Motorcyclists form a broad church, made up of countless factions, subsets, and niches within niches. From road to dirt, from cruisers to abusers, via more variations than any of us has the hours to map, we’re an eclectic crew above all else. Few know more about, or have done more to celebrate, the subcultures within motorcycling than Gary Inman.
Creator of Sideburn Magazine and the wild Dirt Quake events, Gary has broadened the horizons of every motorcycling publication for which he has written (which is just about all of them). This is the man who road-tested a Benelli 1130 TNT by riding it across the Sahara Desert. So when he issues a rallying cry to a motorcycling denomination, it listens.

And so, on a Sunday at a 120-year-old disused church on the outskirts of Leeds, England, a remarkable congregation of motorcycles gathered for the inaugural Worship Moto Show. In Gary?s words; ?A showcase for high-performance custom motorcycles?the kind of fire-breathing Japanese inline fours that used to be called ‘specials’.? Built in 1907, Left Bank Church ceased functioning as a church in the mid-nineties, before its second coming as an arts and events venue. Gary had the concept of the show before he had a name for it?until he discovered this venue. With its imposing facade, thick columned nave and gothic altar, this was the perfect place to worship a different kind of deity.

Machines began to roll in over the course of an overcast morning, described by Gar...