It's been 18 months since we rode a development model of the Herald Brute 500 at the Malle Mile for Sideburn 43, and now the British company are close to releasing the single-cylinder street tracker to the public, saying that the first bikes will be delivered by the end of March this year. The Brute 500 marks a change in direction for Herald. The company established itself as a producer of budget lightweight 125s and 250s, aimed at learner riders and the newly qualified. Thes

Not since issue 1 and 2 have we had one person have two bikes is consecutive issues. Back at the launch of the mag it was Jason and his Bonneville Performance Hinckley Twin framer followed by his XR1000 street tracker. Now it's Jonas Hendrix (the Mexican, Dutch, Spaniard, Argentine) and his Harley-Davidson MX250 short tracker in SB42 and his Co-Built XS650 in SB43. Jonas's Co-Built XS (the only one in the world) is fitted with Sudo Cycles Deluxe fork guards, which we have in

Sideburn 43 lands next week, so finally I've made the time to write the background story to the cover shoot for the current issue - Sideburn 42. The idea for the shoot came about when I googled the name of a village we photographed our tribute to the 100-year-old Harley-Davidson piglet photo (read the story of that photoshoot here). Photos of a nearby abandoned church came up on the internet search. It was abandoned and looked incredible, too good not to use at some point. Th