Mule x Sideburn x GQ Italy

Adam Wright shot Richard at Mule Motorcycles for Sideburn 3. Michele at GQ Italy liked the story so they've run it in their latest issue. GI

Jawa Land Speeder

Look at this fantastical thing! Thanks Dave.

I thought you may be interested in featuring this rather insane speedway derived land-speed bike on your blog. The bones of it appear to be a modified JRM (Jawa) long-tracker, featuring some rather cool fabrication work by Joker Machine.
The pilot will be none other than 1996 Speedway World Champion, and all round top dude Billy Hamill.
I'm sure that it will provide inspiration to custom builders, especially the fantastic proportions from the side view!
Keep up the great work with the magazine and blog - looking forward to issue 4.
Cheers, Dave Curtis

The Complete Book of Flat Tracking

We're stocking it. This cult book was first published in 1978 and is now updated with a fantastic, embossed linen cover and a few extra pages. Covers everything including what hauler to buy (written in 78 remember), racing lines, technique, prize money and lock wiring. It's a beautiful thing.

PLEASE NOTE: We've had to amend this post, because the British postal service is a scandalous rip-off. We can now only supply this book to UK and Europe. All other Sideburn merchandise is unaffected (for now). We will fulfill the existing US orders.

UK - £19.99 plus £5.50 recorded delivery
Europe - £19.99 - £7.00 shipping
£££ Please note these prices are in pound notes £££

Hardback, 160 pages, 150 illiustrations/photos, 254 x 216mm

Paypal to dirt @sideburnmagazine.com (leave the gap out, I put it in to try stop the spam avalanche)

READ OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR, GERALD FOSTER

It'll be carnage

King's Lynn TT this weekend. The singles will be on the small TT track, the Thunderbikes are on the oval. This will be third annual UK short track TT and the first one is still fresh in my mind. Practice from 11 racing from 1.
Also, Steve at the Red Max Speed Shop is busy doing a how to flat trackify a motocrosser. He hopes to debut the bike at the weekend.

Leo Williams - Riot photographer

I was out in Turin a couple of weeks ago working with a young photographer called Leo Williams. He was assisting Sam Barker, but had his portfolio on his phone. All his shots are great, but these blew me away, even on a phone screen. He shot these during the recent G8 riots in London, but some are like fashion shoot images (except the one below which I included to show there really was a riot going on). He shoots fashion too. He's only 21 and wears ridiculous trousers (those with the waistband lower than one's buttocks), but we'll let him off. I hope he'll shot for Sideburn in the future. GI
www.leowilliams.net.

Fiskerton Practice Track

I made it over to the Fiskerton practice track when Stoke had been cancelled. It's a great little practice track, totally hidden from the road. It's as grassroots as it gets, but, by gum, it's fast enough for a short track. Scottie was there blooding his lad Flynn. A few bike troubles slowed him up, but he got the hang of it. And he wore his favourite T-shirt and his homemade hot shoe.

This is Les squealing the tyre of his almost standard XS650 into turn 1. Jason pointed out that if he did that move on that old Yam into the car park of a bike meet it would go down in history.

Nice toolbox

This is Stew's bike. When I asked him why he was called The Dogger he just laughed. Now I really want to know. (For our foreign readers, Dogging is the quaint British hobby of going to a deserted car park and having sex while people watch, or just going to watch. The name comes from the excuses people use when the police turn up 'I was just walking the dog when I saw this going on, officer'.

Facilities at Fiskerton? Bring your own.

Krugger Overmile

From Fred at Krugger. Krugger is great.

Hi guys,
>> i surfed on your website, nice atmosphère....congrats. Here is a pic of my last bike "Overmile", i'm sure that you will love
>> it.... Please, keep it for you , the bike will be show" officialy" in Sturgis the next week!
>> Fred K
www.krugger.net

> Fred
> That is awesome!
> I am the journalist from UK magazine Performance Bikes who met you Bonneville a few years ago, when you were there with Goodwood (and Goldammer). I was wearing a white long sleeve and white trousers.
> You should buy Sideburn. You would love it. When can we visit to photograph Overmile?
> Gary

I'm remember! Good mag, well done Gary!
Overmile is on Sturgis now, it will go back end of august! I have some very good pics, here is one(if do you need more i will give you the adress of the photographer) I can arrange something again the cover...;-)
Fred

Can I blog this at the weekend? Do you have action shots?
G


No ! the bike will be officialy show at Sturgis the 1st of august. You can do it the next week-end; the 31th of july!
No action shots but a vidéo here:
Fred


The shot below is from http://www.vardagsmighty.blogspot.com/

Race Chris Carr!

Sam Major in Australia sent us a link to a free Ford Flat Track online game. You're in a two-man dash for cash with Chris Carr. You even grab the fork leg down the straights. Cheers Sam.
If you want to race Chris Carr for real (and you're in Europe) start building or buying a bike now, because he's back in England in October.
We're still planning the Sideburn Chris Carr evening. It's going to be a mini-festival of dirt track. More details as soon as we've secured a suitable venue. GI

The 1980s

UK style. A snapshot of the life of Steve Elliott. (Soon to be) Legendary specials builder. GI

Sideburn patch

From Austin Rocket of The Hip Priests

Someone found my spare and insisted on having the same patch on her denim as Daddy, gotta be yr youngest Sideburn supporter? Austin

Git yo own patch, ici. D'accord?