Sideburn 32 - OUT NOW

Sideburn 32 is the greatest issue of Sideburn ever created. A thudding wodge of motorcycle stimulation and illumination that crackles with fun and good ideas.

It's perhaps our most diverse issue ever. Obviously the 116 pages of thick, gloss paper is crammed with motorcycles, but they range from pro flat tracker, through backwoods backflip 450s and ice racing Yamaha XSR900s to heavyweight street trackers, plus a dose of long distance adventure touring on dinky 125s in a FREE 16-page supplement created in conjunction with Tom Bing. There's also art, architecture, poetry and racing advice. We couldn't pack another atom of goodness into it.

COVER: Yamaha XS650 Framer with Lucia Aucott

BIKES: Yamaha XS650 Framer; See See Harley-Davidson XL1200 Roadster Street Tracker; OMT Garage Yamaha XSR900 SnowQuake racer; BSA Hornet; Honda CRF450 hillclimber; Honda 650 sand racer 

PEOPLE: Jeffrey Carver; Oliver Brindley; Lucia Aucott; Skip Aksland; Lynn Griffis

HOW TO: Win a Hooligan Championship

PORTFOLIO: The art of Sami Graystone

MOVIE: Akira

SHOP: Deus Ex Machina, Milan

EVENTS: Nine Years of Portland One Moto Show; Travis at the Land’s End Hillclimb

ADVENTURE: LA-Barstow-Vegas on classic Brits; Chile to San Francisco surf safari on Honda XR150s

PAGES: 116 + 16-page supplement

The One Show Review

The One Show goes from strength to strength. Iv'e got to get back there one of these years. Well done to all involved. This video is split half between the show, half between the One Pro short track racing that See See promoted the same weekend.

See See are also our partners for Dirt Quake USA. G

Travis Triumphant

Travis Newbold, Sideburn's very own moto poet, roadtripped the 1250 miles from Denver, Colorado to Portland, Oregon to check out The One Motorcycle Show and take part in the Salem indoor dirt track races the organisers had put on this year.
The laidback motorcycle shop owner won the vintage class and came second in the Hooligan class racing one of Roland Sands Indian Scout hooligan racers.
He's a class act.

Travis updates his blog from time to time and I like it a lot - 747rider.blogspot.com

Photo: Nevin Pontius (another class act)

The One Motorcycle Show x Stevie Gee

The British invasion continues. Another Sideburn favourite collaborator (and Sideburn 15 cover star) Stevie Gee has created a poster for February's One Motorcycle Show in Portland. Whoop! G

The One Show AND The One Pro 2016

Thor and the See See crew are gearing up for another One Motorcycle Show next month. If you can possibly get to it, do. It's a great show. Every year they try to raise the game (and they always do). This year they're combining flat track, an hour away in Salem, with the show. Go race or spectate. Here's what they say...

THE ONE PRO FLAT TRACK MOTORCYCLE RACING! New to this years show, we will host a pro flat track event Sunday Feb. 14th from 12-5pm. Shuttle buses will be leaving the One Motorcycle Show and heading down to Salem Indoor Speedway around 11 am. To sign up and race or buy a $10 spectator ticket go HERE. 

The One Show by Pierre Robichaud

Portland-based photographer Pierre Robichaud sent us these great shots from the recent One Show.
Thanks Pierre. G

 Busch Brother's DT, coming to a future Sideburn magazine.

 Busch Brother's Bonneville Salt Flats Harley racer.

 Joe Kopp XR750

 Roland Sands Indian. We saw this titanium tank being made on our US tour last summer.

The One Show 2015

'Legit' builder profile for the upcoming One Motorcycle Show in Portland. If you have any chance to get there, take it. G

The One Motorcycle Show 2014, pt 2

The One Motorcycle Show, 2014

The One Motorcycle Show in Portland only finished yesterday (a bit early due to Arctic conditions) and already this great little film's out.

The See See Motorcycles team behind the One Motorcycle Show are our partners in making Dirt Quake USA happen on May 31- Jun 1 at the famous and historic GNC track in Castle Rock, WA.

Now See See have that show out of the way, there will be lots more news about Dirt Quake USA to follow. G

21 Helmets

A simple idea done well. 21 helmets customised by 21 artists. This year's roster includes a bunch of Sideburn collaborators and friends including Stevie Gee, Maxwell Paternoster (Corpses from Hell), Conrad Leach, Denton Watts, Grant Ray and Deus Ex Machina (the whole of it?).
This year's 21 Helmets show debuts at next weekend's One Motorcycle Show in Portland. G

As if...

You needed another reason to go this April's One Motorcycle Show in Portland...
Dice party with the Vicious Cycles!

The One Motorcycle Show, 2014

I went last year and it was great fun, great bikes, great city, great people. If you get chance, get there. G

Flat Track Coffee, Austin, Texas

Lots of fun motorcycle stuff going on in Austin, Texas. They have their first MotoGP race next weekend, and their own One Motorcycle Show, organised by Thor Drake to coincide.
Austin also has a Sideburn stockist - Flattrack Coffee at 913 E Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX, 78702.
Go check them out if you're in town for the GP or the One Show. G

The One Motorcycle Show BOOKS

Thor Drake of the One Motorcycle Show, Portland, Oregon is using the funding site Kickstarter to produce a pair of beautiful motorcycle books. I've seen the sample books and want them on my bookshelf.
As I understand it, you pledge to buy the book, that raises the fee for the printing, then you get your book or books. If it doesn't reach the target, you get your money back.

This is what Thor (of See See Motorcycles) says (read this and click the picture above to watch the short video):

We are pre-selling the books from years 1 & 2. These are hardbound full quality books. Your contribution will help us kickstart these 2 finished books and give us the funds to start on the next two books from last year's show and this years show. Please go to http://the1moto.com/books/ follow the directions for purchase. It's easy and secure.

Patch Club

I've just had the time of my life in Portland. What a place. Thanks to everyone I met out there. I'll have updates at some point. Anyway, this young fella, Thomas , came up to our stand at the One Motorcycle Show with his dad Danker (the first man in Portland to buy Sideburn, I think). Thomas got a patch and had sewn it on his jacket within 24-hours. A young man of action.
Get your own embroidered, silver-grey on black patch (for £3.50 plus post) here. G

The One Motorcycle Show

THE ONE MOTORCYCLE SHOW from see see motorcycles on Vimeo.

Funny ad for the show we're going to in Portland in February. We're sharing a stand with Motorcycho. There will be bikes by Shinya of Chabott; Roland Sands; Icon; Hammarhead... Plus the whole 21 Helmets show, if you missed it last year. It's going to be great. G

(Sideburn + Motorcycho) x SeeSee = OMG!

Yes, it's true Sideburn is sharing a booth with the mighty Motorcycho at February's One Motorcycle Show in Portland, Oregon. It's organised by that hero to all, Thor Drake of SeeSee Motorcycles.
Now I've just got to work out how to get all the shirts and magazines to Portland (or Motorcycho HQ in Vancouver) without going bankrupt. Any ideas? G