SF229 for subscribers today!

If the Streetfighters Postal Ferrets are doing their jobs properly, today, Thursday 31^st January, should herald the simultaneous arrival on thousands of doormats of issue 229.

On the cover is Scott Belshaw’s VFR750, a subtle, yet full-on remodelled example of Honda’s V4 from Down Under, whilst across the centrespread we have a Harley-Davidson Sportster built by Asterisk Motorcycle Custom Works, Miyagi, Japan. Yes, we usually prefer to leave the Milwaukee tractors for our sister publication, BSH, but with its extensive performance-enhancing modifications and bang-up-to-date styling, we thought we’d make an exception in this case.

Elsewhere in the magazine you’ll find Mr T’s awesome water-cooled GSX-R flat tracker, which took Best Streetfighter at 2012’s Brent Cross event, and the FT theme is continued with the coolest Husqvarna SMR570 ‘tracker you’ve ever seen.

The more traditional streetfighters are represented in the shape of Martin Lucking’s gorgeous GSX 1260EFE Harris Magnum RR and Joe Farrand’s exquisite Avatar-themed GSX1400 turbo. The Hard-Up Choppers Savage-framed Bandit narrows the gap between streetfighter and café racer still further, whilst we’ve squeezed a whole host of assorted feature bikes into the rest of the pages.

Tech heads will be fascinated with the Anatomy Of A Wheelie Bike, a feature which details all the modifications necessary for creating a world record-breaking wheelie machine, plus we have the ultimate idiots’ guide to turbocharging, featuring forced induction maestro Dave Dunlop. Add to that a ProFile on long time drag racer Charlie Butterworth, plus all the usual project bike updates, news coverage, product reviews and editorial opinions, and SF229 is probably unmissable.

In shops next Thursday 7^th February 2013. Subscribe here: http://www.streetfightersmag.com/subscribe

Speed Dreams pt2 - BBC2 at 10pm tonight

Speed Dreams - The Fastest Place On Earth.

BBC2, 10pm tonight.

Tonight, the British teams head to the Salt Flats for the speed trials.

Part one is viewable on BBC iPlayer here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b01pvbdv/

Essential viewing, and much better than Strictly Come Dancing.

SF228

We’re launching into 2013 with style, with perhaps the coolest GIA-framed TL1000 you’ve ever seen adorning our cover and spread.

Inside we’ve got a spectacular Polish Kawasuki, a Germanic Martek, a gorgeous oldskool Katana, a fat-wheeled GSX-R K6, an H2-engined Slabside, a minimalist GPX750R and many more awesome custom machines including, shockingly, a streetfightered 883 Sportster. Nah, don’t worry, we’ve not gone all effeminate, this is a purposeful piece of kit with a spec list as long as your arm and performance to match. My personal favourite from SF228, however, has to be the Aprilia RSV Mille which has been converted into a Ski-Doo.

Add to that coverage from Motorcycle Live at the NEC (including our Custom Xtreme exhibit), our teenage fanboy-like adulation of what looks like being the most insane production bike yet, product reviews, news stories, editorials, project bike updates and regular illustrations from Vizman and Andy Sparrow, and we reckon 2013 is off to a good start already.