Lovely film about our friend George Pickering, made by our friends at Black Dots Video, commissioned by our friends at the DTRA, and featuring bikes from our supporters at Indian Motorcycle. Totally feelgood in a time when UK tracks are under threat. We have featured George a couple of times. Once, focussing on his track and his mood during a race weekend, in Sideburn 38, and also his killer KTM 250 two-stroke framer, our cover bike of Sideburn 42. George was also the model f

Gary Birtwistle has been on the DTRA scene for a few years now, initially following the success of his brother, the former British dirt track champ Alan. At first Gary raced his own Honda 450, and then his own single BSA in the Sideburn Vintage class. Following that he was enlisted by Ducati and the Bike Shed to race their Hooligan Scrambler, while also being sponsored to ride the Evolve 450s in the Pro Class. All the while he won races and championships. The next step was st

Guest blog from Max Inman with his predictions for the Indian Motorcycle DTRA Rounds 3 & 4, Amman Valley. His predictions. have been pretty good so far. Pros: At Amman Valley’s Half Mile track I’m predicting Toby Hales to come first overall, with Round 1 winner, Gary Birtwistle in second and young gun Jack Bell in third. After seeing these three race at the Half Mile before, there’s no doubting it’ll be a great show. In the Thunderbike class I predict 2019 Thunderbike champio

Guest blog from Sideburn DTRA vintage class racer John Harrison (#72 in the photo above). Round 2 of the DTRA's National Flat Track Championship took us to the popular Lincolnshire track at Greenfield, home of Pro & Hooligan class rider George Pickering and his family. A bumper entry of 30 riders was listed for the Sideburn supported Vintage Class, many returnees and lots of new faces and names. It appears that a few of Ferran Mas' Astros have found their way into the DTRA ra