The post on the new Watsonian Enfield INT650 combo got me thinking about sidecars. The very first thought that entered my head were the sidecar sequences from British 1960s and 70s sitcom, On The Buses. For any non-UK followers (or younger readers) I'm not sure if this comedy travelled like its contemporaries, Are You Being Served? and The Benny Hill Show, but it was hugely popular in the UK at the time the country only had three TV channels, and none of them transmitting for

Watsonian are offering a customising element to their sidecar business. The new custom division is named Nineteen 12, after the year the British specialists were founded. They knocked up this Enfield Interceptor 650 combo to show what they can do. The bike features: Battle Green matt paint Two-into-one exhaust system Black detailing on alloy and chrome parts, e.g. handlebars, rocker covers, bash plate etc. Levers and heel plates drilled and powder coated black Bespoke headlig

Guest post from Russ Holland. Blue Peter was the biggest children's TV programme in the UK from the 1960s to 1980s. It was very wholesome, but quite daring before the invention of risk assessment forms. I had to tell someone... From the days when it was acceptable to take your children's TV presenter, put a wooly hat on him so the bubble visor helmet fits, then send him out in a race on a sidecar outfit. Russ #television #1970s #sidecar

The desire to rush to get reports onto the blog has left me, but the want to share photos and a few details is still there, so for instant gratification, there is the @sideburnmag instagram feed (which also runs along the bottom of this very website's homepage for those without the app or a smartphone, there are some out there). Wait a little longer and posts arrive on the blog, from me and our contributors all over the world, and for the real quality, there is the magazine,