It hasn't got any less busy at Sideburn HQ, so again, apologies for the dearth of posts. Here's one of my snaps from last weekend's race at Peterborough. I'm loving racing as much as I have for the last 15-16 years, possibly more. I'm not sure what to put this down to, except both my bikes are running well, I'm doing OK, I feel like I'm riding well, and except for home/days out with family, there's probably nowhere I'd rather be that the DTRA pits with my friends. The clickba

I think I first met Gianluca of Tredici Custom Castings at the Café Racer Festival in Paris. I loved the sand cast items he was displaying on his small booth under the boiling hot sun. Or perhaps I had already met him when he came to the UK to race during one of the Dirt Quake weekends. We featured his Grey Coffin Bultaco in SB19, and also super-minimal Suzuki DR600 he built for a customer in SB31. The first time I saw his sand castings I wanted him to do something for Sidebu

Megapost time! I take a load of photos at virtually everything I attend, but fail to make the time to post them, with snappy captions, well that changes TODAY! These are my phone snaps, from the DTRA King's Lynn round, last Sunday. We were supposed to be racing a two-day meeting at Redcar, but the track owners double-booked the date and the local speedway team took precedent. Luckily, the Adrian Flux Arena at King's Lynn could accommodate the DTRA, but only for one day. So it

Guest post from John Harrison. When I built my Triumph as a street tracker twenty odd years ago, I imagined it as a half mile special from the early '70s, campaigned by the mechanic from some Triumph dealer in Anywhere, USA. A smalltown hero rider at his local County Fairgrounds oval, who benefitted from a bit of help from the shop owner in the way of whatever speed equipment they could get. In the UK, by necessity, we ride short tracks with the exception of one venue, visite