James 'Leftie' Smith reports from this week's Have Fun Flat Track!! event and Mooneyes HRCS in Japan. Thanks James! After ten years of annual pilgrimages to Japan for different reason from work and BMX trips, chopper shows and hangovers from hell. Felt good for this years agenda being Flattrack and eating awesome food with seasoning of those others things. Left London with only a carry-on backpack filled mostly of riding gear and in stark contrast to a sensible person taking

Remember the Have Fun!! flat track crew from Japan that we featured on (and on the cover) of SB36? Sure you do! Well, they're having a big stand at the forthcoming Yokohama Mooneyes Hot Rod Custom Show, then the following two days they're hosting a flat track race meeting at Kawagoe (a train and short taxi ride away, if you're going to the show). ORDER SIDEBURN 36 #HaveFun #Japan #Sideburn36 #Kawagoe #Mooneyes

Congratulations to Briar Bauman for sewing up the 2019 title with one race to go. We interviewed him before the start of the season for Sideburn 36. When I asked, 'I have $1000 to bet on the 2019 AFT championship. Should I put it on #14?' Briar replied... 'I’m not much of a betting man, so that is a tough one to say. I can be a bit loose at times so maybe not the best idea.' He got that wrong. The Singles and Production Twins classes are going to the final round, with Dalton

The gorgeous Trackmaster Ducati 860 GT we featured in Sideburn 36 is up for sale in Colorado, USA. Doug, the owner, says... 1976 860 GT Ducati flattracker in a TrackMaster frame Original engine build by Reno Leoni, when Reno lived in Lodi, NJ. Reno built two of these engines for us.There are only two of these bikes, my brother has the other one. This bike has just gone through a 3 year and almost $25K restoration and overhaul. The engine is basically new inside. This bike ha