With less than a week to go there is only only thing on everybody's mind. It isn't Trump's next announcement or what The Duchess of Cambridge had for breakfast. From Middlesborough to Memphis I know everybody is thinking about the DTRA Sideburn Vintage Class, which is shaping up to be another fun year for riders and spectators alike. As the class covers bikes from the 1940's to the 70's there will be a hugely interesting and varied selection of machinery on track from hand-sh

The first ever Deus Swank Rally on Ice took place on Tuesday at the Ice Rose Ring in the Italian Alps, the home of SnowQuake. Deus Ex Machina have been involved with SnowQuake from start, and their own Swank Rally is entering its second year. It's expensive for people to prep their bikes for ice riding, then there's the travel to the region, so running the events back to back gave people the opportunity to ride twice on the ice. The format of the Swank Rally is a gentleman's

Photographer Gergo Toth attended last weekend's DirtQuake and had to think on his feet how to shoot when he realised his media bib didn't get him trackside. We think he pulled it out of the bag, with great portraits, like this one of Jasmine. See more at www.gergototh.com And don't forget to watch the ITV4 highlights at 8pm Adam B bought the Pangea-built Golden Dawn (without the original turbo kit that made it close to unridable, we're told) and before he'd ever ridden it, Ad

Two years in a row I have missed the DTRA opening round because the Husqvarna wasn't ready on time. This time I needed a full ignition system and a new gearbox (just that) to defend my third place at Hell Race 2016. But the week before that race. I was making a road trip for the brilliant website Motorcycle Diaries from Stuttgart to Biarritz. Only curvy roads six days and 2000km. It was awesome and a video is at the bottom of this post. I got back from Biarritz on Thursday an