UPDATED The open to all tour sold out in four days, so we're making some changes. See below. In October 2019 a group of 12 intrepid Sideburn readers went on the inaugural Sideburn Nepal trip. Before we were even halfway through I knew we'd return for another trip. I didn't think it was going to be four years later, but a global pandemic got in the way. Now is the time to announce Sideburn's return to Kathmandu and the Manang valley for TWO trips in October 2023. All the phot

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

This one wasn't advertised through us, but we've had a history with the Ronin, so we wanted to share it. Sideburn was the first magazine in the world to test the Ronin, and we helped set up the deal that saw Travis Newbold race one to a second overall at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. We featured the Ronin in SB19, and Travis's thoughts about racing it in SB22. We also showed a lovely double-page photo of the Pikes Peak racebike in the current issue, SB45, as part o

You are viewing Sideburn's own Honda 650, race-winning sand racer that has been refreshed and converted to flat track spec and is ready to race*. This 650 is an affordable way to get into the sport, suitable to race in the DTRA's Thunderbike class, and a 'skills' class (so Rookie, Inter or Pro, meaning you can race two classes at one race meeting with one bike). Obviously it is also suitable for the Scunthorpe and Rye House championships. This bike has been improved an tweake