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98: RICK HULSE THE MUSINGS OF ONE OF THE MOST ELOQUENT THINKERS IN BIKERDOM

THE BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE AND MEN, EH? Last issue I said I wasn't going to ride due to the Covid-19 chaos, didn't I? Well, I managed seven weeks (the longest I've not ridden, unless I've been physically incapable, since 1983 actually), and I'm still not really riding, but the other Saturday I did weaken ...

Two things were weird about the experience. Firstly, I remember reading what Steve Myatt wrote in the mag many, many years ago about the similarity of a biker getting dressed ready to go out on their bike to a knight from England's medieval past putting on his armour prior to going into battle, but I didn't really see it meself. I s'pose it's cos, not having any other form of transport for so long, putting on bike gear of a morning was something I just did pretty much every day without really thinking about it too much, if at all.

It was such a commonplace experience that it didn't strike me as anything out of the ordinary. The other Saturday, though, when I decided to break me own curfew, and went upstairs to get me kit on, I remembered, for some unknown reason (other than the fact that I have a mind full of useless bike-related trivia), his words, and they kind o' struck a chord. Yeah, I know that me putting on a pair of Kevlar long-johns, Knox knee armour, and high-top armoured bike trainers, and then pulling on me battered old bike jacket, carefully making sure there aren't any gaps where cold air can get it, sliding my neck-tube down over me bonce to prevent draughts, adjusting the fit of my helmet so that it sits just so, doing up the double D-ring of the strap, and pulling in my gloves, doesn't really resemble in any way, shape or form the ritual a knight'd go through to put on the armour that'd keep him alive in battle, but I can now see Steve's point - there's an element of dressing for battle in putting on bike gear, a kind of psychological, and physical obviously, preparation for dealing with a potentially lifethreatening thing that you're about to go and do. I still think it's a bit too introspective, a bit too navel-gazey, but I do get it now.

Perhaps I've been spending too much time on me own ...

The second thing that was odd was the ride itself... well, actually not the ride itself, but the effect it had on me. The ride itself, y'see, was pretty dull - just a six-mile trot up to a local town to go to the baker (I did need bread, but that was kind o' an excuse)

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during which I doubt I went over about 60mph, and didn't really lean around bends 'cos there aren't any to speak of on that road, but it was the feeling I had when I arrived. I'd been a bit irritable, a bit grouchy, a bit out of sorts for a couple of days beforehand, and I didn't really know why, but after just six miles on the bike, as I stood in the sociallydistancing queue in the centre of the small town, I didn't feel like that any more - not at all. No, my mind was calm, I was content, and I found, even though there was no one I knew there to smile at, that my face'd settled into a look of happy serenity. It was only six feckin' miles, ferrchrisakes - how come I was so chilled? I've long thought, and indeed talked about in the past, that bikes are a kind of drug, probably the most addictive one there is, and this, to me, was just another confirmation - prior to the ride I'd been, I suppose, like a junkie who really needed a fix and, once I'd had it, just like with junkies, the world was a better place.

Like I said I'm still not really riding 'cos I've not been out since then, other than to do the article, and video, for the longterm Katana feature this issue, and at the moment I don't feel any need to. Wonder how long it'll be before I need my next fix though?

*************** If you were looking to take your bike to one of our BSH Custom Champs rounds this year, but can't because, obviously, like the majority of bike events this summer, they've been cancelled due to the corona-lurgy, then simply surf on over to either the BSH Facebook Page or Group, and post a pie of it in the thread there.

We're running the Champs virtually this year but, apart from that, everything stays the same - the winners of each round (well, month - we're doing it month by month this time) will get put into a final, judged by a panel of esteemed custom bike luminaries, and the ones picked from that'll be the stars of our Custom Heroes display at Motorcycle Live! at the NEC in November with trophies, and prize money, and nights in posh hotels, an' that.

This means that, without ever leaving your garage, you could win one of the most exclusive custom shows in the world, and your bike can potentially be voted one of the best there is. And you thought this bastard virus'd taken all the joy out of the summer, eh?

See you next issue!

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Well, the film's now done and finished, and is available to watch, for free, on their Facebook page (Last Week in July) or on YouTube (search Last Week in July), and it's excellent - a real feel-good British chopper film that'll have you smiling all the way through.

There's also a new range of cool clothing to go with it - check out www.lastweekofjuly.bigcartel.com to see the full range.

The Hyosung Aquila GV125S has the looks of the classic H-D Sportster in a 125cc package, and is a natty little vee-twin suitable for learner riders whose low seat and curves give it the silhouette of the archetypal American machine, while its LCD screen and analogue trip counter nicely mix contemporary and classic for a refined rider perspective.

It's no slouch for a little 'un either - it reaches 70mph with good acceleration, and has a linear power curve throughout the rev range, and it's agile with its large tyres that effortlessly handle road conditions.

Available in two colours, including this cool all-black, the Aquila GV125S's distributed exclusively by Sinnis International in the UK. To find your local dealer, visit www.hyosungmotorcycles.co.uk

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INTO THE VALLEY/ YORKSHIRE PUDDING Anyone who bought tickets for this year's Into The Valley rally, which was due to be held on the first weekend of May, can exchange them for tickets for the Yorkshire Pudding rally at Escrick Park on the weekend of 31st July-2nd August.

To do so, simply go to the MAP website at www.mapevents.co.uk and drop them an email through it requestinq to do so.

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Jim Paul of Falmouth, Cornwall, is the lucky sod who won the amazing Airbrush Lucas-painted custom tank from BSH 433!

He's been reading BSH for 20 years, and runs a custom Intruder, and he has a long-term project XSS00 chop with a chrome hardtail frame that the tank's going to go on, and he says winning it is the kick-up-the-arse he needs to finish it!

Send us a pie when it's done, Jim? Huge thanks for Carole at Airbrush Lucas. If you weren't lucky enough to win this time, but you'd still like some of her amazing artwork on your bike, lid, or even guitar (she's a dab hand at those too), then contact her through her website at www.airbrushlucas.co.uk

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Sometimes he succeeds, sometimes he really doesn't. However, the stories he shares'II make you feel like you're riding pillion on this twowheeled European escapade.

This 256-page publication's packed with stories of adventure, laughs, calamities, and frustration en route to the Land of the Gods, and's available to order for £7.99 from www.mortonsbooks.co.uk

NEW FARMYARD PARTY DATES As many suspected'd happen due to the coronavirus, the Farmyard Party has changed dates from June to September!

The new dates for the Farmyard, one of the best biker parties in the land, are now 25-27th September, at the usual site at Duncombe Park just outside Helmsley, North Yorkshire.

All tickets already purchased are still valid, as is the competition to win VIP tickets in the last issue of BSH, and you can still buy tickets for the event at their website at www.mapevents.co.uk

MORTONS BOOKS Mertens Books, a sibling of the magazine, has three new books out that're perfect for these lockdown times.

First up, there's Colin Seeley by James Robinson (a look at the life and work of the famous racer and frame/ bike builder); then there's Mods & Rockers

by Gareth Brown (fairly self-explanatory, and contains some amazing old pies); and The Evolution of the Custom Scooter by Stuart Owen.

Get more info or copies from the website at www.mortons books.co.uk

manufacturer of two-stroke motocross and endure bikes whose 490cc 'crosser from the early '80s is still considered one of the most terrifying bikes ever built

MANX - the short name of the legendary Manx Norton racing motorcycle made from 1947 to 1962, and named for the factory's successes on the Isle of Man. There's a thriving market in converting stock 500cc Nortons to Manx spec' that's led to the somewhat bizarre situation that there're now, nearly 60 years after the last left the factory, actually more Manx Nortons than were ever built by Norton

MATCHLESS - one of the oldest British motorcycle manufacturers (they started in 1899), beloved of old duffers and people who think that four-cylinder engines, electronic ignition, and not breaking down every 500 yards is the work of the Devil MAXIM - Yamaha moniker for its range of '80s cruiserinspired four-cylinder variants, generally 'orrible, but cheaper than 'cooking' varieties so always worth a look when after a cheap donor bike MEGAPHONE - an utterly fantastic telephonic device ... also an outwardly

tapered end to an exhaust often abbreviated to 'mega' or 'megga'

METAL-FLAKE - shiny/ glittery paint containing flakes of metal. .. actually, they're flakes of polyester film that's 'buried' in a clear, or candy, top coat, but that's not the point, is it?

METISSE - French word meaning 'mongrel' that's the name of the small volume British motorcycle manufacturer using Rickman tooling to make traditional motocross frames for British engines

MEXICAN BLANKET - one of those colourful blankets strapped to the sissy-bar of new-skool choppers that's great in the US of A, but over here's a very effective way of ensuring that you get a very, very soggy back MICROMETER- measuring device, the same shape as a G-clamp, using a calibrated screw to take accurate measurements for engineering purposes MID-MOUNTS conventionally situated foot-rests/controls, mounted midway between forwards and rear-sets

MIG (Metal Inert Gas) - a continuous wire electrode is fed through a welding gun, and into the weld pool, to join two materials together, with a shielding gas fed through the gun preventing contamination of the weld MINSK- motorcycles manufactured in Belarus (down a bit and to the right of Poland on a world map), launched in

WUNDERKIND INDIAN the German parts BOBBER PARTS Wunderkind, manufacturers, have launched a new range of very desirable parts for the Indian Bebber that includes indicators, mirrors, engine covers, side-mount 'plates, fork covers, and more, and you can get the full SP from their website at www. wunderkind-custom.com

WIN A BONNIE! The National Motorcycle Museum's announced their summer raffle, and first prize is a brand new/old stock Triumph T140J Silver Jubilee Bonneville which's never been run, or registered, and shows just four 'push' miles only!

Second prize is a Sealey retro-style combination tool chest worth £850, and third is a luxury hotel break and dinner for two, plus VIP museum tour, at the Manor Hotel in Meriden/Marco Pierre White Steakhouse there.

Tickets cost £2 each, and can be bought on-line at www.thenmm.co.uk, and the draw'II take place on Saturday 31st October at The National Motorcycle Museum LIVE event.

Good luck!

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They're available in two bags sizes, 500g or 1 kilo, and cost £5.99 or £9.99, from anywhere that stocks the Oxford Products range or

CRAZYODGECONFESSIONS OF AN ESOTERIC ENGINEER This book by the legendary Odgie is a must for anyone into custom bikes, and alternative lifestyles, told from a particularly British point of view.

For those who don't know him, Odgie's a renowned bike (and car) builder with a head full of creative and unique ideas, a drag-racer (his infamous Pink Triumph got into the nine-second bracket - a bloody impressive feat for an old British bike), the ex-editor of both Back Street Heroes and AWoL magazines, and he's lived a life that's raw and uncompromising.

And, as you'd expect from someone with the above qualifications, his book is entertaining, humorous, candid, honest, laugh-out-loud funny, and thoughtprovoking. It costs £29.50 (plus £4 P&P) from the man himself via his Facebook page (Confessions Of An Esoteric Engineer - Crazy Odge), and if you're at all into bikes, hot rods, punk, and the alternative lifestyle, we'd recommend you buy it!

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Chop, Ride & Party is a great hardback yearbook of the new/old skool chopper culture, the 2% culture (apparently only 2% of bikers build and ride choppers of this kind), and features cool H-D chops, and the people and clubs who build and ride them. It covers the whole of northern Europe, from Britain right up to Scandinavia, and events all over too, and is an amazing look at the chopper culture, and highly recommended!

Get yours from their website at www.choprideandparty.com

PROGRAMMABLE GRAPHICAL SPEEDO My Speedo is a fully programmable speedo that's displayed on an LCD screen, and has an easy-to-connect module that takes the input from the speedo and tacho signals, as well as the turn signals, high beam, neutral, and oil pressure wires, and displays it on a 400x240 pixel display with a touch screen. Everything, speedo, revs and odo values, as well as the warning lights and background, can be fully customised with any font and graphic, and can be placed at any location on the screen with the free downloadable Nextion editor.

It costs just £160 (approx.) from anywhere that stoc range - find your ne at www.zodiac.nl

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These head bolt bridges hide the cylinder head bolts and spark plugs, and also fill out the cooling fins on the cylinder heads. The colours match perfectly with OEM engines - silver or black for carbed Twin Cams '99-'06, the same for injected Twin Cams, and granite or black for Milwaukee Eights.

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See the whole range at any of the many Premier Helmets stockists or www.thekeycollection.co.uk

This neat little tool-kit has 27 pieces, ergonomic, soft gel handles that're comfortable to use, chrome vanadium steel sockets (8mm, 10mm, 12mm, 13mm, 14mm), extension bar and hex keys (6mm, 5mm, 4mm, 3mm, 2mm), a compact storage case ideal for keeping under your seat (it folds down to 18.5cm x 10.5cm x 4cm), a mini ratchet handle with robust mechanism, a 20mm adjustable mini spanner suitable for most sizes of bolts, a 10pc screwdriver bit set, mini wire cutters, mini needle nose pliers, and a pack of cable ties (2.5mm x 100mm).

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This kit contains everything needed to keep a bike in showroom condition this season; a Degreaser to safely strip built-up oil/grease from bike parts (including chains and sprockets); a foaming, biodegradable Bike Wash that's tough on dirt; Pro Preserve, which shields plastic and painted surfaces; Chrome & Metal Polish (which does what you'd imagine); Waterless Detail er to clean to a high-shine standard without using water; and Kit Fresh, a highly effective anti-bacterial sanitiser for helmets, boots, gloves and clothing.

It comes in a handy carry bag, and retails at just £39.95 from anywhere that stocks the Diamondbrite range or www.jewelultra.com

NATURBOUTIQUE BURDOCK TEA This herbal tea's aimed at old bikers with dodgy knees - it's reckoned to help with knee inflammation, and therefore pain, in folk who suffer, and it's been tested on a control group with positive results.

It costs £3.99 for 20 sachets, and is available from a variety of retailers - check out www.

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FORCEFIELD ARMOUR SHIRTS These new armour shirts from Forcefield Body Armour go under your riding gear, like hoodies or light jackets, and are light, and breathable, and as strong as regular fabric.

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DEARBSH, Saturday, August 1979, 6pm.

Been working all day in bike shop (Dorchester). All my mates'd ridden down to Cornwall ahead of me for the Tamar Rally, set up camp, and were already in the pub.

I'd been looking out of the showroom window all day at my heavily laden CXS00, with its Craven panniers bulging with camping equipment and food ready for a fry-up the next morning - the longest day of my life waiting for closing time. I remember it was a beautiful sunny evening, quiet roads, so excited, looking forward to a drunken night of looking, and acting, like a complete prick after a day of 'Yes, sir, can I help you sir?' to the usual boring cretins that I had to deal with, as all the proper customers.

After a couple of hours, after crossing over the Tamar bridge into a foreign land, asking the locals how to get to the tiny village of Kingston (I think it was

Kingston), and choosing carefully who I asked (being a scruffy patchouli-smelling biker wearing a bullet belt), found my mates' tents, set up mine, and went off to join them in the pub. It never took me long to reach their level of stupidity as, not being much of a drinker, downing one bottle of strong lager could easily let me catch them up. Being a warm, sunny evening, we were all sat outside the pub on the grass, listening to singing coming from the church not far away (must've been choir practice), and it was a nice sort of combination of the feeling of having just the right amount of alcohol without being completely pissed, and the soothing sound of the lulling songs drifting over from the church.

Then, as the old bids that were doing the singing came out, all buttoned up with their cardies on, one drove her Morris 1000 (Moggy Thou to those of you who remember) down to the

junction by the pub where we'd all gathered. Big mistake! One lad, who could hardly stand, managed to drop his cacks, and proceeded to press his tackle against the poor old bid's side window.

I think she ignored the speed limit after her experience of 'psalms to penis', and broke the record for the fastest Morris in Cornwall that night.

Sadly, as expected, the next year we were banned from the pub, and had to drink in the marquee on the campsite ... not the same somehow.

STEVE WARREN

Funny how stuff like that happens, isn't it? At the time we ' never really understand why, do we?N.

DEARBSH, Long live BSH! The gift that keeps giving!

I am, once again, saddened by the recent demise of another great biker mag. 100% Biker has gone the way of Streetfighters and AWoL. Back in '95(ish), I happened to be in WH Smith when, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a crazy-looking, aggressive motorbike on the front page of a magazine. "What's all this then?" I asked myself. It was Streetfighters, and I was hooked.

Then a year or two later I found BSH and realised it was by the same people, people who now I look at as, kind of, family. Ohh, the joy; two great mags, so many great bikes, and articles. Then came AWoL. What a great time it was!

I remember Streetfighters looking for a new member of staff, and reading that a guy called Will Jobbins got the job.

I have to admit to being quite envious. Then AWoL went.

"It's okay" I said to myself, "you still have Streetfighters and BSH." Fast forward several years of contentment with these great mags.

In around 2009 I found 100% Biker, and realised that it was mostly written by the same people as BSH. Great, I was soon subscribed. Then around 2011, I met a great woman through the BSH ads section, and we're still together now nearly nine years later. One of the great things she does is, every birthday, renew my subscription to all the mags (hence the gift that keeps giving).

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Then Streetfighters was gone. To say I was gutted was an understatement, as it was the catalyst for my love affair with BSH and custom bikes. Fortunately, you guys still kept the streetfighter spirit alive, as you've always done, by bringing it back home to BSH where it came from in the first place.

Whatever happened to Jobbins, by the way? "Okay," I said again, "I still have the two excellent mags to keep me entertained.

Then ... boom - 100% is gone. Nik, you're doing an awesome job at the helm of the best bike mag in history, and long may you do so as I think that if BSH were to be no more I'm not sure how I, and I suspect many other fine biking folk, woud cope with such a devastation. You guys have brought me years of great entertainment.

So to all people involved, past and present, in BSH I commend you. You guys and girls are truly awesome.

Hopefully, all this pandemic craziness will be over soon, and we can all get back out there and enjoy the rides.

Long live BSH! PAUL, DEVON

Cheers for the kind words, Paul, we'll keep doing it for as long people keep buying it! N.

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