Guest post from John Harrison Dirt Quake produced racers: I know I'm one, along with many other UK and European flat track racers across all classes, but it wasn't just adults who got bitten. These photos, from Dirt Quake IV in 2015 feature, young Marcie Skipp and her older brother Wilbur participating in the bicycle race. At four years old Marcie was the youngest and smallest rider on track and she stole MC Conway 'Dibbles' Castle's heart (along with the crowd's) so he ensur

We were sent this photo of Sonny Burres sat on a Staracer Honda framer by the owner/manufacturer of Staracer frames, Roger Attebury. We have a feature on a Staracer Yamaha XS650 in the current issue, Sideburn 51, and Roger sent us a potted history on the company and some archive photos. I posted this photo on our Instagram and Facebook and it caused a good number of comments on FB. Roger told us, 'I took that pic in front of the Astrodome, we built two identical Honda powered

Reader ad Frame built in 70s by Staracer in Kansas. The frame was imported by me 4 years ago. The engine is a 1974 MX360 that has been fully rebuilt and set up on the dyno. Exhaust is by Mike Ashby (not show because it's being ceramic-coated). It’s running a 34mm carb and heavier flywheel to make the power delivery less peaky but gives the option to increase power if desired. Forks are Ceriani 35mm that have been professionally rebuilt with re chromed legs. Front wheel is a s

Gareth of Double Six has just been on a flying visit to the US to buy vintage flat trackers. Here's his report and snaps. Like most people into vintage racing I love the history/geeky side to it. This brings some problems though. We all want the best/rarest parts and to me you can’t beat an original framer that was raced. Sadly we don’t have an abundance of these in England. This is one of the main reasons I set up Double Six, to help my friends find the correct period parts