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

MPH VINTAGE DRAGS • IT’S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE I LAST WENT TO THE MPH VINTAGE DRAGS AT DEENETHORPE AIRFIELD NEAR CORBY, HAVING MISSED IT LAST YEAR DUE TO THE FORECASTED RAIN* WHICH, SOD’S LAW, ACTUALLY HELD OFF ALL DAY. THIS YEAR, THOUGH, AS WITH MOST OF THE EVENTS WE HERE AT BSH COVERED IN THE SUMMER OF 2026, THE WEATHER WAS SCORCHING.

Shoot from the Hip • WHILE MOTORRAD-BLÄSING (W&B CUSTOM BIKES)’S LATEST CREATION, SHAAN, AS FEATURED IN ISSUE 510 OF BSH, WAS THE WINNER OF THE ROYAL ENFIELD 2026 BUSTED KNUCKLES BUILD-OFF (BKBO) WITH ITS SWOOPY AND SEDUCTIVE CURVES, THE BIKE THAT MANY OF US BRITS RATED AS BY FAR THE BEST AT THE FINAL AT THE BIKE SHED MOTO SHOW BACK IN MAY WAS THIS ONE: KRAZY HORSE’S SHOOT FROM THE HIP.

W. SUSSEX TOMCC CUSTOM & CLASSIC SHOW • IF YOU EVER WANT NEAT LITTLE SHOWS, WHICH INCLUDE CUSTOMS AND CLASSIC BIKES, IT’S ALWAYS WORTH CHECKING OUT YOUR LOCAL TRIUMPH OWNERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB, AS I KNOW MANY HOST THESE SHOWS.

THE COCA-COLA BEAST • “THIS IS THE HARLEY I WASN’T LOOKING FOR BUT, SOMEHOW, HAD TO OWN. I HONESTLY DON’T KNOW WHERE TO START WITH THIS BIKE – IT’S A BIT OF A MYSTERY AND, IF I’M HONEST, THAT’S PROBABLY PART OF THE REASON I LOVE IT SO MUCH.”

WELSH COAST MCC BIRTHDAY BASH • WELSH COAST MCC FROM SOUTH WALES THIS YEAR’RE CELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS, YES, 50, AS A CLUB – THEY WERE FORMED IN 1976 IN THE SEASIDE TOWN OF PORTHCAWL, AND’VE BECOME ONE OF THE LONGEST-RUNNING TRADITIONAL MOTORCYCLE CLUBS IN WALES.

HISTORY IN THE MAKING • YOU’VE HEARD, I’M SURE, THE OLD SAYING THAT GOES SOMETHING LIKE ‘IF IT (SOMETHING OLD) COULD TALK, WHAT A TALE IT’D TELL’? THE BIKE YOU SEE HERE HAS A STORY GOING BACK THIRTY-PLUS YEARS AND, LUCKILY FOR US, MOST OF IT IS KNOWN – I’LL LET DONNY FROM NCC CUMBRIA PUT ON HIS HISTORY TEACHER’S TWEED JACKET, THE ONE WITH THE BROWN ELBOW PATCHES, AND TELL YOU ABOUT IT.

THE BLOOD STONE • THE METEORITE’D COME FROM FAR AWAY. DURING THE THOUSANDS OF YEARS IT’D SPENT RICOCHETING ACROSS THE ENDLESS VOIDS OF SPACE, IT’D SEEN MUCH AND KNEW ALMOST ALL THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE.

FINISHING WHERE HE STARTED… PART 2 – THE WILD ATLANTIC WAY • IS THE WILD ATLANTIC WAY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COASTAL ROUTE IN THE WORLD? WELL, YES AND, AT THE SAME TIME, MAYBE…

THE RAT & SURVIVAL • HAVING MOVED FROM THE WELCOMING EMBRACE OF THE OGRI MCC’S CLUBHOUSE TO THE WILDS OF SUFFOLK LAST YEAR, THE 2026 RAT SHOW (AS IT’S COLLOQUIALLY CALLED) WAS REALLY MORE OF THE SAME AS IT’D BEEN THE YEAR BEFORE (AND, ACTUALLY, EVERY YEAR SINCE 1998).

FU… ER… FLIP YOUR STOCKER • THIS CHOP BY ‘ERE, KIRSTIE’S GSX600F-ENGINED HARDTAIL SUZUKI, IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE BIKES, LIKE ROBBIE’S COCA-COLA BEAST H-D ELSEWHERE THIS ISSUE, THAT, IT SEEMS, HAS LED A LONG AND SECRETIVE HISTORY PRIOR TO HER GETTING HER HANDS ON IT – IT IS, AS THEY SAY, AN INTERNATIONAL CHOP OF MYSTERY.*

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TWEVO • ANYONE WHO’S SEEN ANY OF THE BIKES BUILT BY TOM BATTERBEE OF SLINKY BINT CUSTOMS THAT WE’VE FEATURED IN BSH WILL KNOW BY NOW OF HIS OBSESSION, FOR IT IS DEFINITELY THAT, WITH THE WEST COAST CHOPPERS CFL FRAMES FIRST CREATED BACK IN 1997 BY THE NOW INFAMOUS JESSE JAMES OVER IN THE US OF A.

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