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Editorial

Event THE TRIP OUT • SITTING HERE IN THE DEPTHS OF WINTER, LOOKING OUT OF THE WINDOW AT A DAMP, GREY, AND LEADEN SKY, THE WARM, HEADY DAYS OF LAST SUMMER SEEM A LIFETIME AGO – EVEN SEPTEMBER, JUST A FEW MONTHS BACK, FEELS LIKE IT WAS AS LONG AGO AS CHILDHOOD. LOOKING BACK AT THESE PICTURES OF THE TRIP OUT, THOUGH, DOES LIFT MY SPIRITS.

VICKY (the bike, not'im) • WRITING ARTICLES FOR BSH CAN, AS I’M SURE I’VE SAID BEFORE, LEAD YOU OFF DOWN AVENUES, ‘RABBIT HOLES’ AS THEY’RE OFTEN CALLED IN MODERN PARLANCE, THAT YOU’D PROBABLY NOT’VE STEPPED ON TO UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, AND SEARCHING FOR A SUITABLE INTRO’ FOR THIS ARTICLE ON MIKE STOCKS’ VERY STYLISED SPORTSTER IS A CASE IN POINT.

Event WOZWOLF RALLY • THE WOZWOLF NATIONAL RALLY CLUB, TO GIVE THEM THEIR FULL TITLE, WAS SET UP IN 1997 TO BE A CLUB FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO ENJOY THEMSELVES AT RALLIES, BUT WITHOUT HAVING A FIXED MEETING PLACE AND TIME. IT’S GROWN STEADILY OVER THE YEARS, AND NOW CONTAINS FOLK FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WHO HAVE THE SAME THINGS IN COMMON: A LOVE OF BIKES, RALLIES AND, THEY SAY, THE STORY THAT THEY SHARE A COMMON LOVE OF ALCOHOL’S JUST A RUMOUR, ALBEIT ONE THEY TRY TO REINFORCE AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE.

PanDemIc • IT’S ONE OF THE GREAT MOANS OF OUR DAYS: “WHY’S NO ONE BUILDING GROUND-BREAKING JAPANESE CHOPS ANYMORE? PEOPLE SPEND LOADS OF MONEY, TIME, AND EFFORT BUILDING HARLEYS AND BRITS, BUT THEY DON’T SEEM TO WITH JAPS…”

Event WILD SOUTH WEST RALLY • SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER YOUR FIRST SIMULTANEOUS ORGASM, AND CARRYING ON TO REACH A LEVEL WITH YOUR OTHER HALF (OR WHOEVER) WHERE YOU GET TO THE SAME CRESCENDO OVER A NUMBER OF HOURS, TO THE POINT WHERE YOU COLLAPSE GRINNING LIKE A PAIR OF IDIOTS, TOTALLY SATISFIED?

Event RIDE OF THE RUPERTS • NOW IN ITS EIGHTH YEAR, THE RIDE OF THE RUPERTS IS A DGR (DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN’S RIDE)-STYLE CHARITY RIDE RAISING MONEY FOR A CHARITY WHO GIVE WHEELCHAIRS TO CHILDREN TO HELP THEM HAVE AN ACTIVE LIFE.

HINCKLEY PERFEOTION • “MY NAME’S WILL – I’M ALONG-TIME MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL CHOPPER CLUB, AND I’D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A BIT ABOUT ME AND MY TRIUMPH CHOP THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU.”

Event WICKED WHEELIE BIKE SHOW • A SMALL, BUT GROWING, BIKE NIGHT OVER IN THE EAST OF THE COUNTRY IS FENDICK’S FISHERY’S WICKED WHEELIE WEDNESDAYS (CAN YOU GUESS WHICH NIGHT OF THE WEEK IT’S HELD ON?) AT THE FISHERY ON METHWOLD ROAD BETWEEN THE VILLAGES OF WHITTINGTON AND METHWOLD IN NORFOLK.

THE WIZARD • IT’S ALWAYS SOMETHING OF AN HONOUR TO HAVE SOMEONE NOT FROM THE UK CONTACT US ‘ERE AT BSH TO ASK IF WE’LL PUT THEIR BIKE IN THE MAGAZINE. OFTEN IT’S A MEDIA-SAVVY, HIGH-END BUILDER BUT, OCCASIONALLY, IT’S SOMEONE LIKE YOU AND ME – A GUY WHO BUILDS HIS BIKE AT HOME, IN HIS SHED OR GARAGE.

Event NCC BUCKS' SEPTEMBER THUNDER • I DO FEEL I HAVE AN APOLOGY TO MAKE TO NCC BUCKS, Y’KNOW…

STAREIRE • IT’S REASSURING TO SEE THAT, AS WE ALL GET OLDER AND MORE SET IN OUR WAYS, PARTICULARLY IN BIKE BUILDING, THAT THERE’RE STILL SOME OUT THERE WHO AREN’T AFRAID TO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT’S POSSIBLE RIGHT TO THEIR VERY LIMITS. TIM OAKLEY, AND HIS WIFE CHERYL, IS ONE (WELL, TWO) SUCH INDIVIDUAL, AND THIS IS STARFIRE, THEIR HOMEBUILT, WITH HAND TOOLS, 2.2-LITRE, FIVE-CYLINDER RADIAL-ENGINED BIKE. AS I’M NOT GOING TO PRETEND I EVEN KNOW WHERE SUCH A BUILD’D START, I’M GOING TO LET TIM TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT, OKAY?

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