Beezumph

Don Castro, Gene Romero, Dave Aldana, Don Emde...
All at the Beezumph rally, Cadwell Park, England this weekend.
Image from Metroracing.com They sell neat T0-shirts featuring Castro, Aldana, Lawwill...

More TR1 stuff

It has got a neat exhaust.


Hi Gary and Ben
You're right a standard TR1 is a bit of a lump but the engine has serious potential.
I have enclosed a pic of the yellow bikes exhaust side (Built by Sepp Koch in Germany) and two pics of flattrackers from the states.
The scan from Motorcyclist Magazine (July 81) is what started me saying I want one of them,am now just about in a position to make that happen,as soon as the 1987 ISDT MZ frame is off my jig I will start bending some tubes.
I'm sure there will be pictures.

Keep up the good work with the magazine (where's issue 2?0
Regards
Roy Griffiths, UK


ADDITION- This very old post has had a lot of attention today. Some anonymous fella has got on his high horse called us idiots for publishing an email that says it's a TR1. We knew there were 1000cc and 750s, but we didn't know if this was a TR1. If you look at this earlier post you can see we're not marque experts and admit. Satisfied, anonymous?

Big carbs, lucky 13, lotsa laminates

Still not bought Sideburn 1 yet?

Well this bike is in it. Turned into a road legal street tracker by a UK nutcase with a O level in metalwork. Ding-a-ling.
Buy your copy from www.sideburnmagazine.com
See the people who made the beautiful chassis at www.bonnevilleperformance.com

TR1 hard

Yamaha made these 75-degree 750 and 1-litre twins back in the early 80s. I think this is a TR 1. They are not pretty. There's not much going for them. But that engine does look neat in there.
Someone's made a decent fist of this, though. Kenny's early race number mixed with his late paintjob is going to help most bikes.
Note the drilled footrest hangers, neat subframe and that hungry bellmouth just waiting to gobble up a little Jenny Wren. Or a handful of gravel. Whatever it lays its lips on first.
I'd like to see the exhausts, but we only found this shot.
Inspire anyone out there to buy a steamin', old hunk, hunka burning junk? Come on, let's be having you!
(Shot from Otto Nero)

Radio Silence

Sorry for the quiet, we've been on holiday. We're back on the case.

Wrench Monkees latest project

Work in progress from the Danish threesome. Those boys do good, low budget stuff.
www.wrenchmonkees.com

If you see this fella, buy him a drink

He sent us this email and those Walt and Dan Mahony shots.

Subject: American ex-flat track racer in London
Love your stuff. Cycle World (the US Mag) turned me on to you. I will subscribe and buy Sideburn. I live in London for now, but will retire to Oregon. Couple of photos of me in my not-misspent youth for your perusal. Some by Dan Mahoney and Walt, his dad. And one of me at the Ace recently. Count me in, boys!
Best Regards,
Craig Randall
36Q
AMA Expert (retired)

We've begged Craig to come to Peterborough to give us some racing tips.

We heart Chopper Dave

We've 'met' some good people through Sideburn, but Chopper Dave is something special. He was the first American to cough up $12 for Sideburn (it costs us $7 to post it by the way). Then he put a link on his super-popular blog and helped us sell some more around the world.
Dave is one of the most influential fellas on the formerly underground, now overground chopper scene. He set/re-popularisd the style thousands (desperate to build something authentic and not covered in chrome and billet) have copied. And he rides them. And the photos prove he rides them. Not just to the local bar either.
Check out his blog at www.chopperdaves.blogspot.com/

Remember, Mildenhall is cancelled

Don't go.
But check www.shorttrackuk.com for the upcoming dates and times. We've still got Buxton, Peterborough, King's Lynn, Scunthorpe... Oh yes, all the glamour spots.