One-Off Wednesday

UPDATE: SOLD OUT. THANKS
Found by our night-shift supervisor in the Sideburn warehouse (pictured below), this rare beast is the last in captivity.
Produced for Sideburn by A Piece of Chic in Lyon, France, the tyre track is printed on 100% silk.
They were sent to discerning customers all over the northern hemisphere.
£70 plus postage.

Get the very last one here. 

Red Clouds Tool Rolls and GOODbook iPhone Covers

 

 

 

 

The last order of Red Clouds theGOODbook iPhone covers (below) sold out in a blink, so we got hold of a few more.

We also ordered these great waxed cotton and leather Coffin Tool Rolls.

We're the only stockist in Europe of Red Clouds Collective goods. They're handmade in Portland, USA. The tool rolls we have are Olive in colour (see the colour chart, which is more accurate than the product shots).

Details
Coffin Tool Roll designed by Owen Johnson and part of his Signature Series.
£50 plus post
10.10oz waxed canvas
Olive with brown leather
Pocket with YKK brass zipper
Multiple pencil and tool pockets
Leather features
Note: tools not included.
Handcrafted in Portland, Oregon USA.

Go to the Sideburn webshop to see more.

Rollerburn Show Bikes

Once upon a time you'd wander into a machinist's shop and after being given a muddy mug of tea (if you were lucky), and having averted your eyes from the customary naked siren calendar, you'd start to gaze at their grubby pin-board with its mad array of photos. Bikes they had either worked on, owned, or merely dreamed of; torn from magazines. Any gem of actual information was savored. If you were really obsessive you might ask for a phone number to track down a current owner or maybe even try to find a back-issue of said magazine (if you could work out which magazine, which year, and which month it came from).
Then came the internet, and things became almost boringly easy. The spread of cross-breeding influence has spread like a sexual disease. However even with the wonders of technology, one will always spend helpless hours trawling the murky depths looking for info, and the hopeless quest for HiRes photos of a particularly special bike, whose only proof of existence is a thumbnail you found on a forum, you think, but you cant remember where.....
Imagine you could actually pour over this bike in reality.
You can. Sideburn has amassed a pant-wetting selection especially for Rollerburn. Hibrow to lowbrow; blinging to backstreet lash-up, Ridden or until now hidden, but each very very worthy. BP

Nitron Twin Shock T-Series Silver Collet Version

My new shocks for the Black Arrow turned up from Nitron, Japan today. Yep, I fell in love with them. Thanks to Guru Steve for turning me on to them. GI

Picador

Ambled to my local tool shop this morning, to pick up some regular wood screws and sanding discs, came back fully laden with second-hand quality bargains, including a large bench vice for my new shed, and this beauty - I don't even know what you call them but I used to have a crap one. Particularly love the time-served blue Hammerite finish. Well handy. 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

Green Goddess

Shawn Murray goodness from Rocky Mtn 59 blog. Nice Sporty

Thanks to Garrett B for the tip-off. G

Chopper Dave's Casting Company

A compact package of goodness arrived at Sideburn HQ the other day. Chopper Dave casts his own parts, and while a lot of it is for American twins (that I haven’t got) these fantastic footpegs can be made to fit anything. The Death or Glory pegs are going to be adapted for my Guzzi. They cost $80 plus shipping. The Race Only points cover is going on the back of my LDV.
It even came wrapped in the sex ads from his local paper. 'TS 8.5 fully functional'. God only knows what that means, but I don't want any of it.
Thanks Dave. Get your stuff from Chopper Dave’s Casting Company.

And read Jeff Wright (of Church of Choppers) writing about Dave’s bike in Sideburn 5. GI

Shawn Murray Tanks UPDATE

Ben, Thank you for posting about my tanks, that was a very nice compliment. The track master tanks are $800 in steel and $949 in aluminum. They are made to fit the oil in frame. They come with a vented gas cap and 2 npt petcock bungs. They are pressure tested to 3x the working pressure. I also weld in a compression sleeve at the mounting hole so no matter how tight you tighten the nut it will not compromise the integrity of the tank. They take about 2-3 weeks to complete. I hope this answers most of your questions. Shawn
S&M Cycles
S-Mmetalforming@hotmail.com
805*217*6875

Shawn Murray

Beautiful So Cal steel panel beater (the work that is; I don't know what he looks like). BP
Contact via: s-mmetalforming@hotmail.com

J&M Frames

It seems if you want to be anywhere in a GNC twins race you've got to be on a J&M frame. We think we're right in saying the Maryland firm supply frames to every racer running an XR in the twins class and a few that aren't.

They manufacture frames for any of the current popular engines (twins or singles) from: Honda, Yamaha, Harley-Davidson, Rotax, KTM, Husaberg. They also build custom dirt track frames and a growing line of vintage frames, including Yamaha TT500 and Honda XR500.

Prices, for frame and swingarm, start at £1895.

Special 79

Stumbled across the blog, Special 79
He makes beautiful tanks from ugly tanks. And write things like this:
'Many things inspire me on a daily basis, but I'd have to say that I derive the majority of my inspiration from looking in the corner of my studio/shop and seeing a stack of raw materials, an old tank that need resurrecting, or just realizing I have a fresh tungsten in my tig torch when I sit down to weld. That first step into the shop in the morning, wondering what will come out of that day's efforts.'

No-Slip Hot Shoe Straps

Beautiful straps from Ivan, because you deserve it. This fella is using one. He's Robert BooBoo Scally at Lodi on a Triumph 750, Do you want to look this good?

- designed by a racer and built to last
- highly abrasion resistant
- 450-deg. F melting point
- 44" heavy duty mil-spec flat webbing
- double (4) nickel-plated bullnose D-rings
- Kevlar thread stitched one at a time
- snugs to boot first, then around ankle.
- no more cheap dog collars or sticky duct tape
- any color you want as long as it's black
- $19 each mailed anywhere in USA, world $30
- I accept Paypal
- email: oldskool_alloy@yahoo.com

Photography courtesy of David Bickel

SIDEBURN à Paris

The Rocker Speed Shop in Paris (France not Texas) is now stocking SB magazine. They are also the place to go for bomb-proof Scottish made Aero leathers, Redwing boots, Glory shirts, vintage Levis, and snazzy French Ruby helmets.
BP

Johnnie, Jerry, and Jimi Jnr No Gloves

Defunct Life magazine has made its photo vaults, which includes millions of prints, many previously unpublished, available to Google. This 1949 gem is from staff photographer Loomis Dean. The archive is LUSH.
BP

Eddie Mulder bag by Bill Amberg

Custom made kit bag inspired by Eddie Mulder's 60s kit bag, holds helmet, bike leathers and gym gear. Manufactured using bike jacket leather.
Choose your own initials. Made to order: 6 - 8 weeks delivery. 23x73x25cm
£645.00 (ouch)