The Peterborough round of the DTRA Championships is an event with a different atmosphere to any other round. Being part of the MCN Festival there are big crowds, lots of motorcycle industry involvement and the DTRA Flat track racing is the main live attraction. The Sideburn Vintage Class entry lined up 18 riders vying for a place in the 12 bike final. French Sideburn Ambassador Hubert Bastie #2 was back with his Husqvarna running reliably at last and was full of confidence af

We have a regular feature in the magazine where we choose people we like to describe their racing/riding kit and we organise a photo of it neatly arranged on the floor. It's not the most original idea, but I like it nonetheless, and it's the kind of thing I'd read in any magazine I picked up. I've just returned from a ten-day riding trip with Vintage Rides in Sri Lanka. It was a great experience, in a beautiful country inhabited by wonderful folks and you can read about it in

The webmaster missed a few elements of John Harrison's blog. He has been euthanised. The original Peterborough post is now complete, but here is what what missed. Take it away John... Regrettably there were some no shows and break downs. It was heart breaking to witness two of our Continental Competitors, Andeas Steinhofer #599 and French Sideburn Ambassador Hubert Bastie #2 sidelined by breakages. But such is racing, especially with old machinery. With Hubert out & Ross Jack

I loved Hells Race in 2017, helped by good weather and a fun road trip with Anthony and Anna from the DTRA. Just about everyone who went last year loved it, word spread and twice as many people entered for 2018, riders coming from Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland and the UK (including Sideburn ambassador, John Harrison, above). And the weather was even better this year. The owners of Dirt Track Lelystad had changed the make-up of the track, adding, I