Jason's new engine

The mighty Jason, whose C&J Rotax racer was featured in Sideburn 5, can't leave his bike alone. For the 2011 season it has been rebuilt with new engine cases. Not any old engine cases, but ones machined from billet aluminium. They were designed by UK Supermono racer Ivan Porter to cope with the stresses caused by 78bhp road-race Rotax engines (they often split their cases). Ivan had a batch CNC-machined a few years ago and these are the last pair of cases. Stunning.
Also, check out the multi-pin socket coming from the flywheel. Jason made his own military spec loom. GI

Captain Simo's Harris Ducati

Captain Simo has cropped up on the Sideburn blog enough to get his own label. He is a self-proclaimed Henry the Eighth lookalike who has built some of the most killer street bikes ever to prowl the NorthWest of England (and beyond). His adventures are Sideburn feature-worthy and some will be in the mag one-day. I've only been on one with him, but it was a beauty (dinghy to the TT). For now, here's a Harris Ducati he built in 1987. G