Remember those heady pre-Coronovirus days of, well, early 2020? You know, when you'd turn up at a race and French kiss all the track officials, before starting on with a systematic round of licking the faces of the photographers and finally sucking the fingers of your favourite competitors? God, I miss those days now that I'm self-isolating and all I have to look forward to is the four-hourly, horse-strength antibiotics washed down with mouthfuls of hot hand cleanser. So, the

The DTRA season launch has become a fixture on the UK flat track calendar. It's always held in London, originally at Bolt, more recently at the Bike Shed's arch 3, and it's always been popular. On the surface, it's an unusual idea. Most race clubs have end of year presentation events, not pre-season launches, but it really works and is a good way to get racers, sponsors, supporters and staff together (all pictured in one snap above, with DTRA bossman mouthing off on the big s

The final round of the Indian Motorcycle-sponsored DTRA European Hooligan championship takes place this Saturday at DirtQuake. Grant Martin #36 is leading the championship on the Sideburn-supported Maidstone Harley-Davidson Street Rod 750. Gary Birtwistle #11 is in second place in the standings after starting the season on a Krazy Horse Indian Scout and then being set up with a ride on a Ducati Scrambler. Confusing the scoring slightly is the DTRA rule that riders must drop t

If this doesn't make you seriously consider buying a Harley 750 Street to convert into a hooligan, then you ain't got no pulse. Read about Noise Cycles' XG750 hooligan racer in Sideburn 29 and see this bike racing in the Superhooligan National Championship at DirtQuake USA THIS SATURDAY! Photo: Ed Subias #Sideburn29 #NoiseCycles #HarleyDavidson #Hooligan #SuperHooliganNationalChampionship