Reader advert Yamaha TTR125 Minibike Electric start model (starter motor fitted but not wired-in) Bought from a fellow DTRA competitor last year but not used since. Well, one lap of the garden to determine that a new clutch was needed. Apparently the bike was fully rebuilt by Sportrax Racing for one for the junior class competitors. There are no invoices to support this, just the graphics and pitlane chat. The barrel and head appear to be later than the rest of the engine, so

This is the first, but not the last, blog post from Sideburn's new art editor, Andy Garside. After a great five years and 20 issues, Kar Lee has left us to concentrate on new opportunities (you can follow his fantastic concept bike artwork, and day-to-day riding stuff, at @kardesignkoncepts). I worked at the same company as Andy in my first job in magazines, at Streetfighters, in the mid-90s. He was the art ed on some of the company's other bike mags. We moved from that publi

Guest blog from Sideburn DTRA vintage class racer John Harrison (#72 in the photo above). Round 2 of the DTRA's National Flat Track Championship took us to the popular Lincolnshire track at Greenfield, home of Pro & Hooligan class rider George Pickering and his family. A bumper entry of 30 riders was listed for the Sideburn supported Vintage Class, many returnees and lots of new faces and names. It appears that a few of Ferran Mas' Astros have found their way into the DTRA ra

Guest post from Pacific North West/Vintage 250 racer, Todd Marella. Two weeks since, two races at Castle Rock, and seemingly, just like that we’re headed to Spokane, in neighbouring Washington, for sunshine and that cushion track magic. It’s all of five hours to drive there from Portland, and they’re having an early practice session from 10:00 to noon. For us to make that, we’ve scheduled a 5:00am leaving time, meeting at the Cycle Heap at 4:30 to load. The squad of vintage 2