Kickback

Renowned motorcycle journalist and former Built and Classic Bike magazine editor Gary Pinchin has joined forces with Lorne Cheetham, the visionary behind the acclaimed Kickback Custom Show, to launch a stunning new magazine celebrating the art, craft, and lifestyle of custom-built motorcycles. As a subscriber, you’ll receive each issue before it hits the newsstands - delivered free to your device.

KICKBACK

Get the parties started • Our Malvern Kickback Show is just around the corner – plus there’s plenty to celebrate in this issue

DIRTY ⚡ CATS • In a world of cookie-cutter motorcycle businesses, London’s Dirty Cats stands out. They’ll sell you a bike, customise it, and even pass on the hard-won technical wisdom that most current-day dealerships will selfishly keep to themselves

A question of lineage, latitude... and a little folly • These two Enfield specials, a ’50s twin and modern single, are an evolutionary reimagining of what the factory might have created

THE POWER OF SIX • Fusing tradition with innovation, Unik Editions transforms a CBX

Bringing the KICK BACK • Classic off-road culture in the flat lands

AFTER THE GOLD RUSH • Salt Lake City to San Francisco on a 1978 ‘bar-n find’ Yamaha XT500 – retracing the steps of the gold and silver prospectors on ‘The Loneliest Road in America’

SPIRIT OF THE FASTER SON • Live your inner Kenny Roberts with Yamahas’ new XSR900 GP

FIT FOR A KING • Yamaha’s piston port prowess provided Kenny Roberts with the weapons to win three successive world titles. Here’s how...

HARLEY SHOVELHEAD AT 60

KEEP ON AND ROCKIN’ THE SURE SHOT*... • Blending high-tech with classic style resulted in Cyanos, another stunning custom out of Takuya Aikawa’s facility in Yachimata City

Hot Dessert • Lew Hilsdon’s Jap-style vintage Shovel is about as indulgent as sticky toffee pudding after a winter’s Sunday roast. Eat yer hearts out...

Paying homage to ARLEN NESS & JEFF McCANN • Jets Forever may have ultimately created ‘FXRS East 14th Blues’ but in doing so, it became a tribute to two of custom biking’s legendary characters whom Jets were proud to call friends...

BABY BLUE • There’s nothing calming or muted about this Frisco-style, classic Shovelhead chop, created by V-Twin Motorcycles in Hailsham

FAMILY PLANNING • Keep it minimalist, keep it fresh, nurture creativity and pay attention to detail. El Lobo Cycles creates spectacularly beautiful choppers, but only in exclusive broods of five at a time

SHOVEL IN WOLF’S CLOTHING • El Lobo Cycles created a thoroughly modernised, yet beautifully traditional, swingarm chopper

Harley-Davidson 2026

PROJECT 8TT • Haxch Moto embarks on a custom build, based on the new GSX-8TT, with influences that hark back to Suzuki’s first ever World Endurance title success

The SPIRIT of SPRINGFIELD • One of the oldest names in motorcycling, Indian at one time was the largest and most famous brand in the world. Innovative and unapproachable. The turbulent history of this marque from its infancy in 1901 to the demise in 1953 is a fascinating journey through time – from the heady days of founding fathers Hendee and Hedström, the genius of Franklin, the struggles of DuPont and finally, the misguided efforts of Rogers that brought the company to an end...

Paying homage to the CHIEF • Taking design cues from the 1940s, Indian Motorcycle’s 2026 Chief Vintage recalls the style and craftsmanship of America’s golden age of motorcycling

Born-free TEXAS • Getting back to basics with vintage choppers and one heck of a party

ANGLO AMERICAN HOT ROD • The Langen Lightspeed is the result of combining American V-twin power with British ingenuity

LIGHTSPEED TRAJECTORY...