Guest post from Dee Hardwick Cheeky Bid... That’s usually the start of the conversation when I'm dragging my other-half to pick up some random bike/frame/engine from some random bloke in a random part of the country. It's currrently vintage BSA bits. I love bikes, always have done since I was kid growing up on a farm in Lincolnshire. I used to leave AutoTrader (remember it? 45p from corner shop) open with rings around field bikes that my parents chose to ignore. They hated bi

The news of Rye House closing was a downer for all UK oval racers, but there is good news. the Eddie Wright Racing (aka Scunthorpe Speedway) track is hosting loads of races and building a popular flat track scene. Join the conversation at Scunny Flat Track facebook See the dates at scunthorpe-speedway.com #ukflattrack #Scunthorpe

Sideburn reader and DTRA racer Tim Newbrook tells us about his recently finished hooligan build. There I was, just a young lad looking at a new poster on my bedroom wall of a Harley Davidson in front of the big HD Logo, I can’t remember what bike it actually was, apart from the fact that it was orange and had wide bars, but I knew I wanted one . . even at 10 years old Fast forward 45 years and there I am again, looking at a picture of a Harley Davidson, the difference is this

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