The Flathead, an undeserved underdog
Text by Uwe Ehinger Studio photo : Benoit Guerry Motor Photo by Hermann Köpf others courtesy of Ehinger Kraftrad As a builder and collector of custom bikes, I love engines so much that I really have a hard time resisting the urge to philosophize about desig...

Wot No Bike – Paintings by Paul Simonon: bassist, motorcyclist, artist
Having been a Bassist for many years in various Punk and post-Punk bands, I always had a special affection for theses background guys, those who usually works in the shadow... More rarely they can be the "Hero" like Jean Jacques Burnel in the Stranglers or ...

Tokyo
Text: El Solitario Photos: Southsiders Group photos : Jocke Rooth The first time we hit Japan, old wolf Johnny Whitewalls, while I was bitching about this & that, murmured with a cheeky crack: Next year you'll be back... Of course old wolves are normally ri...

Dragstalgia
I would like to thank our contributors, they keep the Southsiders blog alive by their excellents posts and pictures. Sadly my involvement in the Wheels and Waves story is growing up day after day, and doesn't let me enough time to publish content by myself....

Alberto Garcia ALix - El retrato
Alberto García-Alix "Un Mundo Traicionado" from Collectif Combo on Vimeo .

The Lucky Cat Garage
In 2008, blogs were rare: this growing phenomenon, in which we have participated from then til today, is now something known to everyone. "Seb" ran a blog called "The last chance garage du 7-8" and we started to communicate back then. Seb now evolves in his...

Luc Rolland and friends surfing Guéthary Parlementia
Luc Rolland "Petit surf entre amis" from Benitu vidéo on Vimeo .

Two days in Munich :The BMW Museum
Munich, Cuckoos, Beer, Bayern,Pork Knuckle, Sauerkraut, Lederhosen, and BMW ! We were off last week-end with Jérôme and Valérie to brainstorm with the BMW Motorrad crew about the next edition of Wheels and Waves. A visit at the museum is highly recommanded,...

Our Rides / Euskadi by the Coast
Already two months, the 26 of last September will stay in my memory as a sweet day of ride between friends along the coast of the Basque Country. A good way to remember to best fall ever in our country with  some unpublished photos by Val. Thanks to Elvira,...

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I wanna be a dentist....
Text & photos Bernard Testemale As we were gathering one month ago for the world premiere of " On Any Sunday next chapter" ( San Sebastian Savage cine festival ), I asked our friend Bernard Testemale to share with us his recent Journey in South Africa with ...

The W&W X Douk- Douk collaboration
We are proud to introduce today our collaboration between The Cognet Cutlery and Wheels and Waves This unique batch of fifty knives can be sent all over the world ! The douk-douk is a French-made pocket knife. It has been manufactured by the M.C Cognet cutl...