MV Agusta has been passed around like a joint in a 1960s Roger Corman biker flick, and, since 2017, the ownership of the Italian marque has been held by the Russian-UK investment fund, who installed Timur Sardarov as CEO. Since then the company seems, from the outside at least, to have moved in the right direction, building exciting bikes like the SuperVeloce and developments of the increasingly bananas Dragsters. We mention this now because the Varese-based firm popped up on

Sideburn is born out of a love of printed products and magazines in particular. That love has kept the magazine alive for 13 years. I also liked the way Paul Smith shops mixed unrelated bits and pieces from other manufacturers in with the company's own designer clothing and accessories, unexpected, and sometimes only related because Paul himself liked them. His thinking, I like these clothes and I like these ornaments, books, gadgets, therefore so might my customers. When I c

Post in from Dave Skooter Farm Despite Covid 19’s best efforts, this event is taking place (social distancing rules to be applied) on a fantastic cycle speedway track. Organised in part by Sideburn’s entertainment officer, Dave Skooter Farm, it’s a charity event, raising money for The Alzheimer’s Society and RSPCA. It’s a race and there will be winners but that is not really the point.  In the spirit of the early Dirt Quake motorcycle events, the priority is to have fun and b

This news report featuring Sideburn's very own Dave Skooter Farm resurfaced this week for the first time in forty years. BMX was so new in the UK that the regional news show (at a time when the UK only had three TV channels in total) sent out a crew and a presenter, who had clearly never seen a bicycle, never mind a BMX, before. Dave is number 198, the one on the half-pipe. He tells us 'I was wearing ‘DG products’ airtex race jersey, JT Racing race pants, Simpson helmet, Vans