Blueprint: Dimitri BSA B50

The latest bike to be immortalised in our blueprint series is the hardtail B50 of amateur racer, Dimitri Coste. Read how the Frenchman ended up owning the bike and why a 1970s machine has a hardtail anyway in Sideburn 25. Artwork, as always, by Mick Ofield.

If you want to read about the other bikes in the blueprint series, here is the list and the issues they feature in.

Sideburn 13 Wood Norton (sold out)
Sideburn 14 Bultaco Astro
Sideburn 15 Yamaha TZ700/TZ750 (sold out)
Sideburn 16 Harley XR750
Sideburn 17 Trackmaster BSA A70 (sold out)
Sideburn 18 Bonneville Performance 2014 (sold out)
Sideburn 20 1930 Norton DT
Sideburn 22 Wood Rotax
Sideburn 24 Honda RS750D

We have a bunch of different blueprints for sale. Go to the Sideburn Art Print department.

We also have limited numbers of the XR750 blueprint T-shirt for £18 plus post. G

Photo: Dimitri Coste

Blueprints Back In Stock + New 1930 Norton DT print

Since issue 13 we have printed technical drawings and accompanying history pieces about some of our favourite dirt track race bikes. The blueprints are drawn exclusively for us by Mick Ofield.

We started to offer high quality Giclee prints, created with an Epson Pro 11880 on Somerset Enhanced Velvet 330gsm paper with archival quality Ultra Chrome K3 pigment inks. The prints we sell come complete with 'folds' and the appearance of timeworn degradation, added by Ben Part.

They are 40x30cm, a size chosen to look great in a cheap frame. They are £22 (plus postage) and are sent in a heavy duty mailing tube with free stickers, flyers and posters we have hanging around.

We have just added the 1930 Norton DT, shown above. In stock we also have: Wood Norton, Yamaha TZ750, Harley-Davdison XR750, Trackmaster BSA A70; 2014 Bonneville Performance; Wood Rotax. Bultaco Astro is back in stock in a few days.

Click to buy Sideburn blueprints

If you want to read about the bikes (and others that we haven't made into blueprints), here are the issues they featured in.

Sideburn 13 Wood Norton (sold out)
Sideburn 14 Bultaco Astro
Sideburn 15 Yamaha TZ700/TZ750 (sold out)
Sideburn 16 Harley XR750
Sideburn 17 Trackmaster BSA A70 (sold out)
Sideburn 18 Bonneville Performance 2014 (sold out)
Sideburn 20 1930 Norton DT
Sideburn 22 Wood Rotax

We also have limited numbers of the XR750 blueprint T-shirt for £18 plus post. G

New Blueprints in Stock

We have just made Giclee prints of the Wood Rotax blueprint from Sideburn 22 and...

 The Yamaha TZ700 Miler from Sideburn 15.

We also have blueprints of...
Wood Norton (from Sideburn 13)
Bultaco Astro (from Sideburn 14)
Harley XR750 (from Sideburn 16)
Trackmaster BSA A70 (from Sideburn 17)

They are all high quality Giclee prints, 40 x 30cm, printed exclusively for Sideburn.
£22 plus post from sideburn.bigcartel.com

We also have the XR750 blueprint T-shirt for £18 plus post

And the Bultaco Astro on black T-shirt FOR FREE with the 8-issue subscription deal.

Shell Thuet

© Mike Stuhler

A lovely shot of the great Shell Thuet in 1975 at Syracuse with an XS Yamaha he'd prepped for Hank Scott. Read about Thuet's work with the 650 twins in the latest issue of Sideburn magazine, as part of the ongoing blueprints series. And see more superb Mike Stuhler photos and info at the magnificent Stu's Shots R Us. MP

XR750 Shirt: Back in Stock

Super-detailed screenprit of an original Mick Ofield blueprint.
Now with sizes from small up to TRIPLE XL. That's right XXXL for the first time in a Sideburn shirt.
£18 plus post from the Sideburn webshop.

Pony Power

Not all girls want a little pony for Christmas.
Some demand more serious horsepower.

This pretty Wood Norton Big Tube jigger can canter out 83bhp at the rear hooves. BP

Sideburn 19 Launch TOMORROW

Don't forget, we're all over at Monday Mo Co in Birmingham tomorrow afternoon.

We put out the wrong postcode before, it's B9 4AA.

We will also have, hot off the press, the overdue blueprint of Metro Don's Bultaco Astro featured in Sideburn #14, meticulously drawn by Mick Ofield.
These will be available from our webshop next week.