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A Belarusian machine won the Best Streetfighter trophy at the last Custombike show in Germany...

After six years of bickering, American Chopper is finally going off the air Back in 2003 was the television hey-day for motorcycle fans. Discovery Channel was the place for gearheads to get their fix with shows like Monster Garage, Biker Build-Off and American Chopper. As we all know American Chopper was a reality show chronicling the [...]

Former Grand National Champion, and one of the handful of current riders to have won the grand slam of nationals, Smokin Joe Kopp, will ride the Lloyd Brothers Motorsport Ducati (that features in Sideburn 4). What a turn-up this is. Larry Pegram raced last year, and he made the main, but couldn't commit to a season because he's concentrating on AMA Superbike. Pegram plans to race Indy and Springfield while Kopp says 'Equipment wise, I have the best of both worlds. I will be riding Ducatis on all the mile

This morning we woke to about 2-3 inches of snow in the Denver Metro area with moderate snowfall adding to the accumulations blanketing the roads.  Now we're talking I thought as I readied Natasha for a ride in the snow.I started off by heading east on Smoky Hill Rd, skirting the periphery of the Blackstone Country Club housing development.  It's a packed dirt trail with loose gravel but with the snow cover, the riding was smooth if a bit slippery at times.  Temperatures were in the mid to high 20s

Female Riders Band Together to Raise Money for MDA During this year’s 69th Annual Daytona Bike Week, hundreds of female motorcycle enthusiasts and Harley-Davidson Motor Company are banding together to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and their efforts to find a cure for neuromuscular disease.  On Tuesday, March 2, 2010, the [...]

South Africa are using motorcycles (but obviously not exclusively) to promote tourism to their country. Their tourist information website even has a page dedicated to motorcycle adventurers. How cool is that for a country? ...

As with previous motorcycle manufacturers, here's what we've found for Honda. Here are 29 Honda motorcycle advertisements from around the globe. My favorite one is shown here... ...

Please forgive me for the headline. Had a late one last night. Anyway, from PJ in San Jose...I got my mags and sticker yesterday and they have been stuck to my hand since. Love all the pics and can't wait to read all the stories. I liked the part about the Chinese bikes they use for training (Great Indoors II - Sideburn 2). I have some of those myself and I beat them... they do keep running. Mr Puccio and I flipped one to a flat tracker so I could

After an upset for the winner, due to a too loud motorcycle, Mickael Pichon won the 2010 Le Touquet Enduropale beach motorcycle race. 1050 motorcycles started, and there were several leaders in the 3 hour race. But to loose on a too loud exhaust must be a first... ...

While the unusual snowfalls in the east are causing their inhabitants to use phrases such as "epic snow storm" or "snowmaggedon", we in the Denver Metro area got but a dusting of snow.  Heck the roads remained clear, even my neighborhood roads were doable by two wheels!Rather disappointing to wake up to this:The snow would fall lightly all morning but we barely got an inch of snow!  I got tired of waiting for it to build up and went out looking for the stuff.  I was to be disappointed.  I

Garrett Brittenham will always have a special place in Sideburn's heart. His Aermacchi/Harley SX250 was on our very first blog post. Then when I started posting about The Mummies, he sent in a photo of his old Mummies tattoo. Then, when Ben got a chubby over Shawn Murray tanks, Garrett sent a photo of his friend's Sporty with its Murray work. And Garrett's Sporty is below.Garrett, we love you. GB's Rocky Mtn 59s blog. G

Adventure sidecar classes (S/TEP) and tours in the Pacific Northwest 2010, from Adventure Sidecar. Novice S/TEP class the following weekends: May 14, 15 & 16 June 11, 12 & 13 August 27, 28 & 29 These classes cover basic sidecar motorcycle operation and riding skills with and without a passenger....

Second Light I had a nice client base in the horse and rider community back in South Bend, Indiana. My customer asked me to do a family portrait as well as senior photos for their soon-to-be high school graduate daughter. Everyone was into horses. During my time on the farm, I grabbed a few shots of the [...] Related posts:V-Strom by Hasselblad The horse is headed for the barn Video editing class pointers

As the eastern portion of the US is being pummeled by what the weather guessers are calling an "epic snow storm",  we in the Denver Metro area woke to freezing fog conditions with a forecasted high today of 48°F!I'd woken very early to help get my wife off to her last training rotation before she's ready to re-enter the workplace as a R.N.  (someone has to work in the family right?)I noted the foggy conditions outside, my wife reported the roads were very foggy with visibility under 100 feet in

We've discovered Project FT500 has been run low on oil at some point and the rockers are worn. So WE NEEDHonda FT500 rockers OR, better still, a complete FT500 headWe'd also like a good rear disc. Can anyone help us? Email dirt @ sideburnmagazine.com (take the spaces out). Thanks

This is a sweet history of a motorcycle from the past. Loved reading this little diddy. Hope you do too. This whole site has some interesting rides. Take a look into the past. Click here or the link below. Motorcycles

This story is a continuation of Alone, Illegal and Broke Down in China Part II of the first story from my upcoming book Alone, Illegal and Broke Down: Stories from motorcycling in China A man pushes his way through the girls and speaks in sharp tones that makes them stop...

VBS TV (part of the the Vice magazine stable) is a online TV station aimed at mid-20s skinny jean wearers. They've posted a couple of quite slickly produced programmes introducing their viewers to dirt track. It was all filmed at the Indy Mile with some additional 1970s footage. Well worth watching, even if the editing goes all weird at the end of the race when Kenny Roberts, Kenny Coolbeth and, I think, JD Beach of the Pro Singles class take the flag.You also see Brandon Robinson's hideous crash.Thanks to Skooter

Two weeks worth of interesting motorcycle stories found on the world wide web..... enjoy. - The 10 greatest scams, cheats and hoaxes in motorcycling - part 1 - Rules For Talking To Woman Bikers - 2009 BMW K 1200 LT: Aging Gracefully - The Mods Vs The Hells Angels - The Single Best Motorcycle Performance Upgrade Is You ...

Looks like a fight broke out. I stripped the Wood Rotax down to its bare frame. Just took the tank and seat unit for painting. G

If you can't make it to France to see this weekend's crazy Le Touquet Enduropale, and don't live in France so you can see one of the 2 TV channels transmitting the race live, then there's still hope.... France 3, one of the main TV channels here, are transmitting 5 feeds from the race on the web. You can see the race as it happens. That's 3 hours of fun.... ...

Two mountain bikers swapped their pedals for a motorcycle, and raced in the Baja 1000 desert race. Their attempt was very well filmed and is available, for free, on-line. Very well done documentary. Have a look. ...

UK short track kingpin Peter Boast has been busy. Like the Italians (who put on a show at Verona), he's always thinking of ways he can get the sport he loves in front of people who've never even heard of flat track. The latest plan was to run indoor races at the huge Autosport Show. Work meant I could make it, but it looks like a short track race in a nightclub. Boastie reckons 40,000 people saw them over the duration of the show. There's some video here.(Photos: Stephen

Talk about a sacred cow, or is it a cash cow???? A Cow version of the BMW K1200LT motorcycle.. ...