Guido and Sue - the end?

This time, the hapless perma-nerd Guido might have blown it for good. Anyone familiar with the shenanigans of this pair over the years will know that Sue has tried everything but imprisonment and assault to get into Guido's... affections, but the bloke just can't see the wood for the trees. It's a lesson to us all.

With apologies to original authors and journalists Guido Bettiol and Vic Willoughby, and artist George Domenech. MP

Bodyboarding

Jenny surfing her Yamaha DT250.
Photo by Lanakila MacNaughton

Brommer Love

Get your retro fill at Motorparade. BP

Hot Pants and Choppers

Well, where to start? Only two things are certain here. That front mudguard will never be the same again, and if our man lets go of the fork leg, he'll never get the distortion out.
As for the lady below, let us have your Chopper comments please (oh, and that's a CB radio she's good-buddying into). Much more clean, healthy hot-panted fun over at Hot Pants. MP

Olympic Keirin

Haven't been following the olympics at all, but thought I'd check the derny racers, as it's the first time they've competed as an olympic sport and we have a feature in SB #11. (can't work out how it's possible to embed the BBC clip so) follow the link:
Pendleton takes gold. BP

Yes Please

Motor Head: Behind the Scenes from Foam Magazine on Vimeo.

Guido and Sue - Sue's Slack

Sue has taken the opportunity to get Guido on his own, clearly with a view to seduction, but as ever, Guido is blind to it all. I mean, who could fail to see the symbolism in Sue's firm grip and lever frottage, explicit references to free play and excess slack and her feigned inability to control the situation. Come on Guido! Check her nipples, get some lube down there and twiddle that adjuster.
As culled from 'Motorcycles. Maintain Your Own Machine' (1977) by top journalists Guido Bettiol and Vic Willoughby, with artwork by George Domenech. MP

Guido and Sue - Morning Glory

Guido and Sue are back, and once again, despite hot-trotting Sue's utterly unambiguous come-ons, poor old clueless Guido runs absolutely no risk of overheating or seizure.
As culled from 'Motorcycles. Maintain Your Own Machine' (1977) by top journalists Guido Bettiol and Vic Willoughby, with artwork by George Domenech. MP

Real Trophy Girl

Brilliant photo found at BCM. At first I thought it was modern, a Nick Clements Re-enactment style shot. Now I'm sure it's old. I've just noticed she's got bare feet. The photo is even cooler now. G

Kit Kat

Since SB#2 we've had wonderful trophy queen stories in every issue with period photos from Dan Mahony. This sparkling Ektachrome in SB#9 is of Kit Kat who was a Camel girl. Interview with Bubba Shobert, as Scott Parker was too busy with the shampoo. BP

Metro Grasstracker

From Don at Metro Racing...

Here's some cool sideways action for the readers. A Bultaco/Hagon grasstracker, complete with Metro Nikki.
Enjoy, Don

Lazer Tits

LAZER TITS is blog of the week. BP

Sara's Triumph

Lots of people have photographed Sara and her Triumph. This is the Flying Dutchman's go. We have Troy Critchlow's Sara shoot in SB6. She wrote the story herself.
This is what Jan Leek thought of it and the rest of SB6.

Came home from a good week in France and didn't look through the new issue of Sideburn until last night. There is some seriously good writing in there. Sarah's sentence artistry made me read her story twice. Mark Graham's compact history of racing had me in stitches and your story on the Wall of Death was more than just entertaining.
Two things: some 35 years ago I was secretary of the local Gothenburg motorcycle club hosting the world level Trials something (Euro or World?, can't remember). Don Smith [mentioned in Mark Graham's feature] walked one tricky staircase section, taking extra care about halfway, grabbing one spectator, instructing him to stay put, where he could see him. "Don't move!" All the time cigarette fixed between his lips. Walked down again, kickstarted the bike, fixed the spectator in his vision, got one metre into the section and fell. Lying on his back, taking the cigarette out of his mouth he shouted up the mountain: "You can move now!"
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Wall of Death - I saw it the first time about 1960-61, the performers using rigidframed 118 cc Husqvarnas, but had a Triumph twin with high pipes on stage outside to attract customers. Started up, it smoked horribly through its straight pipes. Then some 15 years ago I saw a proper show in Mayen, 20kms from Nürburgring, and they actually had at least two proper Indians. It scared me to hell standing on top of that tub, feeling the whole thing rumble under my feet. I got dizzy just watching.
And you may remember the Elvis film Roustabout (Ann-Margret and Barbara Stanwyck in it). At one point Elvis is challenged to ride the Wall of Death (I love calling it a tub) on his CL77 Honda (guitar on a rack, right side) and falls. I believe he is then comforted by quick-riding Ann-Margret.

Thank you, Gary!

/Jan

Step-Through

Dimitri Hettinga's Goodspeed 500 project (scroll to the bottom of the original post for the great video) was always going to be a battle of wills, money and concrete. Sadly for the time being it is on the back-burner. He is currently regaining his sanity with his new venture.
Super Motor Company based in Amsterdam, is the European distributor of a brand new, but very classic Honda Supercub 50 look-a-likey. Just because it's a step-through doesn't mean you can't get your knee down. BP

Blue Trains, Gray Brains

No more cock-teasing, this is the final SB#6 snippet before the magazine comes back from the printer. Sara's Triumph has already done the rounds of cyberspace and elsewhere, but we still hungered for more. Photography Troy Critchlow. BP

Danuvia

Hungarian. Part supermotard, part cafe racer, part street tracker.This is the man that built it.This is the art he hangs on his wall.This is what his factory made previously.Don't fuck about on an eastern European bikers forum with Google Translate as your only friend (like we already tried), employ a native to go deep cover and find out what's what. Put the kettle on and read about it in SB#6. BP

Lush

Photo by famed surfer Kassia Meador from her forthcoming book.
I'm guessing it was shot on an old Polaroid Land Camera with instant
Fuji FP-100c? Back in the good old pre-digital days, I used to get through a box a minute when I was on a roll. BP

More Barbara Fritchie

Gentlemen
It wasn't one of my better outings but here are a few photos from Sunday: blog and gallery. Tim White

Barbara Fritchie Classic 2010

From Greg L...

Heard about the 4th of July Barbara Fritchie Classic from Sideburn last year... so I rode up to Frederick, Maryland yesterday. It was blue skies and hot! The track got as much maintenance action as the time spent racing. Dusty as hell but the crew kept the surface fairly rut free and fast. Saw rooster tails from the berm ripped up by the National Numbers in the Twins Class. The Classic is not on the National Circuit, but had some good riding in the Expert Twins and Singles Classes. "People watching" was the best entertainment, from Pagan Bikers to kids chasing the water trucks for a spray job. One old guy looked like he rolled around in a bag of dirt... such sacrifice for a close-up look at a crossed up racer!! In the end, Baker took Carver in the Singles and Sammy Halbert rode great to beat Wiles and Australian Luke Gough in Twins.

Oh yeah, Wiles gets the interview and Sammy gets the girls! You got any girls in the UK? See ya, Greg.

ALSO... Comments aren't showing up at the moment. It's not our fault. Keep trying.

Dusted

Ass Kicker Shayna Texter shot by Tim White for SB#5...BP:
Tim I kept meaning to email you and say how much I particularly love this shot. There's so much going on. It's so competitive.
There is an optical illusion, in that Joe is bigger (in reality and in the shot) and it looks like he's ahead, but then you notice Shayna (tiny in reality and tucked down small in the shot), her throttle hand is in front, she is definitely ahead - and holding a steady line, whereas Joe has a weave on - was he ahead and got cut up by Shayna steaming through? or is he trying to go around the outside? What was the scenario?
I also like the shallow depth of field that still has the grit spit up pin sharp.
That diagonal white stripe is great graphically too - is it the start / finish line?
And to top it all, some nice blank space for the text, pefect for our Sideburn layout!

TW:
Ben, Thanks very much! The photo is from an AMA semi-pro event called the Barbara Fritchie Classic, in Frederick, MD, which is only about 30 miles from my house. It's not part of the Grand National Championship but often a number of the GNC riders will enter.
That shot is the first in a small series (see attached). Shayna was passing Joe at the Start/Finish, and looking at her right wrist you can clearly see how she powered deeper into the corner. The 4th photo is from the succeeding lap, and shows how much ground Shayna gained after making the pass.