Sideburn Magazine

07/08/2025

Our mate Jim modfied this brand Honda GB350 street tracker for a European Honda dealer custom competition. Read about it on our site and then vote for it to win...
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05/27/2025

After a long break, we're back posting on the blog, and have a couple of reader ads, bikes for sale (like the Hawkeye Enfield Hooligan), and a new video! Head to Sideburnmagazine d0t c0m to see more!

03/25/2025

For Sale
Sideburn is selling this Bultaco Astro. Well-known race bike in the UK. Not done many races since a full professional engine rebuild, inc. rebuilt crank, rebore, new piston, new clutch, Electrex ignition.
Ready to race. Some spares.
Located in Lincolnshire, UK.
£7000 - DM us.

03/06/2025

The post-Indian FTR750, post-Mees era of starts at Daytona TODAY!
Is everyone racing for second behind (even if they won’t admit it)?
There are 24 SuperTwins entries for the opening round.
10 Kawasaki
5 Yamaha
3 KTM
2 HD
1 Royal Enfield
1 Honda
1 Suzuki
Who is winning races this year?

02/14/2025

Another piece for the next Sideburn project bike.

02/10/2025

This is
He has just made a beautiful alloy tank & race seat unit for an as yet secret Sideburn project. It was a 700-mile round trip to pick up the bike from his Cornish workshop & all I can say is it was worth it.
Graham builds a LOT of Japanese-four powered hardtail chops, but he makes superb alloy tanks & bodywork for all kinds of bikes too.
Give him a follow and hit him up when you need your next tank.

12/19/2024

We have posted a round-up of Trackmaster-framed bikes we've featured in the magazine over the years. Follow the link to read the story.

Hello! We're back with some posts in which we're going to look at different categories of bikes covered during the 15 years of the mag as a reminder of some great machinery, and to revel in a bit of Sideburn history while we decide what we're doing next. Hope you enjoy these trips down memory lane.....

08/29/2024

We have an exclusive interview with Gary Gray, Indian's VP of Racing. We talk about the 'surprise' announcement of the FTR750 being excluded from AFT at the end of this season and how the company looks at its time in AFT and the decisions the company made.

There are just three races before for the Indian FTR750 is excluded from American Flat Track competition. One more swing at a title, that if it wins, would be the bike’s eight consecutive title. An Indian FTR750 rider has won every AFT championship since it was introduced in 2017, and Jared Mees h...

08/19/2024

You wait a while for a Sideburn news story, then you get two in one day. This is a biggie: AFT has finally announced they are 'banning' the FTR750 with a very matter-of-fact engine rule update.

American Flat Track has released its list of approved engines for the 2025 season, and the FTR750 is not on it. With four rounds of the 16-race 2024 American Flat Track series left to compete, reigning champ, Jared Mees is leading the championship on an FTR750. Indian-mounted Brandon Robinson is in....

08/19/2024

The FIM World Flat Track championship head to the UK this weekend. Follow the link to find out who is involved, timings and ticket details.

The FIM Flat Track World Championship dates back to 2011, but it was a single race title, that held little prestige, up to an including 2017. In 2018 it became a three-round title, with two rounds held in Italy. More recently it has gained more respect with US star Slammin' Sammy Halbert competing i...