HARD Luck

Custom choppers based on BSAs, indeed any British bike, are a rare sight. Café racers, yes, bobbers, sometimes, but choppers, no. As such, when a BSA-based chopper pops up, it attracts attention. Such was the case with the example pictured – Hard Luck - a BSA Thunderbolt 650 twin that was spotted by JUST BIKES at the 2019 All British Rally.

KERANG RESCUE

Although this bike was purchased by Dave North in 2016 and the build completed only last year, its history as a custom chopper goes back much further – back to the 1970s, in fact.

Dave’s a product of Kerang in northern Victoria and it turns out this bike was, too.

“A local guy I knew had it in town 42 years ago,” Dave explained. “It