Back Street Heroes

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

Editorial • ANOTHER ISSUE OF BSH? ALREADY? IT DOESN’T SEEM FIVE MINUTES SINCE I FINISHED THE LAST ONE…

ROCK 6 BLUES'23 • CHANGES THIS YEAR AT THE ROCK & BLUES OLD SCHOOL WEEKENDER, TO GIVE IT ITS FULL NAME - NEW LAYOUT, AND NEW ENTERTAINMENT, BUT THE SAME EXCELLENT VALUE.

BOOTSY • WE SHOWED YOU PAUL CLARK’S DNEPR CHOP, AND HIS JAP ROTOVATOR BIKE, BACK IN ISSUE 470 AND, NOT LONG AFTER THAT, HE CONTACTED FREELANCE SNAPPER PAR EXCELLENCE DEL HICKEY ABOUT THE NEW BIKE HE’D BUILT – ONE WITH A VW BEETLE FLAT-FOUR ENGINE.

THE HOOK UP CHOPPER SHOW • I’VE LOST TRACK, YOU KNOW, OF HOW MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AS I’VE BEEN PHOTOGRAPHING FEATURE BIKES, AND AT EVENTS, TOO, PEOPLE’VE ASKED ME IF I’VE BEEN TO THE HOOK UP, OR THE HOOK UP CHOPPER SHOW AS IT’S OFFICIALLY CALLED. EVERY TIME I’D HAD TO SAY:“NO, BUT IT’S ON ME LIST…” NOW THOUGH, FINALLY, I CAN SAY “YES.”

Ruby n’ gold • REPHOTOGRAPHING A BIKE THAT’S BEEN REBUILT/WORKED IS SOMETHING US PHOTOGRAPHIC TYPES’RE ALWAYS WARY OF – TO THE OWNER THE CHANGES ARE GLARINGLY OBVIOUS, TO THEE OR ME, AND ESPECIALLY FOR MAGAZINE PURPOSES, THEY OFTEN LOOK, PRETTY MUCH, LIKE THE SAME BIKE. US CUSTOM BIKE TYPES, AS I’M SURE YOU KNOW, HAVE RIDICULOUSLY LONG MEMORIES, AND THE LAST THING A MAGAZINE WANTS IS SOMEONE FLICKING THROUGH, SAYING “YEAH, SEEN THAT, IT’S BEEN IN BEFORE…”

BARREL BIKERS’ CUSTOM SHOW • THIS EVENT FOR ME’S BECOME SOMETHING OF A TRADITION TO ATTEND – I’VE LOST COUNT OF HOW MANY TIMES I’VE BEEN OVER THE YEARS, PARTLY BECAUSE THE BARREL ARE A GOOD CREW AND THE EVENT’S ALWAYS A GOOD ‘UN, BUT MAINLY ‘COS, WEIRDLY FOR A SUNDAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER, THERE’S OFTEN SOD ALL ELSE ON THAT DAY.

THE CAP’N’D BE PROUD • THE MOST FAMOUS (REAL) PIRATE SHIP IN HISTORY WAS, PROBABLY, THE QUEEN ANNE’S REVENGE BELONGING TO THE INFAMOUS EDWARD TEACH, BLACKBEARD, FAMOUS FOR HAVING LIT CANNON FUSES IN HIS BEARD WHEN HE WENT INTO BATTLE. THE MOST FAMOUS PIRATE SHIP THESE DAYS, THOUGH, IS CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW’S THE BLACK PEARL, OF THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN FILM SERIES, BUT THAT WASN’T ALWAYS THE CASE…

WILTSHIRE ALLIANCE RALLY • THE WILTSHIRE ALLIANCE RALLY, A RALLY FOR ALL THE ALLIED CLUBS OF THE COUNTY OF WILTSHIRE, AND PEOPLE FROM FURTHER AFIELD TOO, O’ COURSE, IS A FAIRLY NEW EVENT, FIRST HELD IN 2022, WITH LAST YEAR’S BEING THE SECOND RUNNING OF IT.

CLASSICALLY MOODERN • SLOBODAN CIRKOVIC, OR BOB AS HE’S KNOWN TO US UK TYPES WHO CAN’T PRONOUNCE SUCH NAMES, HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO DESIGN AND BUILD HIS OWN BIKE.

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WORLINGWORTH BIKE SHOW • ANYONE ORGANISING A BIKE EVENT ALWAYS HOPES THINGS’LL GO WELL ON THE DAY, AS SO MANY VARIABLES CAN CHUCK A SPANNER IN THE WORKS.

BADDIT 2.0 • THE BIKE YOU SEE HERE WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT FOURTEEN OR FIFTEEN YEARS AGO BY A LEGEND OF THE STREETFIGHTER SCENE, VIZMAN (ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE), AND TWO OF HIS VERY GOOD MATES WHO JUST HAPPEN TO BE ALMOST AS LEGENDARY AS HE IS: YANTOSH OF BRUTE FORCE TRAUMA, AND DAVE DUNLOP OF FASTBYME TURBOS.

AUTISM ANGLIA BIKE SHOW • SO WHADDYA DO WHEN IT’S A SUNNY SUNDAY MORNING IN AUGUST AND, STRANGELY, YOU HAVE A WEEKEND DAY ON WHICH, FOR A RARE CHANGE, YOU’RE NOT WORKING? HAVE A LIE-IN? DO A BIT O’ GARDENING? COOK, OR POP OUT FOR A ROASTIE? NO, YOU GET ON YOUR BIKE AND WAIL IT 50-ISH MILES TO A BIKE SHOW, ISN’T IT OBVIOUS? I MEAN, COME ON, REALLY?

KAWASAKI ELIMINATOR 500 • THESE DAYS IT’S QUITE A MAJOR THING WHEN ONE OF THE BIG FOUR JAPANESE MANUFACTURERS RELEASES A NEW BIKE INTO THE CRUISER/FACTORY CUSTOM/CALL-IT-WHAT-YOU-WILL MARKET AS CRUISERS AREN’T REALLY A...