We're at the far end of the show, past the Ducati area. #France #CafeRacerFestival

Nous faisons notre retour au Café Racer Festival après avoir disparu l'an dernier. Il s'agit d'un bon événement, avec beaucoup d'action à ajouter à tous les affichages statiques, traders, constructeurs personnalisés et fabricants auxquels vous vous attendez. Sideburn prend DJ Dave Taylor et 1000 simples en 7 et il ferait la fête. Portez vos meilleurs sous-vêtements de danse. Guy Martin sera également présent, avec son adorable Rob North Triple. * We're making our return to th

I've been writing a column for the trailblazing French magazine Cafe Racer for nearly ten years. I've started sharing them on the Sideburn blog. Here's another... Photo: J-F Muguet Unless it’s a perishable, when I buy something I plan to keep it forever. I’m not sure what childhood incident has instilled this mindset in me, but no matter how many times I hit my head against a brick wall I can’t shake it. I’ve owned the same car for 19 years (and it runs, it’s not rotting in t

DJ Dave Taylor and I drove out in the old Sideburn Transporter to Café Racer Festival at the Montlhéry track near Paris over the weekend. I've written a column for the magazine since 2009 and contributed to it for much longer than that. This is their fifth festival at the incredible old autodrome. The editor/owner Bertrand Bussilet invited Sideburn to have a stand and we returned for the first time since 2014. It's clashed with Dirt Quake USA for the last two years, so we cou