Cover Star Borile for Sale

Jason is selling his cover star Borile.
£12,000
You can read the story and spec in Sideburn 23 (the issue with the bike on the cover is sold out, but we have a few of the alternative cover still on sale)

Email sales @ solumetrics.com for more details or to arrange a viewing etc. G

Sideburn Special Editions

We have a couple of special edition issues with covers we made with some of our beloved advertisers.
IMPORTANT: Only the covers differ to the regular issues, so these are just for collectors and completists. We only have a handful of each.

One is Sideburn 22 Icon 1000 cover, with their Slow Burn BMW R90/6, the other is Sideburn 23 Roland Sands Designs cover featuring the Geico Indian Chief.
£6 plus post from sideburn.bigcartel.com 

Guy Martin's Wall of Death

Don't forget to watch Guy Martin's Wall of Death tonight, 7.15, Channel 4. There are lots of Sideburn intersections in the Venn diagram of this attempt.

1. Guy is a long-time supporter of Sideburn and has agreed to write a regular column for each issue starting with Sideburn 24.
He also wrote about racing at Dirt Quake for Sideburn 23.

2. He will ride more than one bike on the wall (if all goes to plan). He has been practicing on, and will ride, an Indian Scout, that's been seriously modified by our mates at Krazy Horse. Guy has raced the Krazy Horse Sportster at the previous two Dirt Quakes and first met Paul from Krazy Horse at Rollerburn, our 2011 event.

3. Guy's mentor through the event has been Ken Fox, and one of the Fox family's Wall of Death is returning to this year's Dirt Quake. Get your Dirt Quake tickets now.

Good luck Guy! G

Sideburn 23 Guy Martin edition

We've clawed back some copies of Sideburn 23 that we made for the Guy Martin Proper website. This is the alternative cover to the current issue. Everything inside is identical, so if you already have SB23 it's only for collector's or completists. If you don't already have SB23 it's 100 pages of motorcycle inspiration, information and life-enhancing goodness.

£6 plus post from the Sideburn webshop.

The cover was shot at Dirt Quake IV by Becky Matthews. Look closely and you can see Guy grinning as he powers to victory on the Krazy Horse Sportster. Guy writes the event report for DQIV in SB23.

Dirt Quake V tickets are on sale now. Buy a full price Saturday ticket and you have a chance to win a Mutt Motorcycles custom street tracker worth over £4500. G

Win: Guy Martin Special edition SB23

Any order from the Sideburn webshop, placed in the month of January 2016, is entered into a free draw to win one special Sideburn 23 signed by Guy Martin.

We made this special edition of the current issue for the Guy Martin Proper official website. The cover image is of Guy racing the Krazy Horse Harley Sportster at Dirt Quake IV, last summer. The photo was taken by Becky Matthews and you can even see the smile on his face as he slides the trusty Harley to victory. And Guy wrote the Dirt Quake report for Sideburn 23.

All you have to do to be in with a chance to win it, is order something or sign up for a subscription at sideburn.bigcartel.com.

We'll announce the winner on February 1. G

If I had Indian MTV, I'd never get anything done

Dateline: 12 September 2015, Hotel Mini Swiss, Khajjiar, India

After four nights in a tent, sleeping in jawdropping locations in the Himalayas on the Sideburn x Helmet Stories trip, we were back in a hotel, a hotel that was something like a set of a Wes Anderson movie (see the swimming pool below. Unfortunately it was empty. That's a horse being led round it).

It was good to get a shower, but the camping had been such fun, and so memorable, that we weren't that fussed to be in a hotel, especially not one quite this weird. Still it was an experience.

The next morning, we met in reception, ready for the last day's riding. While I was waiting, my gaze fell on the TV the bored male receptionist was watching. The old set was showing Indian MTV. After days of riding, eating in shacks and pooping in a tent, I was mesmerised by this eye candy. Right there and then I thought, If I had Indian MTV at home, I'd never get anything done. This is the actual video that was on. It didn't take me long after getting home to hunt it down. I've watched it a few times and still wonder:

What. The. Hell. Is. Going. ON?

Read about this trip in Sideburn 23. By the way, the huge statue is Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god. G

Barbarella

We've featured artists and photographers since the very early days of Sideburn, but since issue 20 we've introduced regular portfolios of artists and photographers who influence us, or have worked with us or both.

Sideburn 20 Dimitri Coste (photos)
Sideburn 21 Vince Perraud (photos)
Sideburn 22 Emroca (art)

And for issue 23 we have UK artist, Raid71. One of his pieces we chose to feature is Jane Fonda as Barbarella.
See more of his great work in Sideburn 23 out now. G

Sideburn 23: The Details

Here are more details of the new issue, Sideburn 23.

COVER STAR: Sharon C on Jason's Borile

BIKES: Borile B50 Scrambler; Norton P11; Trackmaster Triumph 650 Nixon replica street tracker; Roland Sands Designs Indian Chieftain; Japanese vintage sand racers; Suicide Machine Co Sportster; Crosley Howerton 'Skinny' Kawasaki GNC racer; Royal Enfield Bullet

HOW TO: How to Draft to Victory (with Bryan Smith)

PEOPLE: Aidan Collins; Guy Martin; Ike Part; David Aldana

PORTFOLIO: Raid71

ADVENTURE: Riding the Himalayas on Enfields

PLACES: Aldeburgh; Brackney; Chirihama; Los Alamitos

PAGES: 100

Get it for £6 plus post from sideburn.bigcartel.com
OR buy subscribe to Sideburn for 8 issues and get a FREE Sideburn T-shirt worth £20

Sideburn 23 - Out Now

Come get it!
Issue details to follow, when I get a few minutes to blog, but it's a goodie.
Sideburn.bigcartel.com

RSD Yamaha Wasp

Yamaha are throwing some serious cash as custom builders and videos to promote them. Roland Sands delivers another high quality concept/custom for yet another manufacturer. This time with the well-loved FZ-09/MT-09.
We have a great article written by Roland coming up in the next issue out later this month. G