From Pete Stansfield... If you were planning to compete in a vintage championship catering for pre-1980 twin shock bikes your first choice of machine probably wouldn’t be based on an 86-year-old rigid frame with girder forks, but some of us do like to be different. Will, with his dad Walt run a small and vaguely eccentric motorcycle shop in Malton, North Yorkshire where they cater for anything from MOTs to one off custom bike builds. As you approach the front door you will he

A couple of years ago I decided it might be a good idea to build a bike specifically for flat track/Dirt Quake type events. I'd competed at four Dirt Quakes, three on my old Triumph chop, but I fancied something a bit more suitable/faster. As a small pensioner, a vintage two stroke should be ideal, nice and light and pretty affordable in comparison to old British stuff. A couple of Bultacos and a Honda Elsinore caught my eye but passed by. I only really fancied the Honda as I

Pete Stansfield continues the story of his cool Triumph, Old Blu' Read Old Blu Part 1 Reverse head, no front brake I sold it to Peter Allan, Bonneville Salt Flats racer and owner of many Triumphs. He said he would never change it and would offer it back to me first if he wanted to sell it. Two years later, by the magic of today's technology, I bought it back while in the Atlas Mountains having just got back from camel riding. My aim now was to make it useable which in all hon

Old Blu' in 2010 (Guy Bolton/GKM) When one of our Sideburn racing ambassadors, John Harrison mentioned Pete Stansfield in a recent blog post (The Stansfield Effect) , Pete got in touch. He is a bike breaker; former rally driver; proper job avoider; he ran the popular Eat The Rich blog for a few years and is a regular at Sideburn and Dirt Quake events on a variety of different bikes. One of Pete's bikes, in particular, has interesting tale that we wanted to share. So here is p