Photographer and Sideburn contributor Pierre Robichaud travelled down from Portland to Southern California to attend, and photograph, the world famous Hell on Wheels Halloween Hillclimb and sent us a bunch of photos to make a story from. Click HALLOWEEN HILLCLIMB to see it. #California #PierreRobichaud #HellonWheels #Hillclimb

Ay, caramba! Indian are extending their sporting ambitions (and their swingarms) beyond flat track and into the AMA's Pro Hillclimb series. The class structure changed recently to include a twins class, with the hope of attracting some factory interest, and Indian took the bait. Similar to how they moved into flat track, Indian A) got S&S Cycle involved B) contracted a top rider. The top rider is John Koester a multi-National champ, who, along with his father, modified the bi

News that the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is suspending the motorcycle race class for 2020 broke recently and was no surprise to me. Despite the class being shrunk over the years, with fewer and fewer entries open each year, there have still been fatalities. This year's race was marred by the death of the Ducati-supported four-time winner Carlin Dunne, who was racing a prototype V4 Ducati Streetfighter. While the four-wheel side of the race has regularly dabbled with

Here is advanced warning for the arrival of Sideburn 37, so you can pre-order and have the magazine sent out as soon as it lands. This issue mixes the most amateur of amateur flat track racers (Dave Skooter Farm) with Harley factory riders (Jarod V); stunning one-off race bikes (Ross Sharp's Wasp Yamaha MT-07 & Roland Sands'/Travis Pastrana's Suzuki GT750 two-stroke hooligan) with the latest generation of factory street trackers (Indian FTR 1200 S and Husqvarna Svartpilen 701