This came in from Sideburn ambassador John Harrison, a few months ago. Sorry for the delay... My boy Tim is aiming to take 'The Hornet' to a hillclimb at Loton that weekend [Bike Shed show weekend], and my loyalties should lie with supporting him ideally. While on the Hornet I should like to distract you for a moment with it. I do intend to write a blog post about it in the future as it is surreal enough for Sideburn. Skip the next paragraph if you haven't time. It is a 'Shel

I met an old mate last night, who has a small but eclectic collection of bikes that includes a road-legal Honda CR250, a mint, first year Monster M900 and a Honda Motocompo. We spent a long time talking about his Japanese 'trunk bike' and it reminded me of when English pop band Madness used to be featured on Honda's domestic advertising campaigns. The Motocompo is a fold-down 50cc moped, designed to fit in the boot (or trunk) or even the most compact car. It's a really ingeni

Off-Topic Easter Monday. A couple of years ago, time really does fly, I posted up two posts on the old Sideburn blog entitled Cars and Women. They were photos of 1960s and 70s concept cars often shot on location with cutting edge, night club fashion of the day. While models are still employed at major car and motorcycle shows, this photograph style is desperate for an ironic, nod and a wink comeback. It was time for another off-topic post at the very least. This car is the Al

So good. #Car