Sideburn is pleased to be first to share news that the UK and European race promoters, Dirt Track Riders Association, are launching an electric bike class with a two-round championship for 2021. 'The idea is simple,' says the DTRA, 'We love racing all bikes, from minibikes to vintage, to the state of the art DTX bikes used by our Pro Class. The DTRA has a history of growth and introducing new classes to our diverse schedule, so the introduction of an electric class is a natur

The postponement of MAy's MCN Festival has led to a DTRA reshuffle. The first round is now at the Adrian Flux Arena, King's Lynn, and is now a week earlier. All the details are on the poster (with artwork by Ryan Quickfall). #DTRA #DTRA2021 #RyanQuickfall #KingsLynn

Following on from last weeks Best SB Photos of 2020 post, here are my ten favourite illustrations of the four issues we made in 2020. Sideburn has always used a lot of illustration, with some artists have only one appearance in the mag, others becoming regulars. Eight of these pieces were commissions, two were supplied as part of portfolio features. I've purposely only chosen one piece of work from each artist, and not included artwork we've used on our merch (which we also l

It's been a weird year for everyone and British flat track has been derailed by much bigger forces, but they've kept monitoring the situation, organising, reacting and staying positive. They're trying to sneak in two meetings before the end of the year. Here's the information. It’s been a funny year for everybody racing motorcycles, so we wanted to put together a couple of races where we can all ride together before the end of the season. A few years back we ran a race at the