I posted a somewhat flippant comment on instagram the other day under super photos of Mikey Martin on the Bonneville Performance Triumph twin, from a feature in Sideburn 11. I wrote, 'We’ve been making Sideburn so long we remember when Triumph used to race.' The bike we featured competed in the 2012 season, but the last time, we believe, a Triumph scored points in the GNC was at Springfield, 4 September 2016, an 8th with Jake Shoemaker on board. AFT commentator Scottie Deuble

This oddity was brought to our attention by Sideburn 37 cover bike builder Ross Sharp. Oddity, you're thinking, It's a beauty. Yes, but it's an XR750 street tracker with no visible means of starting it, other than bump, and that would get pretty tiresome. Sideburn has featured a killer XR750 street tracker, Brad Peterson's in Sideburn 18, but it had a remote starter socket. I've also seen Kevin Atherton's road-going XR750 in the flesh and being ridden, it too has a remote sta

I'm not sure how long I can keep this up. I watched all the practice, qualifying, heats and semis, then fell asleep for an hour after setting my alarm for 2am. Ugh. There were no Production Twins at the NY ST, so the extra class was the Bultaco Invitational. It was won by Charlie Roberts, one of the main men behind the Rookies Class of 79 charity, that raises funds for injured flat trackers. The 40-odd year-old Bultacos were only about 1s a lap slower that the latest, tuned 4