I'm into my 13th year of making Sideburn, and I'm pleased to say I'm as excited about SB45 as any issue we have previously published. I know, I know, sounds like marketing codswallop, but it isn't. I think of the business of Sideburn endlessly. I consider the content of the magazine, what will hit, what might miss; what should be in and out; who should be interviewed before who. Then I realise I'm overthinking (everything. All the time) and jam as much fresh stuff into the 10

The Roland Sands Design team behind the SuperHooligan National Championship (SHNC) have never allowed their series to be constrained by being a dirt track series. They race on asphalt car parks, on dirt, ovals, TTs, indoors, outdoors. For 2021, they've mixed it up again and devised the Quattro, with a nod to America's original Grand National Championship, that was contested on dirt and road race circuits. This is how they describe it: The plan: 4 races, 4 disciplines (Road Ra

Guest blog from Max Inman with his predictions for the Indian Motorcycle DTRA Round 1, King's Lynn. Pro 1. #14 Tim Neave 2. #11 Gary Birtwistle 3. #20 Toby Hales Tim Neave grew up racing flat track in the UK, but he now races in BSB Superstock, so he rarely comes back to racing flat track, but when he does, he puts a show on. 2019 Hooligan winner Gary Birtwistle finished 4th in the 2019 Pro class while 2018 Champion Toby Hales finished 3rd in 2019. With the reigning champion

Indian Motorcycle have secured the services of Greenfield's George Pickering to race their S&S-prepared FTR1200H in the DTRA Hooligan championship. Pickering (above, on Indian's FTR750) will debut on the V-twin hooligan at the first DTRA round, King's Lynn on 8 May. It will be his first ever Hooligan race. We caught up with him for a quick Q&A about the new. SIDEBURN: You've had two or three seasons off from racing, running the title-winning Greenfield pro team, and developin