The most recent UK DTRA round was the Greenfield TT. I'm not much of a jumper, but I won a heat race, came second in another (but was terrible in the finals). I always think my Wood Rotax twin shock is not up to the jump, not compared to monoshock framers or DTX 450s. Most of it is down to me, part of it is not wanting to flatten my exhaust with my hamfisted landing, but really, it's me and never learning how to jump or, more importantly, land a motorcycle. I was looking for

Wayne Rainey in 1979, his rookie year, on a Shell Thuet XS650 at Peoria. Yes, yes and yes. Photo: MotoAmerica archives #Peoria #WayneRainey #ShellThuet #XS650 #Yamaha #1970s

These are all screengrabs from the updated AFT/AMA Pro Racing 2016 tech regs. Let's start with new ruling 3.1. This is slightly contentious because it is simply a rule about aesthetics, not necessarily technical advantage. As fans, Sideburn is behind AFT's rules when it comes to differentiating the sport from other forms of dirt biking. We like that the racers wear their team leathers at all events, not swap from leathers to generic MX clothing for short tracks and TT. 3.1 is

He did it. Henry Wiles won his 13th straight Peoria TT yesterday. The track was reprofiled for the flying twins. Peoria was the third TT of the 2017 AFT season. The Daytona opener was nothing like I hoped or imagined it would be (read all about it in Sideburn 29). Under two weeks ago was the Buffalo Chip TT, part of the Sturgis Bike Week, which did have a proper jump and a more technical track (though this official video below doesn't show the jump). Briar Bauman scored his s