We had plans for the neat project bike we rustled up for the cover of Sideburn 39, but Covid-19 went and buggered them, so the bike is up for sale. This a mild custom, with some really neat components and all the quality and reliability of a stock Honda with some big-bore pep. What is it? A 2000 Honda FTR223. It is a sexy Japan-only model, but it shares lots of parts with other Hondas so we didn't have trouble finding service parts from David Silver Spares in the UK and CMS i

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

This is 2019 AFT Production Twins champ, Cory Texter on his G&G Yamaha. Cory writes tech advice aimed at amateur racers for the magazine, his first piece was in Sideburn 40, and covered wheels and tyres. In the current issue he explain gearing and getting it right while under pressure on race day. Cory also wrote about his championship winning bike and kit in Sideburn 39. ORDER SIDEBURN MAGAZINES Cory is also raising funds for his amateur team with raffles of memorabilia. Fin

Below is the fourth link to a Takashi Urashima image to colour-in. https://www.dropbox.com/s/25lhw3bmdb8ud0o/Sideburn%20Brink%20copyright%20Takashi%20Urashima.jpg?dl=0 This one is a bit different because it's our pal and fellow racer, Brink, with one of his street bikes, Golden Dawn, a Harley bosozuko-style chop built by Pangea Speed in Utah. Come back later in the week for the next instalment. Work remains the copyright of Takashi Urashima. If you want to buy the magazine w