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Some words, names, and designations are trademarked and are the property of the trademark holder and have only been used for identification purposes only. 58 14 HONDA CB750 The broken doll that was mended. 66 ARLEN NESS 74 32 HARLEY-DAVIDSON RETROSPECTIVE Make contact by email: [email protected] SHOVELHEAD A look back at 50 years of builds. or follow us on @100BikerMag or like our page on facebook.com/bikermagazine Pretty cool, pretty quick, pretty reckless… 74 HARLEY-DAVIDSON 44 TRIUMPH DRAG BIKE IRONHEAD SPORTSTER Please recycle this magazine A classic case of Stagefright. Crazy about a chopper. when you have finished with it. 58 ROYAL ENFIELD BULLET 500 82 INDIAN SCOUT From the shed of dreams. ‘Bad boys, bad boys/What’cha going do?’ HAVING TROUBLE FINDING 100% BIKER MAGAZINE IN YOUR NEWSAGENT? Please contact our distribution company forwww.100-biker.com your nearest outlet on 0207 | issue 429 4073 247 | 100% Biker | 5 THIS MONTH’S FEATURED EVENT SEE PAGE 26 EDITORIAL When I sat down to write this editorial, it was with the intention of exhorting you all to go to the Farmyard Party on 21-23rd June at Duncombe Park up in darkest Northern Yorkshire (or down depending from where you’re starting). As if you should need any encouragement, for the Farmyard Party is one of the most splendid events on the yearly calendar. It performs the miracle of being all things to all people—whether you want to have a chilled out weekend or three days of full-on mayhem, you can do it at the Farmyard with the added benefit of good music, good food and good company. Plus, this year, the event will see the return of the mighty Purple Helmets! I’ll just repeat that for the hard of reading—THE PURPLE HELMETS WILL BE AT THE FARMYARD PARTY. Trust me, that’s virtually worth the (very reasonable) price of admission alone. So, yes, I was going to say what I’ve just said and more, but then I started thinking about the group of people without whom the Farmyard would be impossible, those folk who contribute so much to almost every rally held anywhere in this country and who do it for nothing. They don’t often get much thanks and too often they get more than their fair share of grief, but if they didn’t give of their time and skills, then rallies everywhere would just cease to happen overnight. So, give it up for the marshals. At the Farmyard Party last year, I watched THIS ISSUE’S OTHER STUFF while a couple of marshals dealt with a guy who had been partaking of some refreshing alcoholic beverages, possibly since the previous Tuesday. The chap was falling down drunk and, in the way of so many falling down drunks, refused to believe he was impaired in any way, and was getting quite aggressive about the fact that he wasn’t drunk. He was obviously a danger to other people and to himself. Over the course of twenty or thirty minutes, the two marshals stayed with him, picked him up (several times), talked and joked with him and generally behaved in exactly the way you would want your mates to behave if you were in that state. Being considerably less tolerant—which is why I’m not a marshal—I would probably have decked the bloke or thrown him off site and not, as the Farmyard marshals did, calmed him down 56 80 and then taken him off to Holy Joe’s for a cup 8 NEWS of coffee and a biscuit. 56 EASTER BUNNY RUN Those marshals had better things to do Going intergalactic with Rockets and Meteors. Next year our Tony has promised to dress up… and, given the time, they were probably at the 12 PRODUCTS 64 BRITISH BULLDOGS end of a long shift. But they still conducted Useful stuff. VALENTINE NIGHT themselves professionally and I was left admiring their behaviour. They’re not the 20 DAYTONA BIKE WEEK Grav gets luvved up. exception to the rule. The ladies and gentlemen Exile on Main Street. 80 PORTSMOUTH MAG SHOW who take on the most menial of tasks on site 26 BIKER GEAR Motorcycles at the marina. are the unsung heroes of such events as this. Time for tees. 87 SHEDHEAD They might get a few meal vouchers and a bit of a knees-up on the Sunday night (although 28 BERKSHIRE EGG RUN Blackjack takes a different tack. experience tells me that, by then, most are 6899 Easter eggs. Just imagine that! Heaven! 90 BOSUN’S BIKE BONANZA more interested in a cup of tea and their own 36 MANCHESTER BIKE SHOW Is it really the last one? Say it’s not so! bed than painting the town—or field—red), but Family day out. 94 EVENTS they work over the weekend when the rest of us are have a good time and they do it for 40 FLATLANDS MOTORAMA Everything you need to know for everywhere free. So, the next time you’re leaving an event, Going to the Dutch Quarter. you want to go. just stop at the gate and say two words to the 52 AMERICARNA 98 TAILPIECE marshal in the high-viz vest: thank you. Horse(power)ing about in Horsham. When you have to say goodbye to old friends. BLUE www.100-biker.com | issue 247 | 100% Biker | 7 100NEWS% COUNTING DOWN TO THE ROCKET LAUNCH! After much speculation and an amusing April Fool’s Day version from the factory itself, the new Triumph Rocket 3 is here. The all-new Rocket 3 TFC (Triumph pillion foot rests. The ‘carbon black’ and Factory Custom) has a new 2500cc triple ‘matt carbon black’ paint is accented with engine, the biggest production motorcycle brushed foil decals, gold accents and an engine in the world, making it the most electroformed 3D Triumph badge. powerful Triumph to date with the highest The Rocket 3 TFC is fitted with ABS torque of any production motorcycle and Traction Control, as well as four riding out there.