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I BUILT THAT!

I THINK EVERYBODY HAS A LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO DO BEFORE THEY DIE, A BUCKET LIST IF YOU LIKE. WELL, MY LIST DOESN’T INVOLVE VERY MUCH, BUT AT THE TOP OF IT WAS, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN, BUILD MYSELF A BIKE FROM THE GROUND UP.

SONS OF SPEED GO FAST. TURN LEFT!

BILLY LANE’S WELL KNOWN FOR HIS TV APPEARANCES ON THE LIKES OF BIKER BUILD OFF, AND MONSTER GARAGE, ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL, AS WELL AS THROUGH HIS OWN CUSTOM BIKE COMPANY, CHOPPERS INC, BASED IN MELBOURNE, FLORIDA.

MARY BERRY'S GOREFEST

NOT EVERYONE HAS THE TALENT OR WHEREWITHAL TO BUILD THEIR VERY OWN CUSTOM BIKE. WHILST WE LOVE TO SEE HOME-BREWED BUILDS, HENCE THE ‘SHED-BUILT’ TAG WE RUN ON VARIOUS FEATURES, WE KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE’LL NEVER BE IN THE POSITION TO DO THEIR OWN SPANNERING/ FABRICATING, WHETHER IT BE DUE TO CONSTRAINTS BROUGHT ON BY FINANCES, TIME, TALENT, OR SPACE... OR ALL FOUR.

BULLET

MY INSPIRATION FOR THIS BUILD CAME FROM RSD’S (ROLAND SANDS DESIGNS) KTM 450 DESERT SLED. AS A FAN OF STEVE MCQUEEN, AND THE MOVIE ‘ON ANY SUNDAY’, I WANTED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO HIS LOVE OF OFFROAD MOTORCYCLING, AND THOUGHT IT APT TO NAME MY BUILD ‘BULLET’ IN A HOMAGE TO THE MOVIE. (YES, YES, I KNOW THE FILM IS CALLED ‘BULLITT’.)

Roffe with the smooth

This immaculate colour-coded Daf XF is heavily influenced by Dutch styling, but has a number of special touches to give it a truly unique look

Milky milky

A nice change from the norm this month for Chris, who goes on an adventure delivering milking machines, among other things

Tree & easy

Not too long ago, logging trucks tended to be simple and basic. Not any more! We travel to Wales to check out these top-spec timber haulers

STEEL OF QUALITY

The Steelboys have grown from a few like-minded friends into a large, lorry-mad family. Here’s the convoy of characters, and vehicles, that have been rolling together for nearly two decades

Solid as Arocs

This bulk haulier’s smart new Mercedes-Benz Arocs delivers a fitting tribute to grandfathers who served during WWII.

Number games

Scania’s 730 arrived later on the scene in Australia and as a result is a rare beast. But is it worth the extra investment over the 620?

Final journeys

David Hall has recently retired his Vintage Lorry Funerals business. He looks back on his memories, taking drivers on their final journey with his 1950 Leyland Beaver

Best in the west

With a longitudinal location further west than Land’s End, the Argyll village of Acharacle is home to Loch Shiel Garage. T&D heads for Scotland’s remote Ardnamurchan Peninsula

Furlough to forklift

After being on furlough for six weeks I was brought in to do my Moffett test. I passed with flying colours which meant I was ready to hit the road, I went home to get a good night’s sleep but once home I got a call to ask if I fancied doing 11 drops Warrington, All bags of soil and stone. Of course I said yes!

Back in the Saddle

At the beginning of the year, almost nobody had heard the word ‘furlough’ but since spring it has effected almost all of us, including Graham who was glad to be back on the road

Indian Blue Street Sleeper

“In 2010 we borrowed a T4 to visit Busfest and camped out with the Airheads”

YODA The Jedi Camping Master!

“Before we bought our bus in 2010, we’d never been particularly interested in camping”.

Vivid Yellow Subaru Sleeper!

“Back in the 1990’s whilst working as a Marketing Manager for Kettle Chips, I was inspired by the owner’s story of discovering Norfolk whilst on his European road trip...”

The Best Laid Schemes...

“We were all geared up to make 2020 a full on year, out and about in Toby.”

The Ultimate Bus?

“I lived in SoCal for a few years and I think I fell in love with them down there. The bus scene was huge”.

Daycations

There’s nothing quite like hitting the road in your bus for a good old adventure, whether it’s planned and long-awaited or last-minute and spontaneous.

Out of season in Southwold.

From our home in the East Midlands, the sea side is a stretch in any direction, but none more so than Southwold on the Suffolk Coast.

Gino's Italian Adventure 2019

Isolated at home for the foreseeable future, I’ve plenty of time on my hands to write about last year’s European tour!

Another Trip Down Diesel Street

A further stroll down Wolfsburg’s Diesel Street quickly unearths a lovely array of Transporters well worthy of a word or three.

Green Outside & Sunny Inside

“Many childhood summers were spent on caravanning holidays in Europe, where occasionally an aunt & uncle would join the family in their VW Vanagon Westfalia”.

Is A Stiffer Bike Really Faster?

Michelle Arthurs-Brennan takes a closer look at a much-misunderstood metric of bike design

LSL expands with HST power cars

Three former East Midlands Trains Class 43s have joined the Locomotive Services fleet.

Heritage lines prepare to reopen

Easing of lockdown rules has allowed railways to make plans to welcome the public again.

Powerscene

Our authoritative class-by-class review of newsworthy locomotive workings.

Industrial details by Goodwood Scenics

SOLD under its ‘Bulkscene’ label, Goodwood Scenics continues to develop a hitherto untapped area of scenic modelling and a gritty side of the D&E scene: industrial scenic details.

New JNAs head straight to store

The penultimate batch of box wagons for VTG have arrived in the UK, along with the final group of HOA hoppers for Touax Rail’s Mendip contract.