Guest post from Kirk Gee Motorcycles are cool. That's a simple fact- from T.E. Lawrence on his Brough to the classic outlaw chopper, the ferocious streetbike, the renaissance of Scramblers and street trackers to my mate Andy running his lovingly maintained T150 around Minneapolis in the short riding season, it's all cool with just a frisson of danger. Open any of the nearly 50 issues of this very publication randomly and you'll find cool. The scooter however, is a more diffi

And this, good people, is how advertising really should be: two stolen bikes, karate chops, headbutts and train stunts all to be smooth and fragrant. All directed by the award winning Serge Faberge, played by the award winning Serge Gainsbourg in the1969 movie 'Slogan'. It's a moment of farcical '60s French cinema worth your attention featuring as it does some brilliant grooviness: cars, hip young people, office decor, soundtrack (with sitar) and of course Serge and Jane Birk

Off-Topic Sunday from our man in Los Angeles... This particular clip may seem well off topic, but then Sideburn itself is not all race reports, gearbox rebuilds and essays on frames. There’s been Dave Aldana’s leathers, Ornamental Conifer’s art, Japanese 150s (do yourself a favour, just get SB36 immediately) and Dave Skooter Farm. The common factor here? Style, absolute buckets of style. The magazine exudes it, as does just about everything in this clip from ‘This Is Ska!’ fr