Donna from Australia read our story about 1970s speedway rider Ian 'Tiddler' Turner in Sideburn 20 and got in touch with this email and great photos. They're from Taree, the town (and I assume the track) where Troy Bayliss runs his invitational dirt track meeting every year.
Hi Fabulous Dudes at Sideburn,
I had to email and gush liberally about Issue 20, the speedway story you tempted me with was as nostalgic as promised, many thanks! I am so thrilled that I invested my money in a Sideburn subscription, as it is easily the most entertaining mag I read, and the highlight of the week when it arrives in my mailbox. Being the mega fusspot (and SEN teacher) I am, I do tend to have OCD and 'edit' everything I read, including mags and newspapers, and I have only ever found one or two typos in Sideburn, which, in my eyes at least, is perfectly acceptable, as you are writing about cool stuff after all!
In all seriousness, guys, many thanks for a glorious read. I particularly love the variety of bikes and bike culture that you cover each issue, especially the speedway; it's f*****g brilliant, but I am biased in that view. Other bike mags I have read have shiny stuff in them, and yours does too, but you also celebrate the mongrels, the rusty and the bitzers, which, I must say, I prefer, as they have such cool stories and histories behind them. Totally awesome!
The hot guys riding the bikes in each issue of Sideburn, too, certainly adds to the appeal of the mag, in my eyes at least.
Lastly, Gary, the speedway story in Issue 20 brought back such wicked memories for me that I had to dig through my dad's old photos and I found a couple of gems of an old inter-club meeting from 1975 at a Taree (Mid North Coast, NSW, Australia) racetrack. My god, those leathers are...graphic! I think these snaps are testament to the brilliant times to be had on the back of a motorbike, bad taste in leathers notwithstanding!
Ride on!
Regards, (Probably Not Your Only Number 1 Sideburn Fan),
Donna
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Saturday, 4 April 2015
Monday, 30 March 2015
Sideburn Lists
Loved this list of favourites from one of our mates... Feel free to join in with your own Sideburn-related lists. Email them to dirt @ sideburnmagazine.com
Sideburn is a bit moreish in an addictive sort of way, it costs about £20 a kilo from official outlets, but has a street value of a whole lot more...
I mean come on, which other publication`s front cover would have a guy riding around a backyard swimming pool at his Wigan home on a Honda Dax, and then two issues later the front cover has possibly the most famous motorcycle rider ever riding his own backyard dirt track in Italy?
Sideburn issue 4 is the copy I pick up and re read the most often.
Mule Motorcycles are the builders whose adverts leave me feeling the most envious.
The trophy queen replies (if on my coolness podium) would be
1st ...John Hateley (issue 4)
2nd.. Eddie Mulder (issue 7)
3rd... Skip Aksland (issue 11)
The bikes (in each issue) I'd most like to own are:
Issue 1 Holy Cow.. Bonneville Performance
Issue 2 TZ 750... Kenny Roberts
Issue 3 Tangerine Dream... Triumph Tracker
Issue 4 The Phantom EG... 750 Norton
Issue 5 Smokin Seagul... YZ 450 Issue 6 Project FT 500.... Sideburn Honda
Issue 7 The Outlaw ... Red Line framed Triumph
Issue 8 The Reverend.... Red Max Norton
Issue 9 Luyckx... Belgian old school racer
Issue 10 Pull your finger out.. Sideburn Royal Enfield and Fashion Victimisation .. 1940 Indian sport scout
Issue 11 DT TM Italian Tracker.... Zaeta
Issue 12 Grasshopper..... 650 Bonneville
Issue 13 The Swindler.... Red Max Norton
Issue 14 8 Valve Racer... 1924 Harley Davidson
Issue 15 Americana... 1956 Gilera 300
Issue 16 Petardo..... El Solitario Ducati
Issue 17 RSD Tracker..... KTM 690
Issue 18 Pikes Peak GSXR and Harley Ice Racer.... Benderwerks
Issue 19 Ronin 47... 1125 Buell
Issue 20 Trackmaster Titan..... Suzuki 500
Keep up the superb work Sideburn Team...
Col, Scarborough, England
Sideburn is a bit moreish in an addictive sort of way, it costs about £20 a kilo from official outlets, but has a street value of a whole lot more...
I mean come on, which other publication`s front cover would have a guy riding around a backyard swimming pool at his Wigan home on a Honda Dax, and then two issues later the front cover has possibly the most famous motorcycle rider ever riding his own backyard dirt track in Italy?
Sideburn issue 4 is the copy I pick up and re read the most often.
Mule Motorcycles are the builders whose adverts leave me feeling the most envious.
The trophy queen replies (if on my coolness podium) would be
1st ...John Hateley (issue 4)
2nd.. Eddie Mulder (issue 7)
3rd... Skip Aksland (issue 11)
The bikes (in each issue) I'd most like to own are:
Issue 1 Holy Cow.. Bonneville Performance
Issue 2 TZ 750... Kenny Roberts
Issue 3 Tangerine Dream... Triumph Tracker
Issue 4 The Phantom EG... 750 Norton
Issue 5 Smokin Seagul... YZ 450 Issue 6 Project FT 500.... Sideburn Honda
Issue 7 The Outlaw ... Red Line framed Triumph
Issue 8 The Reverend.... Red Max Norton
Issue 9 Luyckx... Belgian old school racer
Issue 10 Pull your finger out.. Sideburn Royal Enfield and Fashion Victimisation .. 1940 Indian sport scout
Issue 11 DT TM Italian Tracker.... Zaeta
Issue 12 Grasshopper..... 650 Bonneville
Issue 13 The Swindler.... Red Max Norton
Issue 14 8 Valve Racer... 1924 Harley Davidson
Issue 15 Americana... 1956 Gilera 300
Issue 16 Petardo..... El Solitario Ducati
Issue 17 RSD Tracker..... KTM 690
Issue 18 Pikes Peak GSXR and Harley Ice Racer.... Benderwerks
Issue 19 Ronin 47... 1125 Buell
Issue 20 Trackmaster Titan..... Suzuki 500
Keep up the superb work Sideburn Team...
Col, Scarborough, England
Thursday, 21 November 2013
Don't Want To Sound Too Gushy But...
From Damian in England....
Hi Gary, Ben
Just wanted to say I'm loving the new issue. It looks great.
I don't know if it helps but I've just bought a load of Biltwell and Deus kit, two brands I'd never heard of before I came across your magazine. The ad spend and event sponsorship is worth it.
You also may or may not like to know and I don't want to sound too gushy here but since I came across your mag, which is less than a year ago I've done the following, all inspired by Sideburn: -
Pete Boast Short Track school
Competed at Dirt Quake DTRA round
Signed up to do every round next year
Sold my Triumph Daytona 675 and bought a modified 09 Bonneville with knobblies (see PIC) tonnes slower but I'm loving it. I should have done it years ago.
So thanks! Keep up the great work.
Damian
Hi Gary, Ben
Just wanted to say I'm loving the new issue. It looks great.
I don't know if it helps but I've just bought a load of Biltwell and Deus kit, two brands I'd never heard of before I came across your magazine. The ad spend and event sponsorship is worth it.
You also may or may not like to know and I don't want to sound too gushy here but since I came across your mag, which is less than a year ago I've done the following, all inspired by Sideburn: -
Pete Boast Short Track school
Competed at Dirt Quake DTRA round
Signed up to do every round next year
Sold my Triumph Daytona 675 and bought a modified 09 Bonneville with knobblies (see PIC) tonnes slower but I'm loving it. I should have done it years ago.
So thanks! Keep up the great work.
Damian
Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Fabian's Daily Rider
From Fabian, a surgeon in Salzburg.
Congratulations for issue 14! Thank you for that great magazine.
I hope I can come to a launch party sometimes , if that is possible.
I attached pictures of my son, sitting on my daily driver, with which I ride to work every early morning. Check out the helmet! In the background The Surgeon's Bike.
Best regards from Austria, Fabian ( Sorry for my englisch, I will work on it)
Congratulations for issue 14! Thank you for that great magazine.
I hope I can come to a launch party sometimes , if that is possible.
I attached pictures of my son, sitting on my daily driver, with which I ride to work every early morning. Check out the helmet! In the background The Surgeon's Bike.
Best regards from Austria, Fabian ( Sorry for my englisch, I will work on it)
Sunday, 11 August 2013
Yeah, what they said
Spotted on the Smith and Others tumblr.
We like sideburn magazine. they see value in a world less influenced by modern advertising and more focused on community and supporting personal growth. less about ‘fashion and trends’. more about encouraging people to think independently. core ideas that we encourage.
Get your copy of number 14 at the Sideburn webshop and see what all the fuss is about.
(file this post under 'Blowing our own trumpet). G
We like sideburn magazine. they see value in a world less influenced by modern advertising and more focused on community and supporting personal growth. less about ‘fashion and trends’. more about encouraging people to think independently. core ideas that we encourage.
Get your copy of number 14 at the Sideburn webshop and see what all the fuss is about.
(file this post under 'Blowing our own trumpet). G
Saturday, 11 May 2013
Lost (and found) in Hamburg
Thanks to Jari for this great email. Music to our ears..
Hi There!
Just came from Hamburg Germany. I found really fine bike shop, Single & Twin. Took some photos and when I got back to my hotel I check those snapshots. There was some strange magazine on a counter. Never seen before...
Next morning had to go back and take more photos and buy all issues they have.
Really really fine magazine just what we need in this shit internet world...
Cheers : Jari Heikkila Finland
If your shop or store wants to stock us, please email us for details dirt at sideburnmagazine.com
Hi There!
Just came from Hamburg Germany. I found really fine bike shop, Single & Twin. Took some photos and when I got back to my hotel I check those snapshots. There was some strange magazine on a counter. Never seen before...
Next morning had to go back and take more photos and buy all issues they have.
Really really fine magazine just what we need in this shit internet world...
Cheers : Jari Heikkila Finland
If your shop or store wants to stock us, please email us for details dirt at sideburnmagazine.com
Wednesday, 3 August 2011
Happy Customer
Hi Gary and Ben,When I got home today Sideburn 8 was in my mailbox. I knew it was in there as soon as I opened the box, because that fine ink smell - I love that smell - wafted out and up under the chinbar of my helmet. Ahh...
You don't need me to tell you how truly excellent Sideburn always is, there are much more accomplished folks than me who can attest...but I will, anyway. I love the sensibility, taste, focus, selection, and presentation you guys bring together. There's absolutely nothing in it that doesn't fit my eye. An engineer co-worker told me once long ago that he went to church because "sometimes it's nice to hang around people that think like you do." I sympathetically resonate with each Sideburn issue for the same reason. And it looks like there are believers scattered far and wide: Blitz bikes, Mule, Nixon, Coolbeth...Ralph White, for Christ's sake, DIY DT, and damned if Dann'ys Cub doesn't look like it's as light as a feather...great stuff.
Again.
I told myself I wouldn't fawn this time, that it's just a squeak of appreciation lost amid the general roar... I couldn't help it. Damn, you fellows do a nice job.
Thanks so much,
John
Sunday, 10 July 2011
Wednesday, 22 June 2011
Dirt Bike Rider
Thursday, 2 June 2011
Monday, 20 December 2010
Bah Humbug
Can't be doing with all that Merry Christmas bollox, but as one of our illustrators Nicola Rowlands pointed out, Gary and I bear more than a passing resemblance to Morecambe and Wise, and if we were going to make a Christmas card, then I think this photo would have to be it - silly captions welcome. So wishing blog fans, loyal subscribers, anyone who has ever bought anything from us, and our über talented contributors, All The Best over the festive period, thanks for riding with us in 2010, and Keep It Skiddy in 2011. BPUPDATE: It's only Ben who is miserable about Christmas. I can barely contain myself. GI
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Sideburns
Friday, 1 January 2010
Thursday, 30 July 2009
Monday, 2 June 2008
Tom Brown from England says...

Sideburn turned up this morning. In a cool sort of way it reminds me of old skateboard magazines from when I was a kid - with these American guys doing all sorts of shit I want to emulate!
I've attached a picture of my imported Californian junior dirt track bike, a Honda SL230. It came with free authentic dirt from the USA! I just need to learn how to do it now.
Tom
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