We have hundreds of photos waiting to post on the blog, and not enough time in the day. This first post of a glut I'm trying to get online are the street bikes, road racers and drag bikes of the most recent Bike Shed Show, held last month in London. Here goes... Gary Inman, editor First up is Track Wolf, life imitating art in fifth gear. Ryan Roadkill drew a graphic for Bike Shed T-shirt of a werewolf on a 1980s race bike. Bike Shed and Sticky's Speed Shop worked together to

It's hard not to be overwhelmed by the amount of 'content' swilling around the motorcycle universe. A friend sent me a link to a video that was 12 minutes long the other day. I looked at the still screengrab, the running time and decided I'm never going to watch it. 12 minutes! Perhaps it's because Icon have advertised in Sideburn since the very early days of the magazine. Perhaps it's because I really like Amanda who writes the unerringly sassy and perfectly pitched press re

Husqvarna launched the new Svartpilen 701, a bike I've been waiting for, at the massive EICMA show in Milan yesterday. It follows the Vitpilen and Svartpilen 401 and Vitpilen 701. Need to know Chassis and engine are essentially KTM 690 SuperDuke. KTM own Husqvarna now. Vitpilen (White Arrow) has more cafe racer ergonomics with lower bars, the Svartpilen (Black Arrow) has raised bars. It has a chro-mo steel trellis frame; ride-by-wire throttle; switchable ABS; slipper clutch;

It's motorcycle show and launch season, so the blog has been weighted towards new bikes for the last few days. This is the new Suzuki Katana, and though it's being labeled a retro, that's a bit of a stretch in my mind. The latest 911s aren't retro, but they're related to 1960s Porsches. The Katana is based on the GSX-S1000, the 'roadster' version of the Suzuki GSX-R1000. The engine is a retuned version of the 2005 GSX-R1000 (my favourite litre superbike of all time), making 1