Venhill Black

I use a lot of Venhill products, our Royal Enfield has Venhill lines, and I'll order some of these for the Black Arrow when I get that far down the line: electro-plated black Powerhose Plus brake line ends and banjos on a marine-grade braided line with a Teflon core, covered in a PVC. Tasty. G

Big Nights Out

Don't forget, this Saturday, The Stags in London with the great Shook-Ups and King Salami. It's in the East London, Dalston area. FREE entry. Get there at 8-ish to see the Shook-Ups (featuring Sideburn's Dave Skooter Farm. Yes, he's in the Stags too).

Below is a review of The Stags Roller Derby single on Sideburn Records that appeared in Shindig magazine.

Then next Friday, Sideburn and Davida are joining forces with El Toro and Psycho Motel to have a party up in Liverpool. Fiddy of Davida is throwing the doors of his home open for food and chinwagging before, safe bike parking, and floor-sleeping in his five storey house after. Get in touch if you want more details on that side, otherwise, see you at the venue.

'One Bike, Two Corners'

SWM Silver Track 340: 21st century two-stroke. Marco Belli "WWwaaaaaaAAAP-WAAP,WAAP"s the little nuts off the now race ready bike. Read the full story in Sideburn#10. Coming soon. BP

Zaeta DT 4

Reader's ride. Marco B's Zaeta DT road bike, number 4.

Streetzine on iPad

Our friend Raffaele P of the Streetracker blog has created a free iPad version of his Streetzine. We're not fully conversant with iPad mags yet, but I'm sure if you have an iPad you know how to find it. If you can't, leave a comment and we'll try to get an answer. G

'Fashion Victimisation'

Jason's Indian Scout is so perfect it's unreal. He can't help himself. See it, read it, smell it, in Sideburn #10. Hyper-real photos Paul Bryant. BP

Roland Sands

Every time I visit Roland Sands' blog I remember why I like him so much. He has a range of clothing out now - Roland Sands Apparel. G
Read about Roland and the rest of the Smoking Seagulls in Sideburn 5.

Fat Fighters

Desperate Dan's chromed (now rusty) steel forward-controls = 1.75kg.
Tarozzi cast aluminium rear-sets = 0.91kg.
Thats nearly half the calories!
Pre-internet as I only had early '90s copies of Back Street Heroes, and Iron Horse to go by, it was inevitable that my chop had forward controls. But now having immersed my brain in Yokohama ether (thanks to the internet), I've gone off the stretched Swedish look, and lean more toward the stubby Brat Style, which favors racey 'mids' over, wind up your bell-bottoms, forward-controls.
But alas because of the 2-into-1 slash-cut exhaust already fitted (and I want to keep), there is basically no longer room for a peg mount in the more traditional position. The width of the forward-control mounts was very wide, so I've cut-them down, and with the Tarozzis I had kicking around as spares for my Guzzi it will be a little less heavy metal. BP

Sprit 749R Concept

This is a concept by Kev at Spirit of the Seventies. I've seen his concepts made real and he really manages to create 2D images of bikes the company can create months in advance of them getting the spanners out. So I've no doubt they could make this bike, if someone comes up with the money to commission it.
The chassis looks standard at first glimpse, but is a special Spirit spoke to UK legends Harris about making for them.
I'd like to see how to tank looks from the top. G

via The Bike Shed

SB#10 Cover Star

Sideburn #10 is finally at the printers. Up to just a few days before our deadline, we had still not shot the planned cover which was a bit nail biting. But it all came together including the weather down on the Neave farm. Tim Neave is not your average hoodie wearing yoof. Put him on a flat tracker - even one he's never ridden before - a '50s style rigid at that, and he's more elegant that Robin Cousins on ice - check out the poise of his be-trainered foot tickling the surface of the dust. The definition of Panache.
Of course we dressed him more sensibly for the actual shoot, than the RSD retro Bell jet helmet, and tracky-bums worn for the test run shown here. Not. BP