It hasn't got any less busy at Sideburn HQ, so again, apologies for the dearth of posts. Here's one of my snaps from last weekend's race at Peterborough. I'm loving racing as much as I have for the last 15-16 years, possibly more. I'm not sure what to put this down to, except both my bikes are running well, I'm doing OK, I feel like I'm riding well, and except for home/days out with family, there's probably nowhere I'd rather be that the DTRA pits with my friends. The clickba

Guest post from Jason (above left) On a recent telephone conversation with Sideburn Gary, he was enthusing about all things trail riding, his new hobby. It sounded like the kind of carefree riding we did as kids, when one of the scruffians from the council estate would steal a bike and let us have a quick go on it before the Police turned up. With me being the kind of guy who’s easy to whip up into a stiff peak frenzy, it’s understandable why the heck I was standing in my loc

New guest blog from Jason. It’s OK for you fast racers, out in front, where the air is clean and the mud still on the floor, but for me, the air isn’t clean and the mud is doing about 60 miles per hour right at my frontage. Which means after about eight years of losing, sweating, panicking plus a multitude of other emotions expressed, my once pristine Bates leathers are ready for display duties only. I’ve chosen an off the shelf Fuel jacket from Urban Rider. Did I bother to l

Not since issue 1 and 2 have we had one person have two bikes is consecutive issues. Back at the launch of the mag it was Jason and his Bonneville Performance Hinckley Twin framer followed by his XR1000 street tracker. Now it's Jonas Hendrix (the Mexican, Dutch, Spaniard, Argentine) and his Harley-Davidson MX250 short tracker in SB42 and his Co-Built XS650 in SB43. Jonas's Co-Built XS (the only one in the world) is fitted with Sudo Cycles Deluxe fork guards, which we have in