No one needs reminding about the amount of events cancelled in 2020, or the effect its had on business, families and health. Some countries or race series had it much worse than others and the UK seemed to be at the bad end of the scale. One event that shone out, right in the middle of lockdown summer, was the Malle Mile. People who attended couldn't believe how it went ahead, but we were all glad it did. Sideburn had a stall there, and camped out on site with friends. It was

Our mate Chris Hatton is selling his Rotax Thunderbike. This is a quick racebike and flew at the Greenfield TT this year. The sale is nothing to do with us, we're just sharing. This is what Chris says... CCM 600 motor in original frame modified by Mike Hill of Survivor Customs in 2016. Aluminium fuel tank with fibreglass cover, seat unit and fork guards. R6 front end and rear shock. 19in wheels with Dunlop tyres. Ready to be raced in DTRA. This bike won the 2016 DTRA Thunderb

Our make Luke is selling his DTRA Thunderbike-eligible Rotax racer. I don't know a lot about the bike's history, but it has most of the right parts for a CCM conversion (though could do with a nice Co-Built custom exhaust, I reckon). The buyer can use one bike to race two classes every DTRA weekend - Thunderbike and a skills class - rookie, inter or pro, depending on their level. This is what Luke says... CCM R30 ROTAX Fitted are the preferred early 2000s Yamaha r6 forks, co

I loved Hells Race in 2017, helped by good weather and a fun road trip with Anthony and Anna from the DTRA. Just about everyone who went last year loved it, word spread and twice as many people entered for 2018, riders coming from Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland and the UK (including Sideburn ambassador, John Harrison, above). And the weather was even better this year. The owners of Dirt Track Lelystad had changed the make-up of the track, adding, I