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    Advertiser Profile: 5Special
    • Dec 22, 2020

    Advertiser Profile: 5Special

    We first ran into 5Special at Wheels and Waves and now they're an advertiser in the magazine. We also featured Lucia's trusted kit, in Sideburn 42's Racewear. We asked Lucia (above) a few questions about the 5Special. Who are 5Special? We are a small company, brother and sister, Sito and Lucía, from the Galician coast, Spain. Sito (below) is a professional in the motor sector, off-road driving instructor. Lucia is a marketing manager, fashion and web designer. Our brand was b
    Wheels & Waves Photo Expo
    • Sep 23, 2020

    Wheels & Waves Photo Expo

    Wheels and Waves was cancelled twice this year, but a 'concept store with a focus on photography' near Paris is presenting a bunch of photography by Francois Darmigny, and motorcycles, including a 1937 Indian, that have raced at the Basque moto event. The exhibition is at Initial Labo, 62 Avenue Jean Baptiste Clement, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, and runs from 22 September to till the 24 October. There will also be an accompanying Wheels and Waves book. #Paris #France #Wheelsa
    The Joy of Blogs
    • Nov 18, 2019

    The Joy of Blogs

    From 2008 to, I guess, 2012 or 2013, motorcycle blogs were such an important corner of the emerging new landscape of motorcycling. Ideas and experiences shared in a very different way to the prevailing Instagramification of motorcycle social media that is almost completely image led and all on the surface with none of the stories that blogs used to share. Sideburn posted a blog everyday for years on end, and continue to blog now, of course. I know this might sound like someon
    DTRA x W&W
    • Jun 13, 2019

    DTRA x W&W

    The inaugural DTRA European championships (sponsored by Indian Motorcycle) rolls into San Sebastien, Spain for the second round this weekend. There are classes for pros, vintage and hooligans. I can see this series growing into something really special with rounds in Germany, Italy, who knows where else? #WheelsandWaves #ElRollo #Spain #Euroflattrack #DTRA2019 #DTRA
    Indian x S&S FTR 1200 Hooligan kit
    • May 27, 2019

    Indian x S&S FTR 1200 Hooligan kit

    Indian Motorcycle UK had a couple of very special FTR 1200s on display at the Bike Shed Show this weekend. The FTR 1200 still haven't hit UK dealers, so any FTR is pretty special, but these were something else. One of Indian's technical partner, S&S Cycle, have created a racing kit, reminiscent of those regularly offered by superbike manufacturers in the 1980s and 90s, to convert the road bike to a hooligan racer. There's quite a lot to unpack in that short statement, so let'
    DTRA 2019 Dates - Euro Series/ Hooligans
    • Jan 25, 2019

    DTRA 2019 Dates - Euro Series/ Hooligans

    2019 DTRA dates are out! For those who don't know, the DTRA is run on a not for profit basis by a group of volunteers headed up by Anthony Brown and Anna Butler. They took over the running and organisation of the UK dirt track national series for the 2013 season and how overseen a blossoming of the sport in the nation, building on the foundations of Short Track UK's trailblazing work. The club grows in membership every year and introduces improvements and new ways of marketin
    El Rollo - MEGAPOST
    • Sep 2, 2018

    El Rollo - MEGAPOST

    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,
    Sideburn 34: Out Now
    • Aug 31, 2018

    Sideburn 34: Out Now

    We venture into the deserts of California, Mexico and South Africa to test the mettle of our contributors. Old bikes are ridden not hidden, and inappropriate machinery is raced through 1000 miles of wilderness proving the adage that it's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. SB34 also features McQueen's very own Huskie; a new regular column from Death Spray Custom, an interview with the toughest woman in flat track; follow a group of fe
    Indian FTR1200: It's coming
    • Jun 18, 2018

    Indian FTR1200: It's coming

    I'm just back from Wheels and Waves in France where I spent a lot of time with some of the senior staff and wider family of Indian Motorcycles. After a day of hooligan racing at El Rollo (which they dominated with Leah Tokelove taking the win on her Krazy Horse Scout) the firm made a big announcement that they are to build an FTR1200 - a 1200cc street tracker, 'inspired' by the dominant FTR750 AFT racer. But wait, because this is important... They had the bike above on displ
    Arne's Arms
    • Dec 5, 2017

    Arne's Arms

    From Arne in Amsterdam... Nice to see Menze Kwint's art in the new Sideburn and how you continue to support the arts and its artists! Nice one! Funny enough both Menze and Lennard are my mates and I have a couple tattoos of their works. And somehow they are extremely related to Sideburn magazine. The first one I saw was Lennard's design and it was a Sideburn sticker and I loved it so much I got it tattooed. The other one I had done after I saw Menze’s sketches online. He was
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