Perris

Julian of Deus LA kindly organized a run-what-you-bring at the Perris track, two hours east of LA (crawling in rush-hour traffic), a loose rabble of Hell On Wheels, Deusites, Co-Built, a big Biltwell crew and other friends of Sideburn came out. Everything from crappy plastic scooters to a fully accessorised RGS1200 BMW was throttled around the short track until the sun went down. Iced Beer. Good times.

Co-Built Geoff on Conrad Leach's desert sled.

Dave Skooter Farm in his sparkly new Biltwell Gringo and Jeannette.

Dorinda ripping it up on her Triumph.

Nevin wing-ning-nign

Hayden's Hell On Wheels Triumph.

Mule showing the kids how to do it on his Yamaha TT500.

Bixby Moto showing us that your Mum's 150cc Amstar is all you need.

Gary on the Mule TT500.

Always good to have a seamstress on standby for every eventuality.

Homer Knapp bought his 1928 hand-shift Harley JD (featured in SB#7) along for us to try. An awe-inspiring bike - and man.

Put knobblies on anything and it's legit. Kiyo's CB750/4

Great to finally put names to faces and meet Richard 'Mule Motorcycles' Pollock.

Jen McClain of Deus. BP

UPDATE: some great photos by Shadra Wilson on the Biltwell blog

SIDEBURN USA Thank You

Our jet lagged heads have finally stopped spinning. A very big thank you to all the people that made our road trip so memorable (even a redneck in his pick-up who flipped us a bird for no apparent reason, when we pulled off the interstate for a milkshake. Maybe it was the Californian plate on our rental? My Fargo bowl haircut? Kirk's Bollywood CD that was streaming out the window? I'm still downloading a gzillion photos.

Matching the ludicrousness of our Dirt Quake GB steak and kidney pud pace-car was no problem for Thor. When we turned up at See See in Portland and he wheelied out a pizza trike, we knew Dirt Quake USA would be a good one. BP

Sideburn Goes To Springfield

At the end of May, the week before Dirt Quake USA, Sideburn will be at three races in Illinois.

Friday 23 May - Peoria Short Track, All Star Series race.
Saturday 24 May - Springfield Short Track, All Star Series race.
Sunday 25 May - Springfield Mile, AMA GNC race

For the Sunday race, at the very least, we'll be trying to sell some magazines and T-shirts and handing out stickers from the Memphis Shades truck in the pits, so come and find us between the racing. Gary, Ben and Dave Skooter Farm will be there.

Then we fly out of Chicago, to the West Coast, early on Monday morning.

Let us know if there's anything we should try to see, places we should visit, eat in, drink in... Thanks. G