Sideburn 22: Out now

COVER STAR: Speed Merchant Harley-Davidson Street 750

BIKES: BMW R90/6, BSA B33 DTRA racer; Wood Rotax; Mule Triumph Bonneville; Dirt Quake USA misfits; Lloyd Brothers Ducati 'Scrambler' GNC racer; Redmax Harley XR1000 street tracker; Ronin Pikes Peak Special

HOW TO: Crash and walk away (with David Aldana)

PEOPLE: Kenny Coolbeth; Emroca; Troy Bayliss; Travis Newbold

PLACES: Costa Mesa, Dunkeswell, Moab, Rancho Deluxe

PAGES: 100

Buy a single issue for £6 plus post from Sideburn 22

Or eight issue subscription with a free exclusive Bultaco Astro blueprint shirt

Or the regular, old 3-issue Sideburn sub 

Massive thanks to everyone who chooses to spend any of their hard-earned money with Sideburn. G

The art portfolio of Emroca

DIY bike olympics at Rancho Deluxe from 1980

Icon BMW R90/6 on a mission

Redmax XR1000 street tracker

DTRA Final Round

Rye House this Sunday.
Rye House Stadium, Rye Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 0EH
Just north of the M25, the closest track to London.

The DTRA need marshals to volunteer if you help out, get there for 10am.
Free to spectate.

Ben will be there selling Sideburn merch.

Lowbrow Got Sideburn...

We understand it's expensive for US buyers to Sideburn from us at the source in the UK, because the post charge is unavoidable, but you can get the magazine from US sellers and avoid the transatlantic shipping.

Our US distributor Motorsport has a wider variety of back issues than even we have.

And long-time supporters of Sideburn, Lowbrow Customs are also set up for quick deliveries of the mags they have in stock.

So there's are fewer reasons to to deprive yourself of the joy of Sideburn. G

Charlotte Last Week/ Springfield Tomorrow

Last weekend, the 2015 GNC series rolled up to Charlotte Half-Mile, North Carolina for the Don Tilley Memorial. I won't give the result here, for those that might have missed it, because you can see it at your leisure at FansChoice.tv (and it's worth watching). 

Cory Texter (Shayna's brother) debuted a new framer with a Kawasaki Vulcan S (the parallel twin cruiser), supported by Cycle World magazine.

The Basic twins ran at Charlotte, this is the GNC2 class on twins. This has been the most half-baked of recent AMA innovations. The idea was to prepare the GNC2 'Juniors' by having them ride twins at mile rounds, and also not thrash their 450s to death on the big tracks. But the idea fizzled out and the GNC2 riders raced 450s at some miles in 2014. Now they're totally forgotten from 2016 onwards in the new rules...
Anyway, this is Rob McLendon III's Triumph, the only Triumph to make the main in the GNC2 class.

 Henry Wiles and Stevie Bonsey

Having broken his leg after hitting something on track at the Black Hill,s South Dakota round, Brad Baker turned up to sign posters. #5 Jake Johnson has been standing in for him on the factory Harley.

GNC1 rookie Jarod Vanderkooi and Brandon Robinson. Vanderkooi has been great this season and Robinson's making the Triumph work much better than Shayna Texter did last year.

Johnson and Sammy Halbert. Sammy is running 69, instead of his normal 7, in memory of his recently deceased brother, Jethro.

Flyin' Bryan Smith.

Photos courtesy of AMA Pro Racing.

Jawa Flat Tracker

Anybody know anything about this bike? (Motorkáři is a Czech moto forum and I can't read the original watermark underneath). BP

XTR Honda 250 Tracker

Pepo, who was Radical Ducati, closed that company after deciding he had to take a break from making his gorgeous but niche creations and the Radical Ducati name and assets were sold to France., where the business continues. It seems he missed the bike business so much that he quickly came back with a new company and a wider remit.
XTR Pepo, based in Madrid, Spain, uses all kind of bikes, often humble machines, from Laverda twins to Suzuki 600 Bandits, or even Honda CBF250s like this one, and creates street trackers, scramblers, cafe racers and retro endurance style bikes. This is his latest build. Here's the spec...

Donor Bike: 2004 Honda CBF 250
Modified Ducati Monster front mudguard
NG front brake rotor
Frentubo brake line
MASH 125 front light
Vicma conical handlebar
Goneli grips
MASH 125 fuel tank
Monza gas cap X
TR tracker fiberglass solo seat
XTR upholstery
Modified frame with a new subframe
Modified Suzuki Bandit Footrests supports
Ergal cnc machined Puig Footrests.
XTR aluminum licence plate support
Tsubaki gold chain
LIPO battery
XTR clock
DNA air filter
Super Mario exhaust
SPARK GP silencer
XTR aluminum side numberplates
Artenruta painting.

 Pictures: SERGIO CARDEÑA

Hen's Teeth

Ton from the Netherlands tipped us off on a Sideburn 1 on UK eBay. Price starting at £5. This sale is nothing to do with us, we're just passing it on because people often ask us for them. G

Newcastle

Belated thanks to everyone who came out to the Dirt Quake video launch at Tyne Bar, Newcastle last week. New faces and old faces came out for, what a lot of people said, was the first motorbike event in Newcastle aimed at those on the edge of mainstream (well, they didn't put it quite like that, but it's what they meant). And people came from well over 100 miles away for the night, so big thanks to those who included: Ryan B and his mate; Kieren, Ross and Laura, Pete The Rich...

Thanks also to DJs Dave Skooter Farm and Conway Castle; my brother Andy for arranging the venue; Tom at Drifter visual for the video and AV equipment and Ryan for all he does for Sideburn.

The Tyne Bar was a great location, especially in good weather. A mixture of bikes turned up from CBRs to airhead BMs.

The crowd watching the premiere. They broke out in spontaneous applause (no kidding).

Chris J's Dirt Quake IV race bike came up from Leeds.

 Survivor Mike and my Rotax race bikes.

The lovely ladies of Pet Lamb Patisserie made some Dirt Cakes (with illustrations by Ryan Quickfall on top) to hand out. Go visit them for coffee and cake in the Grainger Market if you're ever in Newcastle city centre.

Northern DTRA regulars came and supported. Here is Ross Herrod (and his other-half Snaithio) and Survivor Mike, plus Damian McCann and Murph.

And if you haven't seen it yet, or need to see it again, here is the video, by Drifter Visual with illustration by Ryan Quickfall. G

Dirt Quake IV from SIDEBURN on Vimeo.

Stealing Speed by Mat Oxley

Sometime Sideburn contributor, Mat Oxley, has self-published/reprinted one of his books, and it's a goody. It's the story of Walter Kaaden, the Iron Curtain, WWII flying bombs, spies, defections and the Japanese buying German technology to finally build a really successful two-stroke.
Read a very good related post by our own Mick P - Walter Kaaden and Two-Strokes

Here's what Mat says about the reprint...

Finally reprinted in HARDBACK after several years out of print. Current best prices on Amazon for secondhand copies of Stealing Speed are £73 for a paperback and a ridiculous £640 for a hardback! This is why I decided to reprint the book, so you can once again buy it at a reasonable price.
The book itself costs £14.99. I have included post and packing in the prices on this site, so the UK total is £17.79, EU £21.85 and USA/Australia etc £25.99.

Get a copy direct from Mat at Stealing Speed. G

Norton P11 WANTED

We've had a Bertie Bassetts mix of bikes for our Sideburn repop Top Trumps so far. For issue #22 which will be back from the printers shortly, we have a tasty Parisienne BSA Road Rocket.

We are now on the hunt for a Norton P11. We only need one decent HiRes shot of this classic, if you know of one in your vicinity? The owner/ supplier of the photo will get a free copy of the mag with their bike featured. BP

UPDATE:
Thanks to Jerry Kaplan we have a great example of the breed for SB#23. BP