It’s a goodun… Philip from DSK in Holland has his lovely 45 on the cover, with some more great shots inside by Floris Velthuis. What else? Irish Rich unveils some of the secrets of the old H-D factory on Juneau Ave as revealed to him in a Milwaukee bar… we talk to Meatball and his customer David Borras on how they built a Triumph together when they live 6000 miles apart… Jason Parker tells us why he loves to hate his Shovelhead… we discover a barn-fresh Frisco Panhead chopper, awakened after 30 years… you’ll get a taste of the fabulous Linkert Attacks rally in France and the Born Free II and Hell on Wheels events in CA… Kiyo from Garage Company does a donut for us on his amazing commuter Knuck… Vise Crew member Yousuke rips up the streets on his Fugle-inspired Pan chop… we admire a Tuscan beauty: Claudio’s ‘59 Pan… ‘Unlucky’ Tim Martin shows us his GNRS Triumph and explains how his luck’s changed (yeah, like winning the Born Free Panhead!)… and lastly we meet the ‘real thing’: Fingers and his outlaw Evo chopper.

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GKM ‘must-haves’, Irish Rich’s column, handsome Dean from DicE’s ‘57 Panhead, Chuck Eisel’s Triumph chopper, four pages of photos from Yokohama, the other (other) Mike D’s Panhead, Derrek Boling’s super-san Triumph, Rolf’s Model A, Shane’s Dresda-Davidson caff racer, Gak’s ‘King Rat’ FL, Cyrus’s ‘Psycho Bubble’ from Italy, Buzz’s beautiful ‘42 U chopper from Australia, Jean-Claude’s bomb of a WL from France, and hardly any ads holding up the goodness. All meat, in other words.

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Issue 13’s cover star is Mark Blanchette and his ‘66 Bonnie chopper… a tribute to marijuana! We also bring you no less than four panheads… Nobu’s ‘52 chopper from Tokyo, Brian Harlow’s ‘Minnow’ from the good ol’ USA, Ollie’s beefed-up-bobber from Belgium, and Paul’s period-perfect custom from SoCal.

What else? We talk to Simo who owns a brace of Indians and a VL Harley and ask him which he loves more… we talk to TXDennis about another of his survivor customs, this time a ‘55 T110 built in ‘67 and amazingly unmolested since then. You’ll also get to meet Dr Who… nah, not that one… Clay’s ‘62 Thunderbird; you’ll get a look at Kevin ‘Teach’ Baas’s krusty Knuck; and we also bring you great show coverage from Sweden (choppers) and Scotland (the world’s biggest Indian meet).

Cor… what a treat, eh? And of course, Irish Rich is here again with his super-cool column…

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If you want to follow the daily minutiae of my life… what I’m thinking, looking at, building, reading, saying to the wife, throwing at the dog, taking to the dump, hanging on the wall, shooting for the mag, retrieving from my son’s mouth, and buying on eBay, then you need to bookmark this!

John Edwards graces the new issue’s cover, with his re-styled Pan, and the story of why he made the changes and where he picked up his impeccable influences. There’s also Nate’s ‘Ice Queen’ FL, another standout chopper from the past year, as well as two of the nicest Triumph choppers we’ve seen in a while, one from the States (Andrew Lindloff), one from Oz (Bart Verducci).

What else? An E-type-Jag-powered trad dragster (yes, really), a profile of ace lensman Josh Kurpius; a look round Benny’s Boneshaker Choppers; a talk to Rowan Manners who was chopping back in the 70s when I was still watching Dr Who; Hajime’s ultra-cool FL from Tokyo; a shovel and an ironhead owned and built by two friends from South Wales…. and first coverage of the great Born-Free show, with photos by the equally great Scott Pommier.

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OK… not for sale yet (back from the printer in a few days), but check out the great new cover of Mike D on his ‘54 pre-unit, airing that front wheel. Photo by Mark at Joyrides Art Co.

Can’t wait… can you?