The super Motor Bike Expo takes place in Verona this coming weekend, 13-16 January. If you can get there, you should. It's a large corporate shows, usually over 6-8 halls of a massive expo site, with a huge emphasis on custom culture. Sideburn has had some great times there over the years, having booths in the shows and after parties at Mr Martini's place. Unfortunately, we can't make it this year, but you should if you can. Head to https://www.motorbikeexpo.it/en/ for more d

MotorBike Expo, in Verona, Italy, ha long been one of our favourite shows and we hear the inevitable news that they're postponing their traditional date for one, to be confirmed, later int he Spring. They say... With the hope that the international situation will soon take a significant turn for the better, at this moment, considering the original January dates, it is impossible for us to guarantee the expected level of success of the event, both in terms of commercial result

The Sideburn VW Transporter started making a noise 80 miles into our 2000-mile road trip to Snow Quake, Motor Bike Expo in Italy and back. My Sportster had just run out of petrol, two miles from Birchanger Services on the M11, and Dave Skooter Farm, who was driving the van, pulled up behind me. We splashed some fuel in the Harley and continued to the services. When Dave pulled up he explained the van made a terrible noise after he accelerated off the hard shoulder to follow

This is a mash-up of Northern Italian specialists created a bike I'm not entirely convinced about. The strength of the Zaeta is its uncompromising nature. The milled from solid chassis and barking single cylinder street tracker poise. It's a pure urban assault vehicle that doesn't make sense anywhere but a crowded city, a mountainside, a tight a twisty go-kart/supermoto track or a dirt track. Taking it on a dual-carriageway, autoroute and highway is a sure recipe for self-imm