Just say No

I called in at an office that publishes a lot of Britain's biggest motorcycle titles. I saw this on the wall of one of the newest magazine's containment cells. It says 'Flat track - Just say No'
I didn't bother asking for an explanation. Underneath was a photo of one of Shinya Kimura's beautiful bikes. That was slapped with a slogan exclaiming 'Say No To Steampunk'.
I left wondering why can't there be more love in the world? G

Omar's big-bore XS for sale

From Tom. Thanks.

This nice XS650 is on UK fleabay with out any 'keyword' searches. Needs a fix but looks all-together so long as you like it yellow.
XS650 street tracker
Cheers
Tom

Panthers

Blue sky, Good Friday, tapes up.
Big crowd, crap photo.
Victory lap. One of these riders has the fantastic monicker, Dakota North.
Nicki Pedersen's sponsored Hauler.

10:27, Good Friday morning, I thought I'd check to see if the local speedway team, Peterborough Panthers had a match on. What? At 11am, 24 miles away. Ok, let's go. My boy got dressed, Mrs I made us a pack-up and me and junior were gone within 8 minutes. Luckily there was such a big crowd the start was delayed and we only missed the first heat. Probably 3000 or more there, but we found room in the packed stand.

The team seems to change completely every year, so I only recognised the name of the captain, Nicki Pedersen. I did recognise the name of Coventry Bees skipper, Eddie Kennett. Hey, he races short track with us! Kennett's Coventry were wiping the floor with Peebo, scoring two 5-1s. Then Peterborough got a 5-1 back just before the interval. In the end it came down to the 15th heat. The Panthers hadn't been ahead in the whole match, but won the last heat and the match 46-44. And it was all over by 1.30. Bloody great. G

Killer wheelie bins

Spotted in an elevator in Sweden.

For other examples of when wheelie bins go bad click here. G

Wiles wins Salinas Short Track

Yes, we called him a TT specialist, then he went and won the short track.
Super-consistent Chris Carr was again in the top 6 and made the Dash for Cash. Wait until they start racing the twins.
Sammy Halbert (chased by Jake Johnson), came third in the Main.
This is the Pro Singles class (red numbers, feeder to the Expert class). In the back of the shot is #50E, the Cycle World journalist Mark Cernicky. He came 12th in the Main. He's even faster than we thought he was. His best lap was less than 2/10ths off what experts in the Main were running.
Heat race action: 49 Cose; 23 Carver Jr; 7 S. Halbert (eventually 3rd in the Main); 95 Beach; 46 Lindfors; 37 Jimmy Wood (2nd in the Main)
Can't stop the Halberts. Jethro won the Dash for Cash (special race for the six fastest Expert qualifiers) and 4th, just behind his brother, in the Main.
Dash for Cash was contested by Carr (not in shot); 80 Bonsey; 7 S Halbert; 17 Wiles; 69 J Halbert; 37 Wood. Result was Jethro; Wood; Bonsey.
Imagine being in the middle of this.
This is Robert Pearson, but what are those wheels?

NEXT RACE: Springfield TT and Mile at the end of May.

Photos courtesy of AMA Pro Racing.

Revival

Nick Clements has a photography show in London next week. Looking forward to checking it out. It's at the Royal College of Art from April 27 - May 3. Nice to see Royal Enfield's UK importers supporting it. G

Jersey Jake wins Salinas TT

Jake Johnson continues a fantastic defence of his title with a win on day 1 of the two-day Californian event. TT specialist Wiles was second, Brad Baker third, then Mees, Sammy Halbert and Chris Carr. Read about Jake Johnson's technique in Sideburn 5 (that's JJ, shot by Tim White, on the cover).Carr leads Coolbeth (in a heat). Kenny came 9th in the Main. This doesn't look like fun. Pro Singles heat race crash. Local boy Mikey Avila won the Pro Singles main. He's a name to watch.Jesse Janisch says 'No' to front mudguards.
Wish we were there...

There is short track at Salinas today.

Photos courtesy of AMA Pro Racing.

Dusted

Deus Ex Machina - Harold Park Paceway Revisited from Deus Customs on Vimeo.

We dig all the no-budget helmet-cam stuff people are shooting of their glorious - and gingerly does it (me), exploits. But here is a challenge... We know there are a lot of creatives out there, and even ad-land types that have access to professional editing suites and the like. Can anyone make a UK version of this lush - but minimal, Deus feel good clip, that mixes on-bike head-cam, off-bike long shots, arty blips of bike details, and a few subliminal swooshes?! We don't always have the sun, but we do have the characters. BP

Sideburn scarves

Great plug by Chopper Dave for something we've run out of . It's the thought that counts. See quite a lot more at Chopper Dave's Blog.

Go buy some other stuff that's going to run out soon at the Sideburn webshop. We operate a here today, gone tomorrow stocking policy. G

Fumi's Shirt

From Fumi...

Hi, my name is Fumi from 6th street specials in NY.
I always enjoy your magazine and your blog.
The reason why Im writing down this E-mail is about Charity T-shirt for Japan.
I made charity T-shirt for Japan. I really want to spread this charity T-shirt thing.
If you guys can put my blog on your blog, that will be really really appreciate it.
Get it here
Thank you, Fumi

UPDATE:

I tried to write in English though,dumb my English...

Anyway send me E-mail directly or gosaveyourtomodachi@gmail.com  This is the E-mail which I'm using as this project. I can send the T-shirt anywhere in the world.