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For Sale: 2018 CRF450 DTX

For Sale: Two Domi projects & tools

Feb 8

For Sale: Two Domi projects & tools

This is an unusual, but interesting sale. It's comprises two part-modified Honda Dominator 650s, plus tools. Pablo, who was building the bikes, has returned home, after living in England, and is selling the complete job lot. Here's what he says... Selling 2 motorbike projects (Honda Dominator 1995 & 1998) taken apart, with all the original components or their V5C, replacements, modifications, most of customized parts plus all the necessary tools to finish this project off and

SOLD: Cheetah FTR223

Jan 28

SOLD: Cheetah FTR223

For sale in Japan, built by Sideburn columnist, Cheetah. We know someone who could help you export it too.. this is the spec Cheetah shared with us. HONDA FTR223 Race only Wiseco 11:1 hi-comp piston CRF230 cam Light flywheel PWK28 carb Short swingarm F CBX 19wheel & Maxxis tyre R Excel rim 19 & Maxxis tyre XL80 Gas tank Storz tailcowl White Bros pipe SAVANNA Red Handlebar ￥330.000 We can put you in touch if you're interested. Or go through instagram @cheetah_4d.studio #Forsal

Honda Private Test: Ascot '83

Dec 9, 2020

Honda Private Test: Ascot '83

This in from Dave Skooter Farm. This footage was only uploaded yesterday afternoon. It was originally filmed and uploaded by Masakazu Matsuzawa. I didn’t recognise the riders but somebody tagged Bubba Shobert and Doug Chandler and a coupla other folks confirmed it was them. With Bubba commenting himself. Sadly Ricky Graham is no longer with us. Within dirt track circles, Ascot is regarded as ‘Hallowed Ground’ and the photos you would typically see (usually shot at night under

Malle Mile 2020 - MEGAPOST

Nov 23, 2020

Malle Mile 2020 - MEGAPOST

No one needs reminding about the amount of events cancelled in 2020, or the effect its had on business, families and health. Some countries or race series had it much worse than others and the UK seemed to be at the bad end of the scale. One event that shone out, right in the middle of lockdown summer, was the Malle Mile. People who attended couldn't believe how it went ahead, but we were all glad it did. Sideburn had a stall there, and camped out on site with friends. It was

Dirtitis By LM Creations

Oct 26, 2020

Dirtitis By LM Creations

Yes, Sideburn loves the no-expense-spared factory race bikes, but deep-down budget bikes are what really do it for us. Taking something unfashionable, improbable, unloved and riding it hard is the kind of joy that the Pebble Beach collector crowd don't get. So, when we saw Dirtitis by Luuc of LM Creations we were all over it. It's a Honda XL500, bought cheap and modified for dirt track, and we have the full story and great photos in our STORIES section. Click LM Creations Dir

Gorm's NX650 Dominator

Oct 8, 2020

Gorm's NX650 Dominator

When Kriega's advert for Sideburn 42 arrived it stopped me dead. What is that bike that cool geezer with the new Kriega MAX 28 on his back is sat on? I contacted Kriega and they put me in touch with Gorm Taube, a Swedish bike builder and moto gear enthusiast/reviewer. Gorm sent photos and a story that we have posted on the site, in our steadily growing Stories depository. Read about Gorm's Honda NX650 Dominator ADV custom build. WHAT IS STORIES? The Sideburn Stories page of t

Voodoo Framer

Sep 13, 2020

Voodoo Framer

From time to time people ask if we're short of things to put in the magazine. What? We can't fit everything in, there's so many stories I want in Sideburn. As a result we made the STORIES section of our website as a depository for photos and stories too good for a fleeting blog post, but we can't fit in the magazine in a timely manner. The latest story we've posted is about Barry The Punk's Survivor Customs CRF450 framer, the bike he calls Voodoo. See the bike by clicking Who

SOLD: Honda 650 Dirt Tracker

Sep 6, 2020

SOLD: Honda 650 Dirt Tracker

This is Sideburn's own Honda 650 that we built and raced for the last few seasons, now refreshed and modified for flat track. This is a very affordable entry point to UK racing. It is Thunderbike spec so can be raced in two different DTRA classes (Thunderbike and Rookie/Inter/Pro) and also at the popular Scunthorpe summer and winter race series. Super-reliable engine with Thunderbike race-winning power. SPECIFICATION ENGINE: Honda SLR650 converted to kickstart. Wiseco high-co

SOLD: Sideburn FTR223

Jul 29, 2020

SOLD: Sideburn FTR223

We had plans for the neat project bike we rustled up for the cover of Sideburn 39, but Covid-19 went and buggered them, so the bike is up for sale. This a mild custom, with some really neat components and all the quality and reliability of a stock Honda with some big-bore pep. What is it? A 2000 Honda FTR223. It is a sexy Japan-only model, but it shares lots of parts with other Hondas so we didn't have trouble finding service parts from David Silver Spares in the UK and CMS i

Honda CB125M

Jun 3, 2020

Honda CB125M

During a clean up of my computer photo files I found some screenshots of this neat concept than was shown at EICMA in 2018 with the oh-so boringly Honda monicker of CB125M. The photos are 18 months old now, but the design is still doing it for me, so I thought I'd share it. At the time it really caught my eye. Sure, it's more supermoto than street tracker, but Sideburn isn't afraid of straying out of its lane. The 125M's has a modern, almost aggressive look, but far more toge

For Sale: Sideburn's Honda 650 Flat Tracker

Jun 1, 2020

For Sale: Sideburn's Honda 650 Flat Tracker

You are viewing Sideburn's own Honda 650, race-winning sand racer that has been refreshed and converted to flat track spec and is ready to race*. This 650 is an affordable way to get into the sport, suitable to race in the DTRA's Thunderbike class, and a 'skills' class (so Rookie, Inter or Pro, meaning you can race two classes at one race meeting with one bike). Obviously it is also suitable for the Scunthorpe and Rye House championships. This bike has been improved an tweake

CB250Rs 'A Simple Street Tracker'

May 31, 2020

CB250Rs 'A Simple Street Tracker'

Sideburn reader Graham Braid sent this story about his lockdown build. I had been thinking of building a simple Street Tracker, when a friend of mine mentioned a Honda CB250RS saying it was one of the best bikes he had owned, and said it was underrated,as the the 250 Superdream, seemed to steal it’s thunder! It had a very narrow lightweight frame, alloy wheels and a punchy single taken from the XL trail bike. When you start talking about them, apparently loads of people have

Gorillaz on a Honda 200

Apr 14, 2020

Gorillaz on a Honda 200

Gorillaz is the multimedia music project, that formed in 2000, famously headed up by Blur's frontman Damon Albarn. Though they perform live gigs, I saw them headline the O2 Arena, they keep up the pretence of a group of cartoon characters being the band. The characters were created by Tank Girl illustrator Jamie Hewlett. Musically, the band are hard to define. This tune is mellow pop, and features Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook. Others are harder hip-hop, trip-

Devo, Grace and the Heinkel Tourist

Apr 5, 2020

Devo, Grace and the Heinkel Tourist

Dave Taylor, Sideburn event DJ, regular show-booth operative and quirky vehicle enthusiast explains his attraction to leftfield scooters from the IWL Troll to the Honda Spacy via post-punk icons Devo. The motor scooter. A form of two-wheeled motorised transportation that divides opinion with the motorcycling community. Derided by many motorcyclists (who have never ridden one) based on their own pre-conceived stereotyping: It’s a girls bike, it’s a hairdryer, it’s a puff chari

For Sale: Sand Racer Projects

1999 AMA Supertrackers

Mar 4, 2020

1999 AMA Supertrackers

Back in 1999 the AMA tried to lure manufacturers into what was ostensibly a one-make pro series, by launching a secondary class that the dominant XR750 couldn't compete in (any of this sound familiar?). The class they came up with was SuperTrackers, and for Japanese and European big sportsbike twins in custom frames, engines that were very popular back then, competing for sales, and race wins, with Ducati's V-twins in what was still a sportsbike boomtime. I was searching for

The Fantastic Mr Tuxworth

Jan 28, 2020

The Fantastic Mr Tuxworth

The awards ceremony for each Mablethorpe Sand Racing event takes place in Mr G's cafe on the seafront. It's always packed with racers, family and friends and the windows are so covered in condensation you can't see out. Last Sunday's was special because Neil Tuxworth won his class, the 250 road bike category. This is the 50th anniversary of the club and Neil raced in the very first season only retiring five or six seasons ago. He made his comeback for the golden anniversary o

Landon Calling

Dec 28, 2019

Landon Calling

An update from Todd Marella on the 2019/2020 amateur winter race scene in Salem, Oregon. It’s December 26 and the rush from Christmas is dissipating (damn it, I love Christmas), and it occurred to me that I still hadn’t summed up last week’s activities in the 250 Vintage class at Salem Speedway. The class feels a bit skeleton like, to be sure, as the defending champ, Chris DeSanty, has been absent since the first race getting his Panther outfitted with a two-stroke motor, rep

Wiles Moves To Singles

Dec 16, 2019

Wiles Moves To Singles

The surprise move of the close season so far - Henry Wiles has signed for the Honda America-supported Richie Morris Racing team to contest a full season of AFT Singles. He takes the seat vacated by Mikey Rush, who has joined Estenson Yamaha, and joins Cole Zabala in the RMR team. Wiles said, “Richie gave me a call and was talking about going and winning a 450 championship. It’s absolutely exciting to be associated with American Honda, and I’m walking on to a good team that al

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