Fiskerton Practice Track

I made it over to the Fiskerton practice track when Stoke had been cancelled. It's a great little practice track, totally hidden from the road. It's as grassroots as it gets, but, by gum, it's fast enough for a short track. Scottie was there blooding his lad Flynn. A few bike troubles slowed him up, but he got the hang of it. And he wore his favourite T-shirt and his homemade hot shoe.

This is Les squealing the tyre of his almost standard XS650 into turn 1. Jason pointed out that if he did that move on that old Yam into the car park of a bike meet it would go down in history.

Nice toolbox

This is Stew's bike. When I asked him why he was called The Dogger he just laughed. Now I really want to know. (For our foreign readers, Dogging is the quaint British hobby of going to a deserted car park and having sex while people watch, or just going to watch. The name comes from the excuses people use when the police turn up 'I was just walking the dog when I saw this going on, officer'.

Facilities at Fiskerton? Bring your own.

Krugger Overmile

From Fred at Krugger. Krugger is great.

Hi guys,
>> i surfed on your website, nice atmosphère....congrats. Here is a pic of my last bike "Overmile", i'm sure that you will love
>> it.... Please, keep it for you , the bike will be show" officialy" in Sturgis the next week!
>> Fred K
www.krugger.net

> Fred
> That is awesome!
> I am the journalist from UK magazine Performance Bikes who met you Bonneville a few years ago, when you were there with Goodwood (and Goldammer). I was wearing a white long sleeve and white trousers.
> You should buy Sideburn. You would love it. When can we visit to photograph Overmile?
> Gary

I'm remember! Good mag, well done Gary!
Overmile is on Sturgis now, it will go back end of august! I have some very good pics, here is one(if do you need more i will give you the adress of the photographer) I can arrange something again the cover...;-)
Fred

Can I blog this at the weekend? Do you have action shots?
G


No ! the bike will be officialy show at Sturgis the 1st of august. You can do it the next week-end; the 31th of july!
No action shots but a vidéo here:
Fred


The shot below is from http://www.vardagsmighty.blogspot.com/

Race Chris Carr!

Sam Major in Australia sent us a link to a free Ford Flat Track online game. You're in a two-man dash for cash with Chris Carr. You even grab the fork leg down the straights. Cheers Sam.
If you want to race Chris Carr for real (and you're in Europe) start building or buying a bike now, because he's back in England in October.
We're still planning the Sideburn Chris Carr evening. It's going to be a mini-festival of dirt track. More details as soon as we've secured a suitable venue. GI

The 1980s

UK style. A snapshot of the life of Steve Elliott. (Soon to be) Legendary specials builder. GI

Sideburn patch

From Austin Rocket of The Hip Priests

Someone found my spare and insisted on having the same patch on her denim as Daddy, gotta be yr youngest Sideburn supporter? Austin

Git yo own patch, ici. D'accord?

It is beautiful. We shall call it... Alan

Jap engined delight. Photos by Captain Simon.

Frame waiting to be snapped...

On VFT.org. Let us know if a Sideburner buys it.

C & J BUELL/SPOSTSTER Rolling Chassis
NEW C & J Single Shock-Oil in Frame Chassis (shock on left)& Swing Arm for early Buell / HD Sportster or XR750 engine...
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Single Frt Brake Rotor & Rear Brake Rotor and frt & rear Buell Brake Calipers...
Swing Arm is "wide" for the Buell wheel...A "dirt track width" Swing Arm for Q-Change DT wheels can be built by
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Buyer to arrange shipping / pick-up or can deliver in So. Cal for small a fee...
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Jan-Willem Jansen

Number 1 Dutch Brother says...

'Practice last thursday in Mühldorf was fun!'

Dazed

Stephen White writes for the respected English fashion rag Dazed & Confused. Earlier in the year I met up with him in Amsterdam for a beer. It ended up being a historical 5 hour stint and a turning point for Sideburn. He has given us the confidence to think BIGger than the kitchen table we have until now utilized as our publishing base. He is well educated, well read, well travelled, and well meaning. He is more officially Dazed's head of advertising - and by definition one would expect a man in a grey suit, but he looks more like a beat poet. BP

Here's a snippet from an interview he did with Falcon Motorcycles' Ian Barry...

SW:
Corporate motorcycle design today really is quite unchallenging and uninspiring. Do you think with cult specialist motorcycle magazines like Sideburn and Dice appearing on the newsstand, depicting an alternative scene and range of custom machines, times may be a changing?

Ian Barry:
For sure. The whole bad-boy posturing thing has been a cliche for so long and it's relief to have publications appearing that have a sense of humor and speak to riders and enthusiasts from a place of unadulterated passion. We live in an age of marketing and impostors and the motorcycle world has been filled with clones and giant companies serving up commercials and images of what's cool and what's not. I think that sociologically speaking, people have a huge desire to be a part of things that are real. Magazines like DicE and Sideburn speak to those people - they're not about marketing and posing. The focus is on the builders and motorcycles not the sponsors and marketing. It's an exciting time.

You can read the full interview here

Dick Mann replica

From Roger, Thanks.

Every July the AMA runs a vintage bike weekend in Ohio at and around Mid-Ohio roadcourse.? It is a bookend to an AMA roadrace national either the weekend before or after too.? The Friday night of Vintage Days Weekend is a vintage only half-mile at nearby Ashland county fairgrounds that I can't usually make.? The 3 attached pictures are of a Dick Mann replica BSA Goldstar that ran there, that was on display in thge Team Obsolete pits at the roadraces.? What is also cool is that they took the time to get the #64 exactly correct.? Dick Mann was # 64 when he won #1 in 1964 on Matchless roadracers and BSA dittrackers.? He later inherited #2 from Dick Klamfoth when he retired.? (He wore #4 the year the AMA assigned numbers based on finishing points in 1971, a method that only lasted the one season due to it's unpopularity)? Roger