Tim’s V-Twin Thing
I’ve just sold my Fireblade and gone back in time, I’ve picked up a really clean Ducati 900SS FE. The chap I bought it off has had it from new and it came from a collection of ...
Custom Blues
I really enjoy tinkering with my bike, but if I’m honest, at least half my efforts involve way too much cursing, swearing, wishing I’d never started, and sometimes wasting lots of money. It’s my own fault. I’m ...
Garage Project’s W650
The guys at Garage Project Motorcycles downunda may seem to be relatively new kids on the block when it comes to building, but I love their bikes, their attitude and they way they tell it. They’ve always ...
Gilson’s Triumph
If you haven’t come across the Gilson’s take on how Triumph should have been building their bikes from day one, then you’re in for a treat. Jules & Mark Gilson and Mark Robbins make up this British trio ...
Spirit at Rollerburn
Grant took these great pics at Rollerburn. It’s just a shame there’s none of us eating a McDeath, outside in the freezing midnight fog with a load of assorted skaters and bikers. Good times. I know what ...
NEC Cafe or Decaf?
I headed down to the NEC bike show this week to check out what’s new, hoping that the fast growing cafe scene might be having a bit more of an influence on the big corporate machine that ...
Build 43: Geoff’s Duc
Moto Brilliance: Not a single bolt or component out of place – just pure, understated cool Sometimes a bike comes along that really moves my soul, but it tends to be from the usual suspects at places ...
Sideburn’s Rollerburn
This weekend a few of us decided to brave the Watford gap and tear up the A1 beyond Nottingham to check out Rollerburn – an event that promised to combine cafe racers & custom bikes with Rollergirls ...
Building to Victory
After a few quiet weeks, where most of my spare time has been spent setting up the Bike Shed, it was time to return my attention to the little Duc and her needs. The trouble with starting ...
Triumph S6 Updated
S6 is nearly there, which is a good job as it will be at Rollerburn tomorrow! It’s great to get the tank on, the seat has arrived too and looks great but rather than show it now ...
UMC in Motion
Passionate newbie bike-builder and pro-snapper Damian McFadden hooked up with Adam & Co at Untitled Motorcycles recently, keen to take pics of more than just static bikes (which he is also rather good at). ..His own biking ...
From Brute to Beauty
I’ve always loved Buells, or at least I liked them before they were ruined with Rotax liquid-cooled engines, giant side-pod radiators and engineering so clever it usually led to warped discs and all-too-easy write offs when the ...
Christian’s LeMans
What makes all of this bike building stuff work for me, are the guys who have a passion and an attention to detail that means what they put together for themselves ends up being a real reflection ...
Milan Peeks (Geddit?)
Industry Bike Shows usually just full of the usual yawn-inducing industry waffle, but it’s interesting to note more than a few nods and winks towards the world of street customs, scramblers and cafe racers from a few exhibitors ...
The Brat
It’s amazing to think the a humble Honda CB350 can end up looking quite so badass, but Rex & Co at Garage Project M/C clearly had a vision when they picked this up on ebay for $1,600 ...
Mike’s Thruxton
Mike, from the Ducati Sport Classic forum, has been a fan of the cafe racer scene for years and is exactly the kind of passionate home/shed builder that I want this site to be about, and to ...
Sacriledge or Stunner!
Roland Sands has recently chopped up a perfectly good Ducati Desmosedici RR and turned it into a Flat/Street tracker and then trashed it round a dirt oval. You Tube Link Ducatista’s are up in arms of the ...
S4 Revisited
S4 Revisited… I’ve been looking at the design for our SR400 for too long now and felt the need to revisit it. So, here’s another scheme – a mean and moody black, dark silver and metallic copper. ...
Lukeye’s Cafe Racer
Updated pics Below is a re-post of a blog by Lucas, known as Lukeye on the Ducati Sport Classic Forum. He’s put a lot of work into his Sport Classic 1000S Cafe Racer, and a lot of ...
Baz’s Bonnie Rear
Our resident Art Director extraordinaire, Barry, has been getting his seat fettled by the guys at Untitled Motorcycles, with a slimline, narrow look. His Bonnie has already had a lot of work done by the legendary Bob ...
ROLLERBURN
Sideburn 9 is out soon. It’s out soon. Woohoo! Check out the Sideblog for some great posts regarding Rollerburn, it’s going to be one of the those seminal events that we’ll all be talking about for ...
New Order
We’ve got new T-shirt designs in stock, £20 each, get ‘em while they’re ‘ot. We’ve also restocked the ‘Shunt’ and ‘Swirl’ designs which have been a raging success and have become this seasons ‘must have’ item. Probably.