The world famous Mama Tried custom show and Flat Out Friday indoor dirt track races take place in Milwaukee, WI, this coming weekend. This is one of the founders of the show and race, Scott Johnson, with his Harley 45 flathead race bike. The bike has a great story, that includes Jon Bon Jovi, and we featured it in Sideburn 47. That back issue is available as a single issue or part of a 3-issue bargain bundle. Flat Out Friday takes place in the Fiserv Arena, a top-level NBA ba

Another new venue is added to the AFT roster this weekend, as the American Flat Track series heads to west Wisconsin for the Cedar Lake Short Track for the first time. Though AFT refer to it as a short track, it's a 3/8ths banked, clay oval, situated close to the Minnesota border. It is in Harley's home state, but it's closer to Indian Motorcycle's HQ. The race has been made into a double-header for the SuperTwins class, because they've lost two races to rain-outs this year,

We saw photos from this weekend's Flat Out Friday indoor dirt track event and we were blown away. The Milwaukee race is arguably the biggest dirt track draw in the world at the moment. Few AFT races attract a bigger crowd. We spoke to regular Sideburn contributor, and Flat Out Friday (FOF) staffer, Ed Subias about the event. All photos: Ed Subias Sideburn: Hi Ed, can you tell us what your role is with FOF? Ed Subias: Media Director would be the fancy title. I run the social m

The Milwaukee-based bike show Mama Tried is expanding internationally with a show in Sao Paulo, Brazil in February 2021. The show will also take its dirt track sibling, Flat Out Friday. Mama Tried is a great show, in one of the great motorcycle cities, so we look forward to seeing how it travels, and are slightly sad we won't be able to travel out from the UK for it. This is what the organisers say... Teaming up with our Brazilian friends Garage Metallica, Lucky Friends Rodeo