Our friends at See See Motorcycles in Portland pulled off another fantastic collab, though this one is a bit more mysterious. Adidas made run of these hi-tops but they never actually went on sale.
Still, See See made this magnificent film to advertise the shoes (that you can't buy).
It features lots of See See friends and family who have featured in Sideburn magazine, including Jimmy Hill, Sergey Tattooer, Tori George. George Kassapakis and our very own Todd Marella.
The Estenson Yamaha team has spent the last five years investing heavily in both technology and talent (riding and technical) to enable the CP2 motor to challenge the Indian FTR750.
That engine is a street bike/production motor that powers the Ténéré 700, MT-07, XSR700 and latest generation R7.
The Estenson bikes have won seven of the 16 rounds this year, five for Dallas Daniels, two for JD Beach. Even though the Indian has had restrictions put on it (crank weight, intake size, rear wheel weight limit), Jared Mees has won eight races in 2023 on the FTR750. Briar Bauman won the other on his KTM (that was in Sideburn 53). With two rounds to go, a double-header at the Springfield Mile on 2-3 September, Mees leads Daniels by ONE POINT!
For Sideburn 54 we interviewed Tommy Hayden, the team's Director of Racing Operations, to find out a lot more about the bike. So if you want to find out more... ORDER SIDEBURN 54
Guest post from Sideburn contributor, Ed Makowski.
Phantom Passenger Manifest
Years ago I bought my first nice motorcycle
and later, unrelated, was single. The bike
featured a passenger backrest
to which I gave
little thought.
That ride was my everything transportation
and over days and weeks gradually
appeared less appealing
to swing a leg over.
Eventually I’d sigh dreadfully
meandering to where
it leaned curbside.
Then one day
I removed the passenger backrest
to transport a large box.
The next morning I walked out the door
saw the maroon bodywork
glinting in the sun-dew
and grinned.
So much of life, of our
emotional arboretum
is the result of
either
microscopic pruning
or metastatic neglect,
fertilizing
the outlook,
the disposition
we carry with us
into our mornings
our weeks
our lives
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