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Whilst every effort INDIAN SCOUT & FOUR has been made to ensure the accuracy of all material, the contributors, 30 magazine and the publishers cannot accept liability for loss resulting Two classic Indians and their equally from error, mis-statement, inaccuracy, or omission contained herein. Reproduction of any matter printed or depicted in 100% Biker magazine classic owners! is prohibited without prior permission. Some words, names, and 54 designations are trademarked and are the property of the trademark 48 TRIKE BUILD holder and have only been used for identification purposes only. Finished at last! 52 PISSED & CONFUSED RALLY Make contact by email: [email protected] So far east it’s practically in Holland! or follow us on @100PercentBiker 54 YAMAHA XS650 or like our page on facebook.com/bikermagazine Rephased and very, very trick! Please recycle this magazine 58 CLYDE VALLEY when you have finished with it. HOG PARTY ? SAG E N T Riding in the Highlands! U R N E W N E I N YO MAGA Z I 29 4073 % B I K E R on 0207 4 D I NG 100 res t ou tle t B L E F I N r your nea NG T RO U mpan y fo HA V I ribu tion co c t our dis t ease con ta Pl www.100-biker.co.uk | issue 173 | 100% Biker | 5 EDITORIAL 17 FARMYARD “Go on. You’ll enjoy it!” Words of advice to one of my neighbours, newly arrived to motorcycling with a licence still damp and a Super Dream with barely 20 miles T HIS MONT under its wheels since he rebuilt it. H’S F E A T U R E D E V E N T S E E P AGE 17 In these enlightened days of the 21st century, you’d’ve thought that that the old spectre of discrimination against people on motorbikes would’ve long been a thing of the past, wouldn’t you? Well, it isn’t—it’s alive and well in Scotland A few years ago I was meandering me way up through the Highlands on the way to the Wildcat Rally and, having got utterly drowned (and caught, passed and left by a cement mixer truck… with the drum going round) going up the side of Loch Ness, decided to stop and call it a day for the day in Inverness. I was thinking about UFF a hot shower, dry clothes and a cold HER ST beer (in that order too) as I pottered E’S OT through the town, keeping an eye out IS ISSU for B&Bs with vacancies. Three times TH I pulled over when I saw signs and 68 EVENTS three times, by the time I’d walked The most comprehensive events listing around! up to the door, the sign had changed from ‘Vacancy’ to ‘No Vacancy’. Really? 75 BIKER HAUNTS Three B&Bs in a row all filled their last Pubs, cafes and clubs for you to visit. room in such a short time? It’s possible, of course, but I doubt it… 76 BUFFOONERY Then a few weeks ago as me and a The best (and rudest) jokes page in any magazine! mate were making our way up to Skye for an event, we got to Mallaig to get 78 ROGUES GALLERY the ferry across, and once again, set Your life in pictures. about trying to get somewhere to kip prior to finding food and a glass 80 BIKEJUMBLE or two of something foaming. Now I Buy or sell bikes and bits… for free! know it was a Friday night in August 7 8 and so the number of places available 82 TAIL PIECE would be few and far between, but 8 NEWS Our regular column from the legendary you can normally find somewhere. The latest from the world of biking. Rick Hulse! We had a trot round town to no avail (particularly unhelpful they were too 10 PRODUCTS in Mallaig, unlike almost everywhere Tasty stuff to spend yer wonga on! else in Scotland I’ve been), and so we 75 looked on the Late Rooms website and BIKER GEAR 12 found a place that had a twin left. We Winter’s on its way—get yourself some got back on our bikes, rode over to it waterproof boots to face it in! and, indeed, spotted a ‘Vacancy’ sign in the window. “Woohoo,” we thought, BULGING SACK 14 “thank ferk for that.” But, by the time Your letters, written by you. we’d turned around and pulled up SHEDHEAD outside, the ‘Vacancy’ sign had gone, 45 replaced with a ‘No Vacancy’ one. Now, How to make a tube-bender on the cheap. again, I can understand this happening; 65 MAG CAMPAIGNS they could’ve taken a phone booking or something, but five minutes later, The latest news from the world of riders’ rights. after a last fruitless look around town, 66 BIKER INSIDER we passed the place again to see the ‘Vacancy’ sign back out again… tossers. 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