Tomaso (who also,
for a while, owned Maserati,
Innocenti and the coachbuilders,
Ghia), to produce a viable rival
to Hondas CB range. As a rule
of thumb, the smaller capacity
bikes were given Moto Guzzi
badges, while the 600s emerged
in Benelli livery.
Having stripped the hapless

donor down, work began
on a complete rebuild. The
most striking element of
Madiba are the air intakes in
the sides of the fuel tank which
are echoed in the exhaust pipes,
recessed in the one-off tail unit.
The air intakes were designed
to reflect the inline four and the
rack carburettor set up. Thus,
as Vincenzio points out, the
bikes defining technical feature
is now also its visual feature, too.
Both the tail unit and tank were
made from scratch, with a oneoff exhaust system being created
that would sit beneath the seat
and exit through the twin outlets
at the rear. Where possible, parts
were made from magnesium
and aluminium in order to make
the bike as light as possible,
while the standard ugly shock
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engine which gives a beautiful

shimmering look.
The name of the bike was
coined when, as Vincenzio was
racing to finish it in time for the
major German show, Custombike,
the news came over on the radio
that Nelson Mandela had died. As
Madiba was an affectionate name
for the South African leader, and
because the bike was completed
that very night, IB Cycles chose it
as the name for the Benelli. It may
also have brought luck although
WHERE POSSIBLE, PARTS WERE MADE FROM

MAGNESIUM AND ALUMINIUM IN ORDER TO
MAKE THE BIKE AS LIGHT AS POSSIBLE
absorbers have been replaced by
a single adjustable horizontally
mounted shock.
Honda Comstar wheels were
chosen for rolling purposes.
Yes, the very same Comstars
that everyone was throwing
away in the 1980s and are now
highly sought after oh, for a
time machine, a few quid and a
nice dry storage shed. IB Cycles
then used a new metal finishing
effect on both the wheels and the
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with a build this pretty, luck is

rather superfluous because
it won Best Caf Racer at the
German show (where Signor
Ciancio broke into song on stage)
and then, just a couple of months
ago, was runner up in the same
class at the 2014 AMD World
Championships. Who knows
what Inglourious Basterds Cycles
will build next, but no doubt it
will be something about which
Vincenzio can sing. p
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WHEELS & WAVES
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WORDS & PHOTOS: CHRIS DANIELS
BIARRITZ, SOUTH OF FRANCE
Just as the weather in Blighty turned

nice, what could be a better plan than
to leave the country and head for the
Bournemouth of France? So we set out for
the third Wheels and Waves show hosted
by the Southsiders Motorcycle Club.
e loaded Bens van for a four day jolly

in the Pays Basque. We set off in
plenty of time to Poole for the ferry.
And discovered it was leaving from
Portsmouth A few broken speed limits
later, we hit the water with a ferry between us and
the briny and were soon in Cherbourg. Loaded up
with cheap fags and espresso, we blasted off into the
night for the next 550 miles. (And before the letters
flood in from the diehards, it wasnt a cop out. Ben
had no lights, I only had 10mm of seat padding and
we had just a long weekend for the whole trip.)
We found a camp site in the local area and pitched
among the English campervans where old-beforetheir-time people sat in their mobile plastic suburbia,
eating sensible British grub and watching TV,
studiously ignoring the glorious beach and warm sea
fifty yards away. Popping up Bens handkerchiefsized tent and arranging my sofa cushions in the van,
we camped royally, chatting with old geezers about

their misspent youth on bikes just like ours and
then they got sensible.
Next day, the weather was glorious with a fresh
ocean breeze occasionally shunting little choux pastry
clouds overhead to soften the near equatorial sun
beaming down on the hordes of punters whod made
the journey. This was a happening, a paean to hipster
culture, with art shows, a surfing competition and ride
outs to view artisan workshops in the mountains.
Sprawled beneath the kenspeckle grandeur of the
Biarritz lighthouse, the bijou site was set out as a
bike park with stalls flogging all the usual kit that
you see worn by hipsters from Oregon to Hackney.
With a curly tached barber trimming quiffs and
applying pomade, some geezer knocking out scarylooking longboards, customisers and a few big bike
manufacturers, the whole feel was of a style looking
for well-heeled customers.
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The bikes were a good indicator of the new wave of

custom, the main theme being brats and caf racers,
with a generous sprinkling of bobbers, traditional
and new. This was about style and the burgeoning
culture of stripped-down bikes piloted by cool people
wearing designer duds and high-priced helmets. And
the girls. Chic, sociable and slim with not a YSL scarf
out of place, they rode in on tidy little Brat-style Japs,
cleaned up and tweaked Beemers or immaculate
Sportsters, decked out in stylish biker girly clobber
and Ruby lids. And the blokes? Hair that was never
meant to go under a lid, selvedge (what does that
mean?) denim and top of the range pre-aged jackets
mingled with painted Belstaffs and full sleeve tats;
these guys had the look without the grime.
Having been to the Bike Shed Show this year, I was
aware of the levels of cooing that some posters and a
couple of grainy pics could elicit from people who live
by the rule that artisans are only to be respected if they
inhabit the same world, so we skipped the art show
and the poseurs, getting involved with the genuinely
friendly and easygoing people down at street level. And
what a lovely bunch they were!
Ben and I opted to go on a ride out. Sporadic bunches
were leaving on three runs of lengths between 50
and 125 miles clutching vague maps of Europe or, as
we did, following someone in a W&W logo-bedecked
outfit. We weaved through some lovely scenery,
hooking up with a bunch of guys who knew the area
and set off for a mountain and valley trip, which was
a hoot. Heading up some single lane hill tracks at full
kilter was a bit dodgy on a plunger, but I wasnt the one
who fell off... We stopped to tighten all the bolts up at
a local bar, endured a glass of rotgut Basque cider and
had a multi-lingual chinwag; all very pleasant.
Wheels & Waves started as a blog in 2007 and developed

into some small meets with ride outs in the Pays Basques
and then, in 2012, a weekend in Biarritz. With the help of
social media, it caught the imagination of people, as well
as bike manufacturers. The next year was bigger, with
hundreds turning up to get their beards full of bits from
un-mudguarded front wheels and take moody pics of
Gitane-chuffing roadside mechanics while hot chicks in
Lou Reed t-shirts lolled about insouciantly. This year had
the aforementioned dedicated art emporium and a surf
competition for us fatties to flounder around on a plank in
the warm waters, looking like zombie black puddings, while
a race competition, enabling clutches to be burnt out and
unsuitable tyres to scrabble around in the gravel of goatlogged Pyrenean tracks, was held somewhere far away.
The atmosphere in the whole town was relaxed with
bikes tearing up the streets while the police kept a very
low profile, ignoring the opportunity to pull in death
traps and there were a few, where imagination and
shoddy workmanship was almost a badge of honour for
those snubbing their noses at socit normale.
With a curly tached barber

trimming quiffs, some geezer
knocking out scary-looking
longboards, customisers and a
few big bike manufacturers, the
whole feel was of a style looking
for well-heeled customers
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What was noticeable was lack

of detailing and engineering
nous: its a look, not wrenching
Suzuki and Yamaha have joined BMW in the

rush to tap this affluent market, giving fashionable
customisers new bikes with which to play. The
results at the show were uninspiring, to say the
least, typically involving the removal of mudguards
and changing of seats, or, in the case of the Suzuki,
adding more bulk than an aircraft carrier. What
was noticeable in all these was lack of detailing and
engineering nous: its a look, not wrenching.
Attempting to keep a straight face when told the
price of the merchandise in the stalls (70 euros for a pair
of gardening gloves with a logo on, jackets for over a
grand) was easier than impressing the chicks dancing
to Europunk/rockabilly bands, with my fluent French.
Happily it got even more fluent as the night wore on.
This was a far cry from a weekend run to a muddy
campsite, but the world is richer for it, because this
takes the love of bikes and buggering about on them
to another section of society. It may be more about
style than having an FTW attitude, but somehow it
occasionally narrows down what we do to a more
logical expression.
Ive been riding bikes all my life, starting in fields on
stripped-down Bantams, then getting on the road at 14
by stealing my dads CZ to go to a party (two ciders, a
bottle of Blue Nun and a spliff later the ride home ended
in tears for me, the bike and the neighbours hedge). I
like to think I then started on a road to individuality, so
I never had a leather jacket and always carried a man
bag for tools, camera, alcohol, etc. Wheels & Waves
was the first run Id been on where people asked where
I got my (incredibly stylish green plaid) bike jacket
without laughing So, chilling with folks who arent
embarrassed to look cool wearing good quality clobber,
and dont need to get rat-arsed or rip into another
bunch of angry young men in cut-offs, was itself
relaxing, while the events were worth the trip. Go there
next year. Did I mention the girls? p
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Harley Bobber Build

Part V
After a fair bit of web, magazine and people surfing, I found a chop
shop about seventy miles from where I live. It wasnt an ideal distance
to have to travel for bits and bobs, but it was my only option.
WORDS & PHOTOS: GARETH BECKETT
aul and Mike, the owners

of Rebellion Speed & Chop
in Lurgan, Co Armagh,
turned out to be top notch
guys and helped me out
with a huge amount of stuff. They
loaded me down with a couple of
huge, drop-from-a-height-andkill-your-granny-sized books full
of aftermarket parts and pieces.
The search was on for the bits I
needed, and, trust me, it was a lot.
While my search continued
for parts, I decided to take all the
rust and crap off the frame and
engine and then attempt to spray
it myself. I looked at what needed
to be done and thought that a
few weekends would be plenty
enough time to do it... Oh, how I
learned the hard way! One thing
I will say for Harley-Davidson is
that its paintwork is damn good
quality. That shit is hard to get off.
I hit the frame with everything
from heavy duty wire brushes to
wire cleaning drill bits and I still
seemed to be getting nowhere.
One thing I will say for Harley-Davidson

is that its paintwork is damn good quality.
That shit is hard to get off
Now, remember, I am trying to do
this on the super cheap, so I dont
want to pay for powder coating or
anything like that. Stripping the
existing paint was a DIY job of
the cheapest measure, but, with
the amount of wire brushes I was
shelling out for, I was no longer
sure just how cheap it was going

to end up being.
After about thirty hours of
brushing, scraping and a hell of a
lot of bitching, I finally had the job
completed. My forearms were twice
the size they were when I started
and I had opened a secondhand
ABOVE:
Stripping
the factory
coating off
was tougher
than I
expected.
RIGHT:
My new
trailer-style
mudguard in
its untouched
state.
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wire brush shop. It was still not

perfect by any standards, but it
was good enough for me and I just
wanted to get the thing painted.
I painted the frame first, which
was fine because most of it will
not be seen anyway, but, actually,
the finished job turned out well. I
bought the proper high temperature
paint for the engine, and after three
coats the job was done.
Next up were the engine
casings. I had toyed with the idea
of taking these off and getting
them professionally sprayed but,
after the success of the frame and
engine, I said, To hell with it, I
will give it a go! I masked up and
taped off the surrounding areas
and got down to work. Again, I
got the correct high temperature
spray, closed my eyes and started
to spray. And, you know what?
With a little bit of coaching on the
proper technique from my dad

(and twelve coats later), it was
looking really good. After the first
few coats the matt black actually
looked brown than black, but a
number of further coats down the
line and it was fine.
By this time I had ordered and
received the following parts:
10 solid struts
Solo seat with coil springs
Front and rear tyres
Trailer-type mudguard
I continued demolition by
taking out both the rear and
front wheels and getting them
fitted with the new tyres. I then
removed the rear struts and
replaced them with the new solid
10-inch struts. If youve been
following my videos of the build
on the 100% Biker Facebook page,
it might look as if I did this all in
one go on the current film, but
I had toyed with the idea of

taking the engine casings
off and getting them
professionally sprayed but,
after the success of the frame
and engine, I said, To hell with
it, I will give it a go!
ABOVE LEFT:
With a new
solo seat, the
profile of the
bike is already
noticeably
slimmer.
TOP RIGHT:
The mocked
up aluminium
mudguard and
the real thing
showing
that about
six inches will
be cut off the
latter.
ABOVE RIGHT:
How to design
a mounting
bracket
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because it really took about three
attempts to get them to fit. This
was mainly because the bottom
of the strut through which the
axle goes had a larger diameter
than the stock part, so the axle
kept fouling the strut. I solved
this problem by using two large
washers on both sides, giving the
strut just that little more clearance
past the axle. I also took off the
indicators as they wont be going
back on. Whats wrong with a
good old hand signal to alert a
eighteen-wheeled truck up your
arse that you are about to turn?
Next up was the mounting of
the Zodiac rear mudguard which
would have to be cut and fitted.
I played safe on this and found a
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TOP: and
the finished
result. Look at
my lovely new
hairy tyre, too!
ABOVE: I
decided to
paint the
casings myself
and the job
went pretty
well.
RIGHT: I fitted
4-inch springs
to the solo
seat, although
3-inch ones
might have
been better.
mock piece of aluminium, shaped

it by hand around the new fender,
marked it out to where I thought
it required cutting and then finally
cut it to shape. Again, this took a
few attempts to get correct before
I marked the new fender with the
required measurements. And no
way did I cut it myself this was
way over my head and I had it
done by a local machinist.
Now was time for me to put on
my thinking hat and design some
type of bracket for the solo seat.
I came up with an idea (which
you can see on this months
video) and shaped it from card
with the dimensions required for
the real thing. I sent this, along
with measurements for a simple
Now was time for me to put on

my thinking hat and design some
type of bracket for the solo seat
tank lift bracket, to my machinist
friend who shaped them to my
requirements from aluminium.
The seat bracket needed a small
adjustment, but otherwise it
worked out perfectly.
With the rear mudguard also
ready to be fitted with its new
bracket, I had to work on some
form of stay to hold it in place,
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but thats a challenge for Part

6 of the build, if there ever was
one. You can see my progress
so far at www.facebook.com/
bikermagazine and tune in next
time for the joy of handlebars,
foot controls, the relocation of the
ignitions (and find out where I
decided to put it) and a hell of a lot
of fun with the electrics p
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EVENT FEATURE
BUILTH-FEST
ROCK
AND BIKE FEST
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ROCK AND BIKE FEST

WORDS AND PHOTOS: COWBOY
CARNFIELD HALL, SOUTH NORMANTON, DERBYSHIRE
Each year the Rock and Bike Fest gets bigger and better, and, being aware
of all the hard work that goes on behind the scenes, I can understand why.
arrived on Thursday and swiftly set up camp

behind Robin Hood Harley-Davidson before taking
a wander around with my programme clutched
firmly in hand. I was disappointed that the
advertised Wild West group had pulled out, but
the guys and girls of the Wild Bunch stepped in to save
the day with their Western town and daily shoot outs.
With an abundance of stalls and sideshows such as
the skilled chainsaw carving, cinema tent, circus skills
workshop and have-a-go archery there was little
chance of getting bored.
Walking up to the campsite, I met some familiar
faces and plenty of new ones, along with bikes and
trikes, old and new. The quality of shed-built bikes
and trikes has risen substantially, perhaps one of the
few good results of the recession.
The bands began at 3pm each day and continued
on until midnight and if there wasnt at least one
act that appealed to you, then you deserved to have
your ears replaced with cauliflowers. I made a point

of seeing the very athletic and flexible Julie Foxx
and Jenny Silver of pole dance act, Hell on High
Heelz (just for professional reporting purposes, you
understand) and another of my favourite ladies,
singer/songwriter, Esme Knight, whose solo set
kicked off Thursday evening.
The Rock and Bike Fest has always prided itself
on a relaxed atmosphere thats family friendly (and
many did bring the whole family). Obviously, theres
some acts you might not want impressionable eyes
to see such as the Circus of Horrors but there was
plenty to keep kids occupied, and many entered into
the fancy dress competition with enthusiasm. Well,
more enthusiasm than the adults anyway.
Saturday afternoon saw the traditional bike and
trike show you can find a full list of winners on
the 100% Biker Facebook page the overall victor
of which was Des Hooper with his blue RevTech
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that was featured in 100% Biker #185. Of course, as

is customary, it was worth a wander around the
camping area to see those bikes whose owners hadnt
entered them in the show. And, once youd finished
looking at bikes, you were never sure quite what
you might find next for example, the curvy belly
dancers of Shimmy Armageddon or the noisy and
frankly more dangerous Black Pig Border Morris
dancers. Both troupes were interesting in their own
special way.
But the Rock and Bike Fest is best-known for
its music and, this year, more than twenty-five
bands played over the weekend. Bad Manners
and Girlschool headlined on the main stage, along
with former members of Whitesnake, Wishbone
Ash, Magnum and Thunder coming together as
Snakecharmer, while former Wasp guitarist, Chris
Holmes, flew in for a special appearance. The original
Rainbow Rising closed the weekend with Long Live
With an abundance of stalls and

sideshows such as the skilled
chainsaw carving, cinema tent,
circus skills workshop and havea-go archery there was little
chance of getting bored
Rock and Roll, which got the crowd singing along
(singing being a fairly loose description here). One
stage was run by Wolfman and It, and the other by
Mark Terry and his crew. The Unwanted MCC kept
the Rockaoke tent buzzing and, if you didnt enjoy
the weekend, you were probably comatose or not
there. Make sure youre neither next year! p
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TRIUMPH 500
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NICE TRIUMPH
Nice: (Adverb) charming, delightful,
lovely, pleasant
ts a peculiarly English word,

nice. The Yanks use awesome
whilst the Europeans dont
even understand the concept
of nice. In this country it
resonates with afternoon tea in the
garden, or a particularly appealing
pair of curtains. As a rufty-tufty
biker word, its a bit twee. Yet how
many times have we all uttered the
phrase, Nice bike, mate?
Owen Roberts little Triumph
is nice, in the nicest sense of the
word. Built for his wife Johanna,
its charming, delightful, lovely,
pleasant, without being brash or
WORDS AND PHOTOS: ODGIE
hardcore. Yet it still looks like

a bloody cool bike that anyone
would be more than happy to
throw a leg over and burn off into
the distance.
The bike originally belonged to
Owens mate Stuart yet another
click and suddenly you own it
eBay purchase. It already had the
Suzuki front end and wheels, but
it wasnt exactly well engineered,
with the wrong sprocket bodged
on the back and the rear hub full of
swarf. Stuart poked and prodded
the bike for a while, then decided
Triumphs werent really for him,
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THE BIKE ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO OWENS

MATE STUART YET ANOTHER CLICK AND
SUDDENLY YOU OWN IT EBAY PURCHASE
and so Owen took over the rebuild.
Owen is no stranger to playing with
motorcycles. He says; Ive been
building bikes since I could ride,
but this is the first one thats been
good enough to show. I suspect
theres a degree of modesty in that,
seeing how well this one turned out.
The art is in subtle modifications,
nothing too radical; at first glance it
almost appears pretty much stock,
but then you look more closely and
it strikes you youve never seen a
Triumph frame quite like this one.
Starting with the stock 1963 3TA
frame (which, as Triumph anoraks
will know, had the pretty damn
ugly gooseneck design), Owen
and his good mate, Paddy of Steel
Graffiti Motorcycles removed the
complete top tube and half the
curved gooseneck casting and fitted
a new straighter top tube before
plating up the headstock to replace
strength. At the rear, the seat tubes
were lowered, and the rear loop
cut off behind the shock mounts.
Then two lengths of solid round bar
were machined into a taper, before
being heated and bent to create the
mudguard supports. Neat stuff
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in itself, but notice how the lower

subframe tubes are canted forward
slightly just above the rear footrest
mounts. Its a subtle mod, but with
the effect of angling the rear shocks
further forward and lowering the
bike at the same time. Owen kept
the Suzuki forks, but made an alloy
one-off top yoke, along with fitting a
Honda twin-leading shoe front hub.
He also replaced the rear hub with
an original Triumph one. Although
Owen isnt sure of the provenance
of the rear shocks, theyre
aftermarket and slightly shorter
than the stock Triumph ones.
With the main silhouette
complete, Owen turned his
attention to the detailing. The
one-off bits include the homemade seat and those neat rear
footrest hangers, along with the
number plate mounts and a oneoff rear light with a French lens.
The headlight, purloined from
a humble Bantam, has a deep
chromed shell that echoes the lines
of the tank. Originally a twin-cap
Mustang tank, it was converted
to single filler and the tap bosses
relocated to give better fuel
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OWEN REBUILT THE ENGINE, MOSTLY TO

STOCK SPEC, BUT WITH SPORTING CAMS.
HE DOESNT KNOW WHAT SPEC HE HAD
LOTS OF TRIUMPH CAMS IN A BOX AND HE
PICKED THE MOST SPORTING ONES
capacity. The real finishing touch

was to cut a slice out down the
middle and weld it back together
again. Narrowing a Mustang gives
it an altogether different look,
much more in keeping with the
slim lines of a unit Triumph. The
stock Triumph oil tank received
a nice shiny coat of chrome plate,
and the other side displays Owens
ingenuity. I guessed that fluted
side cover came off some Jap
factory custom, but its actually a
Jaguar grille surround that Owen
picked up at an autojumble.
Owen rebuilt the 500cc engine
while he was at it, mostly to stock
spec, but with sporting cams.
He doesnt know what spec he
had lots of Triumph cams in
a box and he picked the most
sporting ones. He also converted
the engine breathing to run into
the primary chaincase, as per the

later models, but hes not entirely
happy as it tends to leak a little.
They did from new, and, after all,
its an old chaincase from a jumble
which had been welded up even
before Owen got it. Fifty years of
abuse never helps parts that were
marginal to start with
Despite the paint looking ever so
professional and positively glowing,
Owen did it himself, with spray
cans, in his back garden. It wasnt
without its setbacks. The Custom
Metalflake reacted badly with the
base coat and had to be stripped
off. With hindsight, a silver rather
than black base would have made
the job easier, too. I had to keep
putting layer after layer of green on
to get the colour, says Owen. I lost
count of how much paint I had to
keep buying at 18.99 a can, too!
In the end I probably spent as much
as getting it painted professionally.
That may be true, but doing it
yourself on the lawn makes for a
much better story.
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And there she is, as pretty a little

Triumph as you could wish for.
Nothing radical, nothing that
anyone with a bit of aptitude
couldnt produce, but all done
so well, and with such an eye for
style and stance and design and
detail, that you cant help but look
at it and go, Nice.... p
Special thanks to Arthur Good
at Kent Daytonas for being really
helpful on parts supply and Paddy at
Steel Graffiti Motorcycles for all his
help with welding, etc.
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BUILTH-FEST
THE
DOUBLE TROUBLE RALLY
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THE DOUBLE
TROUBLE RALLY
WORDS AND PHOTOS: ROD LAWLESS
Court Farm Country Park, Banwell, Somerset

When the Sisterhood and the Petrolheads disbanded a couple of years
ago, it seemed that the joint rally the two clubs held was lost, too. But other
people felt that it was too good an event to disappear and persuaded Sindy,
the previous organiser, to resurrect one of Somersets finest little rallies.
et in the rolling Mendip Hills, the Court Farm

Country Park is a beautiful place to spend a
weekend, especially in blazing sunshine. I
first dropped in on Clare and John on their
rally stand; she told me that John built her the
trike beside the stand and she loves it to bits. Hed said,
Clare, if you can think of it, I can build it. I took a
quick look and told Clare she needs to stop thinking! It
features horns and bones and a very clever tank cover
made from an old but still loved painted waistcoat
nothing goes to waste in the West Country.
The Van Grahams headlined on Friday, but
special mention goes to Toadstool, three youngsters,
who impressed some hardened rockers with their
non-stop delivery. On Saturday, we were favoured
by Goose the Nun and KoKRok. Some sort of theme

going on there, perhaps. The evening was then ended
by a band called The Superunknown. Alas, they
werent The Superunknown that Sindy thought she
had booked and were, well, shite. In the end, Sindy
asked them to stop, but they obviously dont get that
many gigs so they kept going.
I was honoured to be asked to judge the bikes and
call out the raffle prizes over 400 was raised for
the Air Ambulance. The owner of the Trident chop
who won Best in Show was one of the happiest
men Ive seen in a long time and went away singing
how hed won a prize. But there was a great deal
out on the field deserving of a trophy, or at least a
mention. Id been told about a trike and trailer and
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had thought, Yeah, okay. But, when I got the

guided tour, I was impressed. The guy had built it
all himself out of leftovers and skip finds. It had a
drinks cabinet, a sound system and a cellar. I am
forever being blown away by the ingenuity of your
everyday biker. It just goes to show you dont need
to throw money at a project to get a usable and head
turning machine.
Longest distance female was a lovely lady from
Cornwall. We think her name was Maria and it was
noted that, due to her stature, riding was a challenge.
Well, not riding, per se, but stopping. Longest
distance male was a shared prize between Arthur
and John who came all the way from Tipperary,
which is, of course, a long way.
The owner of the Trident chop who

won Best in Show was one of the
happiest men Ive seen in a long time
Then it was down to the after-hours bar that Dom of
HAMC West Coast runs. He sells the most easy-todrink warmed cider with some secret ingredients
that I couldnt fathom, and no one was telling. But it
did the job for which it was intended. Before I knew
it, the night had melted into the early morning and I
needed to get my head down. It had been yet another
great Double Trouble. Its just one of those rallies that
doesnt let you down. p
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JANUARY
1st Jan: Black Thorn MCCs
New Years Non-Attendance
Rally. No excuses fundraiser in
aid of Derbyshire, Leicestershire
and Rutland Air Ambulance.
5 for rally pack including
patch. Payment via Paypal to
blackthornmcc@icloud.com
or see BlackThornMccPage
on Facebook.
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21st Dec: Bugsplatz MCCs 14th
Telford Christmas Motorcycle
Run. Meet at the Travellers Joy,
Woodhouse Lane, Horsehay,
Telford, Shropshire TF4 3BJ
to leave at 12-noon. Prizes
for best dressed riders and
machines. 2 per person
donation. In aid of the Jayne
Sargent Foundation and the
Air Ambulance. For details, ring
07723 055874 or visit www.
bugsplatz.co.uk.
21st Dec: Ace Caf Paws n
Claws Run. Leaving at 10.30am
from the Ace Caf, Stonebridge
Park, London NW10 7UD. Run
to the Mayhew Animal Home,
Trenmar Gardens, Kensal
Green, London NW10 6BJ.
Please bring towels, blankets,
pet food and treats. More info
from 0208 961 1000 or visit
www.ace-cafe-london.com.
21st Dec: Cambridgeshire
Bikers Christmas Toy Run.
Leaving at 10am from La
Pergola, The Wheatsheaf,
Harlton, Cambridge Road,
Harlton, Cambridgeshire CB23
1H. Run to Addenbrookes
Hospital Childrens Wards,
Cambridge Biomedical
Campus, Hills Road,
Cambridge CB2 0QQ. Special
guest Steve Parrish. Please
bring an unwrapped toy for
under-16s. For info, visit www.
facebook.com/camtoyrun.
26th Dec: Northampton MCCs
Wild & Woolly Scramble
at Arm Farm, Blisworth,
Northants NN7 3EF. Practice
starts at 10am, racing at
11am. Worlds old motorcycle
scramble. Free entry but
donations welcomed. For

details, visit www.nmcc.co.uk.
26th Dec: Cold Turkey Meet
at the Ace Caf, Stonebridge
Park, London NW10 7UD.
6pm start. More info from
0208 961 1000 or visit www.
ace-cafe-london.com.
27th Dec: Grinning Idiots
MCCs Christmas Party at
Ynysddu Progressive Club, 1a
Commercial Street, Ynysddu,
Caerphilly, NP11 7JN. 7pm
start. 3 on the door. For
info, ring 07832 171819.
28th Dec: 12th Classic Car
& Bike Winter Restoration
Show at the Exhibition
Hall, Donington Park, Castle
Donington, Derbyshire
DE74 2RP. For info, ring
01484 667776 or visit
www.classicshows.org.
31st Dec: Unwanted MCCs
New Years Eve Party at the
Rockbar, Shobnall Sports
& Social Club, Burton on
Trent, Staffs DE14 2BB. Rock
disco, free buffet, Heroes &
Villains fancy dress theme,
raffle, 24-hr loos, camping,
fireworks. 5 pre-book or 6
on the door. For more info,
ring Tango on 07761 931226
or Ruth on 07988 521400 or
visit www.unwantedmcc.co.uk.
31st Dec: New Year Resolution
Resurrection at the Rose &
Crown, Southport Road, Ulnes
Walton, Leyland, Lancashire
PR26 8LP. Live band, late
bar, camping limited to 100.
8 pre-book or 12 on the
door if available. 120 limit. For
details, ring Big Jim on 07734
566267 or 01257 413345.
1st Jan: Hangover Meet at

the Ace Caf, Stonebridge
10am start. More info from
0208 961 1000 or visit www.
10th Jan: Eye of Ra MCCs
Christmas Party at the
Hafodyrynys Rugby Club,
Crumlin, Newport, Gwent,
NP11 5BE. Live band, rock
disco, cheap drinks. 7pm
start. 3 on the door. For
details, ring 07964 977137 or
visit www.eyeoframcc.com.
10-11th Jan: The Ultimate
Custom Show at Manchester
Central, Petersfield, Manchester
M2 3GX. Custom bikes, trikes,
cars, hot rods and trucks, 100%
Biker and Custom Car zones,
guests from Lizard Lick Towing
TV series, lowriders, live music,
stands. 15 prebook or 18
on the door. For details, ring
01775 768661 or visit www.
ultimatecustomshow.co.uk.
16th Jan: Pontypridd &
District MCCs Christmas Party
at Danygraig Labour Club,
Mary Street, Treharris, South
Glamorgan CF46 5LH. Live
music. 7.30pm till late. 4
on the door, For info, visit
pontypriddanddistrictmcc.
webs.com.
17th Jan: Unwanted MCCs
Club Birthday Party at the
Rockbar, Shobnall Sports &
Social Club, Shobnall Road,
Burton on Trent, Staffs DE14
2BB. Live bands, disco,
proper loos, food, disabled
access, camping. Free
entry. Ring 07761 931226
or 07988 521400 or visit
www.unwantedmcc.co.uk
17-18th Jan:
Riff Raff RCs
Frosty Balls
Rally at Mackeys
Bar, Gatabaun,
Freshford, Co
Kilkenny, Ireland.
Trophies, bands,
food, trade stands,
late bar. 12 euro
(with patch) on
the gate or 10
euro without.
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17-18th Jan: The Adventure

Travel Show at Olympia,
Hammersmith Road,
Kensington, London W14 8UX.
18th Jan: AJS & Matchless
Day at the Ace Caf,
Stonebridge Park, London
NW10 7UD. More info from
0208 961 1000 or visit www.
18th Jan: 17th Malvern Classic
Car & Motorcycle Autojumble
at the Three Counties
Showground, Malvern, Worcs
WR13 6NW. For details, visit
23-25th Jan: Bury St
Edmunds MAGs Mad Cow
Rally at the British Sugar
Beet Sports and Social
Club, Hollow Road, Bury St
Edmunds, Suffolk IP32 7BB.
Live music, disco, indoor
venue, food, etc. 12 prebook or 19 on the gate.
Leave a message on 07572
113585 to book tickets.
23-25th Jan: Ogri MCCs
Kickstart Rally at Kemble
Airfield, nr Cirencester, Glos
GL7 6BA. Live acoustic music,
real ale, bonfire, free tea
and coffee, silly games, ride
out. 12.50. Tickets (cheques
payable to Ogri MCC) from
Walnut Villa, Berkeley Road,
Berkeley, Gloucestershire GL13
9HB or visit www.ogrimcc.org.
24th Jan: Kempton Park
Motorcycle Jumble at
Kempton Park Racecourse,
Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex
TW16 5AQ. 6 on the
gate. 10am start. Outside
pitches 34, inside 28. For
details, call 01344 883961 or
07796 136203 or visit www.
egp-enterprises.co.uk.
24-25th Jan: Springfields
Motorbike Show at
Springfields Events Centre,
Camelgate, Spalding, Lincs
PE12 6ET. Bike show,
autojumble, stands, celebrity
guests. 10am start. 7
entry. Ring 01775 712344 or
07511 809993 or visit www.
springfieldsbikeshow.co.uk.
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FEBRUARY
1st Feb: East Midlands
Motorcycle Show & 17th
Japanese Classic Bike Show
at Donington Park, Castle
Donington, Derby, Derbyshire
DE74 2RP. For details, visit
5-8th Feb: Original Cruiserss
Charity Rally With A Chalet at
Pontins, Southport, Lancashire
PR8 2PZ. 10 live bands, comedy
club, trophies, male and
female exotic dancers, late bar.
Wristbands 15. Chalets start
at 27 per person. Strictly no
wristbands sold on the gate.
2000 limit. For info, ring Charlie
on 07732 696438 or 07460
230281(after 6pm) or visit
www.southportoriginalcruisers.
webs.com.
6-8th Feb: Dangermouse
Rally Clubs 29th Frozen Nuts
Rally at Bignall End Cricket
Club, Boon Hill Road, Bignall
End, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs
ST7 8LA. Live music, heated
pavilion, stalls, food, etc.
12 pre-book or 15 on the
gate. Cars and vans 10 prebook only. Tickets (cheques
payable to DMRC) available
from Frozen Nuts Rally, 17
King Street, Middlewich,
Cheshire, CW10 9EJ. For info,
ring Sarge on 07735 958566
or Jay on 07756 311465 or
Terry on 07966 430325 or
visit www.dmrallyclub.co.uk.
7-8th Feb: Conwy & DMCCs
Dragon Rally. 20 pre-book.
1400 limit. Tickets (cheques
payable to Conwy MCC)
with two SAEs from Conwy
MCC, Hillberry, 25 Maelgwyn
Drive, Deganwy, Conwy LL31
9UY. For info, visit www.

conwymotorcycleclub.org.uk.
MARCH
7-8th Feb: 35th Carole Nash

Bristol Classic Motorcycle
Show at the Bath & West
Showground, Shepton Mallet,
Somerset BA4 6QN. 10
prebook or 12 on the gate.
For details, ring 01507 529529.
7-8th March: Scottish

Motorcycle Show at the Royal
Highland Centre, Ingliston,
Edinburgh EH28 8NB. 9am5pm. 12 prebook or 16 on
the door. For info, see www.
scottishmotorcycleshow.com.
8th Feb: Fred Hill Memorial

Run at the Ace Caf,
0208 961 1000 or visit www.
8th March: 18th Malvern

Classic Car & Motorcycle
Autojumble at the Three
Counties Showground,
Malvern, Worcs WR13
6NW. For details, visit
21st Feb: Stunt Fest at Santa

Pod Raceway, Podington,
Wellingborough, Northants
NN29 7XA. For more details,
ring 01234 782828 or visit
www.santapod.co.uk.
21st Feb: Estonians MCCs
Valentines Party at the
Parklands, Skippers Lane,
Normanby, Middlesbrough
TS6 0JF. For info, ring 07534
911887 or 0733 204101 or
visit www.estoniansmcc.com.
22nd Feb: Flat Track Day at
the Ace Caf, Stonebridge
Park, London NW10 7UD. More
info from 0208 961 1000 or
visit www.ace-cafe-london.com.
14th March: Ribcrackerss

Soapbox Derby at Lumb
Farm, Derby Road, Marehay,
Ripley, Derbyshire DE5 8JN.
Soapbox racing, trophies, band
and rock disco in evening,
10 per team of 3 racers.
Spectators 5. For details,
ring Vicky on 07824 997779.
15th March: Sidecar Sunday
at the Ace Caf, Stonebridge
More info from 0208
961 1000 or visit www.
21st March: Kempton Park
Motorcycle Jumble at
Kempton Park Racecourse,

Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex
TW16 5AQ. 6 on the
gate. 10am start. Outside
pitches 34, inside 28. For
details, call 01344 883961 or
07796 136203 or visit www.
egp-enterprises.co.uk.
22nd March: Wirral Egg
Run Tribute Ride Out.
Meet at 8am to leave at
11am from the Dips, Kings
Parade, New Brighton, Wirral,
Merseyside CH45 3PZ to
ride to Claremont Farm, Old
Clatterbridge Road, Wirral,
Merseyside CH63 4JB. For
details, ring 07984 622423.
27-29th March: Beermonsters
MCCs Hand Pulled Rally at
Ripon Racecourse, Ripon,
North Yorkshire HG4 1UG. Live
music, DJ, stalls, camping,
24-hour showers and toilets,
drink on arrival. 15 pre-book
only. 300 limit. For tickets, ring
01423 529255 or visit www.
beermonsters-mcc.org.uk.
28-29th March: Manchester
Bike Show at Event City,
Manchester M41 7TB. 9.30am5pm. 13 pre-book or 16 on
the door. For more details, visit
www.manchesterbikeshow.com.
28-29th March: Kickback: The
National Custom Motorcycle
Show at Stoneleigh Park,
Stoneleigh, Warwickshire CV8
2LG. More details to follow
or email lorne@rwrw.co.uk.
29th March: Straightliners
at Santa Pod Raceway,
Podington, Wellingborough,
Northants NN29 7XA. For
more details, ring 01484 718164
or visit www.santapod.co.uk.
29th March: Raleigh Chopper
Meet at the Ace Caf,
0208 961 1000 or visit www.
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BIKE FEATURE
VICTORY HAMMER 8-BALL
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Earlier this year, Thundercity Motorcycles in Leeds

was approached by a customer who wanted his Victory
Hammer S modified along the lines of the bikes built by
MPM Motorcycles in Germany.
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s no professional custom
bike builder likes to copy
what another builder has
created, it was fortuitous
that said customer also had
a soft spot for the Green Meanie
and Orange Crusher Victorys
that Andy Malham and the guys at
Thundercity had built in 2013. So,
the Hammer S was duly customised
with influences and ideas from both
the MPM and Thundercity bikes,
complete with solo seat, minimal
rear mudguard and candy Brandy
Wine paint (although not with the
MPM trick of fitting Vegas side
panels to hide the ugly battery box).
Shortly after, Andy bought
himself a secondhand Hammer 8
Ball at a bargain price, with a view
to customising it. Having learnt
a few tricks with that previous
bike, he decided that he could
build it along the same lines, only
better, and using similar styling
cues to the previous Thundercity
builds ie, really bright paint and a
blacked-out engine. And thats the
bike you see here.
Rather than use Vegas side
panels, the battery box was
chopped in half to fit a small
Odyssey battery. The side panel
mounts were altered for a nicer
fit on the rear mudguard which
has been both reduced in size and
pulled forward to reduce the boat
tail effect, while the colossal air
raid floodlight that masqueraded

as a headlamp was replaced by a
replica Harley V-Rod light.
Compulsory to a Thundercity
build or at least on the Victorys
that they modify are Vee Bars,
complete with internal wiring, and
dinky LED indicators on one-off
brackets. Further rummaging
through the Thundercity stock
of parts produced an accidentdamaged set of pipes, and a cut-
down, baffle-free Harley silencer

which did nothing of the sort. In
fact, so loud was the exhaust that
Andy refitted the catalysers and
some torque cones (essentially
just bellmouth-shaped baffles that
reduce the decibel output and,
allegedly, also increase power in
straight-through pipes by creating
some back pressure), which
calms things down to a socially
acceptable level.
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SPECIFICATION
SHEET
RUMMAGING THROUGH THE THUNDERCITY
STOCK OF PARTS PRODUCED A CUT-DOWN,
BAFFLE-FREE HARLEY SILENCER WHICH DID
NOTHING OF THE SORT
All that remained was paint, and
that had to be even louder and more
antisocial than the exhaust. The
House of Kolor Neon is bright, I
mean really bright! And an absolute
bugger to photograph. But it does
bring a brilliant contrast to the
blacked-out engine, forks and bars,
and the black and orange wheels
give a cohesive look to the colour
scheme, preventing it being a black
bike with painted panels.
With a slight lowering of

the rear shock, the standard
forward controls and the wide
bars give a bar hopper stance
to the bike. Andy says that the
one-off seat isnt really ideal
for transcontinental riding,
but this was never intended
to be a long distance tourer!
Even so, on this bike, you
really could Hammer all over
this land... p
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Engine:
2011 Victory 1731cc V-twin, Power
Commander V, K&N air filter, modified
Victory 2-into-1 exhaust.
Frame:
Standard frame with rear subframe
removed, new subframe fabricated for
modified mudguard.
Front end:
Standard forks, yokes, wheel, disc &
calipers, Victory Vee Bars, standard
switchgear & master cylinders,
standard clocks & surround, V-Rod
replica headlight.
Rear end:
Standard wheel, disc & caliper, swinging
arm de-lugged & smoothed out, shocks
lowered & slugged, standard wheel, disc
& caliper, standard taillight.
Miscellaneous:
Standard front mudguard & petrol tank,
one-off seat, modified rear mudguard,
modified sidepanels, standard ignition
switch, LED indicators, all engineering
by Karl at Thundercity.
Paint and finish:
House of Kolor Neon Red. Victory 3D
tank graphics by Karl.
Thanks to:
Karl at Thundercity; Steve at SG
Upholsterers; Elite Wheels for
powder-coating; Jordan Bikes.
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SHEDHEAD IS OUR REGULAR LOOK

AT ALL ASPECTS OF BIKE BUILDING,
DONE BY OUR RESIDENT METALWORKING GENIUS, BLACKJACK
HOW TO FRAME THE

QUESTION: PART 4
I
f youre venturing into building

your own frames, theres a
decision to be made, which is
what to do about a jig. Frankly,
buying one seems a little pointless
to me, because if youre not capable
of making one, then what makes
you think you can build a frame?
Insisting that you dont need one is
just a way of saying that you havent
really grasped the concept. In the
past, Ive attached the steering head
to a frame using a few measuring
tools and a line drawn on the bench.
Its unnecessarily difficult, fiddly,
and the line is a jig.
Theres a difference between
a jig and a fixture, but it is a little
grey and the words are often used
interchangeably. For my purposes,
a jig is a measuring device and a
fixture holds things in the right
position. What I have is a jig and
a fixture (Fig.1) as it allows me
to position the steering head at
the height I want and the rake I
want (Fig.2), while supporting
the engine, and locating the
axle plates where I want them
(Fig.3). The process of setting
it up is jigging; once everything
is on it, it becomes a fixture,
and the engine itself is used as a
fixture for the engine mounts.
At its crudest, you could mark
a line on a bench, take the springs
out of the front forks, fit the bare
Fig.1
Fig.2
Fig.3
IF YOURE PLANNING ON MAKING MORE THAN ONE FRAME,

ITS WORTH BUILDING A FRAME JIG/FIXTURE, AND, IF YOURE
NOT VERY EXPERIENCED AT WORKING WITH METAL, THEN
BUILDING ONE WILL EXPAND YOUR SKILL ENVELOPE
steering head and attach them to
the bench to locate the steering
head, and then use a couple of
pieces of plate drilled to position
the axle plates for height, and
locate them the correct distance
from the centre line. Add a couple
of pieces of 1 box section to locate
the tube above the bench and off

you go. Its fiddly, you have to
check everything repeatedly and.
because its quite flimsy, weld
distortion can move things out
of alignment. Wood warps and
distorts according to the amount
of dampness in the air and also
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catches fire, making it less suitable

than metal. If youre planning on
making more than one frame, its
worth building a frame jig/fixture,
and, if youre not very experienced
at working with metal, then
building one will expand your
skill envelope.
However you go about it,
using the engine as a jig for the
engine mounts is generally the
only sensible solution. It also lets
you make sure the frame rails
are going to clear the engine and Z
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Fig.4
Fig.5
Fig.6
Fig.7
exhaust ports, and that the drive

sprocket is correctly positioned
from the centre line, all of which
Ill look at in due course.
To get the engine looking like its
sitting in the frame and not on the
frame, most wet sump engines need
to sit between the frame rails and
usually the oil sump is lower than
the frame rails. Simply sticking the
engine on a surface and running
the frame rails next to it tends to
RAISING THE LOWER FRAME RAILS

BY AROUND AN INCH MAKES A LOT
OF DIFFERENCE TO THE WAY THE
FINISHED ARTICLE LOOKS
make the engine look perched in
the frame. Raising the lower frame
rails by around an inch makes a lot
of difference to the way the finished
article looks, which is why my
fixture has the engine sat on its bed
and adjustable 1-inch box supports
for the frame rails.
Japanese motorcycles are built
as economically as possible;
adding bits adds costs and
reduces profits, so, if an engine
has four mounting points, there

is probably a reason for it. That
might have been that it was
cheaper to use four engine mounts
than to use heavier gauge tube
in the frame or to avoid having
to hold everything to tighter
tolerances, or it might have been
to keep vibrations from destroying
the frame. Probably best to use
them all, then including the
fiddly one at the bottom which
will have an effect on the relative
heights of the frame rails and the
engine. I normally mock this up
first and have a think about it. In
this case, the usual 1-inch looked
like it would work, which meant
that the engine would sit straight
onto the jig (Fig.4).
When we were measuring things
up last issue, the engine was 5
inches off the floor. So, if the engine
is going to sit directly onto the top
face of the jig, then thats effectively
5 inches above where the ground
would be if the frame was sat on
its wheels. Before setting anything
up, all the bits and pieces that were
going into the jig were cleaned
up, the engine had a cursory
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degreasing and, once the crud that

had built up on it had been cleaned
off as much as possible, the front
engine stud that had broken off
received some attention from a can
of WD-40 and a big hammer. The
right thing to do would have been
to fix this problem before going
any further, but youll just have to
pretend that it was.
The remaining bits of tube
and bracing were cleaned from
the steering head, too (Fig.5).
Its important to remember that,
although this involves hacking
lumps off the bit that you want,
that bit ends up on show, so any
slips, mishaps or gouges will
stand out. To date, when someone
has told me they can do that with
a grinder, theyve made what I
consider to be a mess of it. Using a
hacksaw to remove the bulk of the
scrap and then a sanding disc, a
file and finally some emery paper
may take longer, but it generally
gives better results (Fig.6).
Remember, while it may not be
possible to make a silk purse out
of a sows ear, its not at all hard to
turn a silk purse into a pigs ear.
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Fig.9
Fig.10
Fig.8
Once I fitted the steering head

to the jig (I use dummy bearings
but machined cones would work
almost as well), set at the desired
rake angle (Fig.7), then, for
this frame, it needed to be 29
above the ground. As the top
of the jig is effectively 5 inches
above where the ground should
be, then that means the steering
head has to be 24 above the
top face of the jig (Fig.8).
With the steering head in
position, the rear spindle must
be 12 above the ground, so the
fixture was set to 7 above the
face of the jig and slid along it
until it was the required distance
from the top of the steering head,
which I treat as the front of the
spindle slot. The engine was
already on the jig so, with the
rear spindle located in space, it
was moved along the jig until the
centre of the engine sprocket is
23 from the spindle, as on the
mock up (Fig.9).
At this point, the major lumps
are in the right relationship to
each other, although, while the
engine sprocket is in the right
place along the length of the jig,

its position across the jig has yet
to be measured. Before doing that,
it pays to stand back and check
that things are matching up with
the image you have in your head
and to use a few pieces of tube to
mock up the positions of things.
In this case, with the top tube of
the frame mocked up, there didnt
seem to be much clearance at the
rear of the cylinder head (Fig.10).
The two obvious solutions to this
are, firstly, to raise the rear of the
top tube and have it meet the seat
rails at a slight angle, creating a
hump in the line of the frame,
or to move the engine forward a
little and gain the clearance that
way. As the object of the exercise
is to build a chopper and not a
camel, the latter course of action
was chosen. Thats personal
preference and its perfectly
obvious that people may disagree
with the choice, if they live in a
tent in a desert, for instance. Im
sure that, after a while, a camel
starts to look very attractive...
Moving the engine forward on
the jig by a couple of inches gives
REMEMBER, WHILE IT MAY NOT

BE POSSIBLE TO MAKE A SILK
PURSE OUT OF A SOWS EAR, ITS
NOT AT ALL HARD TO TURN A SILK
PURSE INTO A PIGS EAR
considerably more clearance.
Since the whole process started
with determining how low the
engine could sit between the
lower frame rails, having enough
clearance at the top to be able
to remove the engine is quite
important. Its equally important
to be sure that no part of the frame
is going to occupy the same space
as the front wheel at any point in
the future. For frames with a lot of
rake, this wont be a problem, but,
where it might, removing the fork
springs and mocking them up at
the desired rake angle and then
dropping a plumb line from the
bottom yoke gives a datum to take
measurements from that can be
repeated on the jig.
Ill look at positioning things so
that the wheels and sprockets line
up next time. p
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9403 miles. MoT to Sept 2015.
Comfortable passenger seat.
Alarm, carrier, rear lockable
boot spacer. 8750. Ring
01768 779201. (Cumbria)
1962 URAL K750: New MoT.

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07788 464775. (Dorset)
TRIUMPH 675 DAYTONA:

2006. 56,000 miles. Fully
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Boss slip on can, customised
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short levers, iridium plugs,
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07920 867341. (Middlesex)
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SUZUKI GSX1100 LOWRIDER:
1984. GSX1100EZ engine.
Hardtail. 1030 miles since build.
Built a couple of years ago for
my missus but a bit much for
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KAWASAKI GTR1000 TRIKE:
79,000 miles. MoT to June
2015. DVLA registered. Fast,
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winter. Ride away! 2800. Ring
01476 386203, (Lincs)
SUZUKI GSX1400: 2001.

48,000 miles. Highly and
tastefully modified, including
Dymag carbon wheels,
Brembo M4 radial calipers,
RCS19 master cylinders,
Yoshimura cams, full Akrapovic
exhaust with ZX10 end can,
PClll, Translogic digital dash
and loads more! 6500. Ring
07941790815. (Middlesex)
HAYNES KAWASAKI
WORKSHOP MANUAL: 750
air-cooled fours, 1980-89. 232
unmarked pages. Excellent
condition. Only 4.75 plus
2.25 P&P. Ring 07989 951895.
HONDA CBR400/600 HYBRID:

Ideal winter project. CBR400
frame ready 2 fit CBR600 lump.
CBR400 NC23 Triarm rolling
chassis, 18 wheels, custom
lump spacers 4 CBR F2 engine,
17 CBR400 NC29 rear rim,
CBR600F2 Micron full system.
NC23 braided lines. NC23 tank,
2 CBR6 wiring looms. 2 NC23
rear subframes plus more
parts. On SORN. V5 with frame
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HONDA CBF125: 2012. 674

miles. One owner from new.
Very clean, never been
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Would make ideal first bike or
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DRK TRIKE: 1993. 20,000

miles. MoT to August 2015.
Factory finished to high
standard. Aluminium body,
steel chassis. Recently rebuilt
Renault 1108cc engine, 4-speed
gearbox pus reverse. Correctly
registered. Full weather gear,
tonneau cover, stainless steel
exhaust. Stainless luggage
rack. Show winner. 6250. Ring
01942 875166. (Manchester)
CAGIVA XTRA RAPTOR: 53

reg. 7000 miles. Limited edition
(#191 of 999). Only 12 in the UK
and just 5 on the road. 3500.
Ring 07968 980858. (Cheshire)
YAMAHA XS1100 HARDTAIL

TRIKE: 1979. Built properly
with hardtail chassis to seat the
family. Seats 1-4, all with lap
belts. 47,000 miles. Avon sidecar
front tyre so no handlebar shake,
BF Goodrich tyres, K&N air
filters. Recent service and runs
beautifully. 4800. Ring 07970
034597. (Leics)
YAMAHA R1: 1999. Black.

Harris carbon seat unit and
belly pan (still have black
ones). Polished frame and
swinging arm, chrome grips,
polished rims. MoT till May
2015. 2800. Ring 07858
266592. (Birmingham)
SUZUKI V-STROM WHEELS:
From 2013 model. New
Bridgestone tyres front
11/80/90 and rear 150/70/17.
With spindles, sprockets
and discs. 300. Ring 07525
086220. (Birmingham)
YAMAHA XJR1300 TRIKE:

2002. 34,000 miles.
Converted by Eurotech Trikes
in Kent earlier this year. Has
done 500 miles as trike.
Genuine reaso0n for sale
we bought a Kawasaki 1600
we fell in love with! Cost us
8000. Will sell for 6500.
Ring 07872 174767. (Northants)
YAMAHA FJ1200: 1991.
38,000 miles. 10 months MoT.
Recent rear tyre. New fork
tubes and seals 2 years ago.
Scottoiler. Cigarette socket.
Some history. Full Givi luggage
with keys. Needs carb balance.
Used daily until recently. 850.
Ring 07897 371849.
SUZUKI VSTROM 1000:

2005. 25,000 miles. New
chain & sprocket, rectifier,
stator. Centre stand, remote
alarm, indicator alarm,
carbon end J&Cs, 12v socket,
airflow screen. Comes with
detachable Givi monokey
luggage. Just been serviced
and I will put full MoT on for
buyer. 3500. Maybe PC with
cash for big cruiser. Ring
01905 20776. (Midlands)
YAMAHA YZF1000: P reg.

27,000 miles. MoT to July
2015. Titanium Akrapovic
system, K&N, jetted, braided
lines. Recent service. Good
tyes, good brakes. Good bike,
selling as I dont use it. 1000.
Ring 07872 166631. (Cheshire)
HARLEY SPORTSTER
XL1200CB: 2013. 6300
miles. FSH. Screamin Eagle
EFI Stage 1, Vance & Hines
pipes and heatshield kit, 11
Progressive shocks, H-D
immobiliser and alarm, GPS
tracker. Upgrades and services
costing 1800. Full inspection
welcome. Contact and view
10am-6pm weekdays. 9500.
Ring 07921 104982. (London)
2002 HARLEY-DAVIDSON
V-ROD: Just 5190 miles.
Immaculate condition cleaner
than new. Only used on very
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Bespoke airbox imported
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touring seat, chrome swinging
arm. Electric start. 2 keys.
8250 ono. Ring 07929 825438.
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Fighting For Riders Rights
THE CONCEPT OF REALITY?
he concept of reality
is lost to some people.
No matter what you
do or say, people can
be blinkered. Take, for example,
the it cant happen argument...
My pet issue at the moment is
the third driving licence directive
and how it has been implemented
by the British Government,
making the progression to a full,
unlimited licence for a 17 year
old, rather slow and painful. In
the last issue I mentioned the socalled Market Collapse, the take
up of biking having considerably
decreased in recent years.
Having spoken to quite a few
training schools since then, I
notice that there is a large split
almost 50/50 between those
who think the new testing
regime is a good thing, and those
who dont. There are those who
like to shout how much better
their particular company is than
others, which does little for the
industry as a whole. I feel that
all of the motorcycle testing
industry should get together
and see what it can do to change
things and to improve standards.
In June 2010, the government,
under former Transport
Minister, Mike Penning (a
MAG member), launched a
review into bike testing. All of
the motorcycling organisations
were initially represented, along
with quite a few Authorised
Training Bodies (ATBs).
Unfortunately, it didnt end
up working for some reason,
and we (MAG, BMF, industry,
ATBs) missed the chance to
sort things out. Soon after I was
elected as National Chairman
in April 2013, the test review
was abandoned at a cost to the
taxpayer of 500,000.
However, all is not lost and

MAG in the form of Dr. Leon
Mannings, our Transport Policy
Adviser and Lembit pik, our
Director of Communications
and Public Affairs is back at
the DfT, making inroads into
obtaining a test which is fit for
purpose and sorting out the
confusion which has arisen
over the past few years. Read
The routes to your motorcycle
licence, a 6-page leaflet
available on the Gov.uk website
which explains all the hoops
you have to jump through to
get a motorcycle licence. Youll
probably be confused.
At 16, you can ride a moped,
after passing CBT. At 17, if you
have a full car licence and a CBT
certificate, you can ride a moped
without L-plates (and carry a
passenger!); if you havent got
a car licence, you can ride a
125 on L-plates. You can also
pass a two-part practical test
on a 125cc bike, enabling you
to ride a 125cc bike without
L-plates. Isnt that great?
You then have to wait two
years or until age 19, when
you have to pass a two-part
practical test to enable you to
ride a bike of a minimum 395cc
and maximum 595cc, unless its
a larger bike of no more than
93bhp thats been restricted to
46.6bhp on an A2 licence.
At 21, providing you have
held an A2 licence from 19, and
waited the necessary two years,
you can take yet another test
on a bike exceeding 595cc to get
your full licence. The two-year
automatic upgrade no longer
exists. At 24, you can do a twopart test, and thats it.
My personal view is that
the system is there to put
I FEEL THAT ALL OF THE MOTORCYCLE

TESTING INDUSTRY SHOULD GET TOGETHER
AND SEE WHAT IT CAN DO TO CHANGE THINGS
AND TO IMPROVE STANDARDS
people off; not create better,

safer, riders, something thats
blatantly untrue as you have
to unlearn what youve done
for your test, as soon as you get
into the real world.
MAG is gathering together a
working group of instructors
that will help us discuss and
understand what needs to be
done about the bike test, so if any
of you are out there and want to
lend a hand, then get in touch.
Unfortunately, everyone
blames the EU for whats
happening. However, the
problem is closer to home, as
evidenced in the Q&A leaflet
from the DfTs test review.
Q.79: Is there any possibility
of not implementing the Third
Directive? If so why not do it,
as it will make training not
cost effective?A: The Third
EU Driving Licence Directive
will take effect from January
2013. We have no option but
to implement it, as all Member
States must comply.
Wrong. If it was a Regulation,
then indeed all Member States
must comply. However, as a
Directive, its up to individual
member states to pick and
choose what is implemented.
And it proves that the
government is screwing us
bikers over, one step at a time.
Mitch or
John Mitchell
to give him his
proper name
has been a
MAG member
since 1999 and
is currently
serving his
second term
as National
Chairman.
Hes an avid
campaigner,
who would
love for MAG
to have the
same number
of members as
the Campaign
for Real Ale
(CAMRA), of
which hes also
a member).
Hes also the
owner of the
greenest Speed
Triple out there
allegedly!
NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN TRANSPORT HAVE SO MANY BEEN REPRESENTED BY SO FEW
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My A
Rick Hulse is
the chairman
of the NABD,
the National
Association
of Bikers with
a Disability,
and the front
man for the
Smacked
Arse Comedy
Roadshow
and is
no mean
comedian
himself. Hes
been writing
columns
for biker
magazines
for years
now under
a variety of
pseudonyms
and we here
at Biker are
proud to
have him here
writing as
himself.
espite the shocking state

of the economy and the
privations of the last
five years leaving more
British people in poverty
than at any time since the 1930s,
all over the UK, people will be
getting themselves into debt (in
many cases, further into debt) so
they can buy Christmas gifts for
their children and/or other lovedones. Many will be using payday
lenders or even unlicensed loansharks because their credit rating
is non-existent due to other debts
or because they are out of work.
What beats the hell out of me
is, why?
Why on earth would anybody
contemplate getting into serious
debt for what is essentially a
greedfest, loosely based on a
dubious celebration of the birth
of a mythical character who is
worshipped by dwindling numbers
of followers in a religion to which
most of the people getting into debt
do not even subscribe? It really
does make a beggar of belief (excuse
the pun) that, in this day and age,
so many people still get swept along
by this blatant commercial carnival
of gluttony and avarice.
Prior to 1931, Santa Claus was
generally depicted as everything
from a tall gaunt man to a spookylooking elf, almost invariably
dressed in dark green or in
animal skins. Then Coca-Cola
commissioned illustrator Haddon
Sundblom to develop advertising
images using Santa Claus as a
central feature, dressed in red
and white to reflect the Coca

Cola logo. However, other soft
drink companies had previously
used a Santa clad in red and
white and he had been portrayed
decades earlier as a rotund,
cheery character, its Coca Cola
which is erroneously held to have
invented the modern Santa.
While we can credit a major
corporation with, if not the
creation, then the borrowing of
the accepted image of Santa Claus,
the birth of Christ if he existed at
all is surrounded in controversy,
with most scholars and theologians
appear to agree that he would not
have been born on December 25th.
Even the Bible drops hints that it
might not be so. Sheep would not
have been in fields in December
for shepherds to watch over, nor
would a census (that being the
reason Jesuss parents went to
Bethlehem) have been undertaken
in winter when travel was difficult.
The most plausible reason for
the date of 25th December being
instigated as the birth of Christ
is that it was already popular
in pagan religious celebrations
and the Christians were using
every tool in the box to encourage
people to leave their made-up
pagan religions and join the new
made-up Christian religion. 25th
December wasnt even established
as the date until four centuries
after Jesus was supposedly born
and, with the implementation
of the Gregorian calendar in 1582,
isnt now where it was then.
Undoubtedly there are some
It really does make a beggar of belief that,

in this day and age, so many people still
get swept along by this blatant commercial
carnival of gluttony and avarice.
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who use Christmas as a serious

celebration of their beliefs, but
I doubt that they are the people
who are going to go far beyond
their means in a vain attempt to
buy presents that will make their
children happy for more than a
few days. And, if they did, at least
they would have their religious
views as a reason for doing it.
But what excuse do nonChristians have for getting involved
in this ludicrous jamboree of
hyperbole and materialism? Surely,
in an age where we have easier
access to information than ever
before, it doesnt take a rocket
scientist to see what a load of
bollocks Christmas is based on?
When I have posed this question to
friends, the most common answer
has been tradition.
Tradition, eh? Last year the
young brother of somebody
I know took part in a school
nativity play. Was he dressed
as a shepherd? I asked in all
innocence. No, she replied
without a hint of sarcasm. He
was dressed as a lobster.
Now, Im not that conversant
with the Bible, but I dont
remember, at any point in the
proceedings where Joseph said;
Thank Jehovah youre here,
Thermidor, my old crustacean!
Could you give this umbilical cord
a bit of a snip with one of your
claws please, mate? God sent us
shepherds, angels and wise men,
but the midwife must have got
stuck in the crowds doing latenight Christmas shopping.
My advice would be, save your
money and start telling your kids
the truth about Santa, religion,
commerce and economics. A bit
of honesty and realism may prove
to be the best Christmas gift you
ever give them.
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