Here at Back Street Heroes – not only the original, but also the most successful custom bike magazine of all – we’re proud to have been responsible for having organised the Custom Xtreme display at the NEC for the last dozen years or so. This year, BSH incorporates Streetfighters, thereby consolidating the very best of traditional and high-performance custom bikes in a single package.
This high-profile showcase is dedicated exclusively to the work of the UK’s most highly-talented and ingenious builders – professional and amateur alike – all of whom remain consistently passionate about fusing exquisite engineering and absolute art into a single motorcycle. Whether you’re looking for the experimental ingenuity and innovation of the BSH bikes, or the stripped-down, adrenaline-fuelled excitement of a Streetfighters creation, you’re guaranteed to find it at Custom Xtreme.
Quite simply, Custom Xtreme is an unprecedented collection of the UK’s very finest hand-built motorcycles – some having been featured in BSH and Streetfighters, others hot off the workbench – the like of which you won’t find anywhere else.
And for 2013, we can confidently predict that Custom Xtreme will again feature the most outrageous, extraordinary machines ranking amongst the very best you’ll ever see anywhere in the world.
So make sure you visit Custom Xtreme during your time at the show, and prepare to be amazed!
Goodwood is delighted to announce that tickets for the 2016 Festival of Speed and Revival go on general sale on Tuesday 3 November.
The Festival of Speed, which celebrates the very best of motoring and motor sport, will be held on 23-26 June, 2016.
As usual, the event will open with the Moving Motor Show on Thursday, 23 June, featuring many of the world’s largest motor manufacturers showcasing their latest models, alongside exciting and innovative concepts. From Friday to Sunday, 24-26 June, the famous Goodwood hillclimb will be taken over by a glittering collection of iconic cars and bikes, piloted by legendary drivers and riders.
The Revival is the world’s largest and most celebrated historic motor racing and vintage culture event, bringing back to life Goodwood Motor Circuit’s glory days as an active race track from 1948-66. It will take place on 9-11 September, 2016.
A host of superstars from the world of motor sport attended Goodwood events this year, including the most illustrious grand prix motorcycle racer of all time, Valentino Rossi, alongside fellow two-wheel World Champions Casey Stoner, Freddie Spencer, Kenny Roberts and John Surtees, plus F1 title winners Jenson Button and Sir Jackie Stewart, US legends Don ‘Big Daddy’ Garlits, Richard Petty and Ken Block, and Le Mans heroes Tom Kristensen, Derek Bell and Emanuele Pirro. Expect a similarly star-studded line-up in 2016.
Key highlights of both events, including the Festival of Speed theme, will be announced in the coming weeks.
Tickets and hospitality packages for both events went on sale to Members of the Goodwood Road Racing Club on Saturday 31 October. Those on the GRRC waiting list were able to purchase tickets from Monday 2 November, while tickets go on general sale on Tuesday 3 November.
Tickets for the 74th Members’ Meeting, which will be held on 19-20 March, 2016 are already on sale to Members. Those on the wait list could purchase from Monday 2 November, with a limited number of tickets going on general sale on 1 January, subject to availability.
Hospitality, tickets and more information is available via www.goodwood.com/tickets or 01243 755055
Suzuki is giving GSX-R owners free tickets for this year’s Motorcycle Live, as part of the GSX-R 30th anniversary celebrations taking place over the course of the show.
A selection of classic GSX-R models from the last three decades will form the anniversary display, which also includes the winning bikes from Suzuki’s competition that invited owners to get their GSX-Rs involved in the display too.
An original GSX-R750F will also be rebuilt and restored to its former glory on the Suzuki stand throughout the event.
Suzuki GB Marketing Manager, Rob Cooper, said,“The GSX-R 30th anniversary celebrations are going to be a real highlight of this year’s Motorcycle Live, and inviting owners to come and be involved is our way of thanking all of our loyal customers for their support over the years. GSX-R is arguably the most recognisable brand in modern motorcycling and is responsible for sportsbikes as we know them today. We’re looking forward to marking 30 years of such an iconic range of bikes with everyone that comes along.”
Suzuki’s GSX-R display can be found on stand 4E15. GSX-R owners wanting to claim their free ticket should head to www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/gsx-r. For further ticket and show information, visit www.motorcyclelive.co.uk.
Terms & Conditions: To claim a free entry ticket to the 2015 Motorcycle Live show at the NEC from 28th November to 6th December 2015, visit www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/gsx-r and complete the registration form in full. Offer is open to current GSX-R registered keepers of models officially imported by Suzuki GB and originally registered in the UK, vehicle details will be validated against Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) and Registration Number. Offer subject to availability, ticket quantity is limited and will be administered on a first come first served basis to qualifying registrations, registration is open from 19th October 2015 and closes 13th November 2015. Successful applications will receive their e-ticket to Motorcycle Live by 20th November 2015. On ly one ticket per person, tickets are non-transferable and can only be used once. There will be no cash prize alternative. By registering for the free ticket, the participant gives permission for Suzuki GB PLC and authorised Suzuki dealers to contact them by post, telephone and email with relevant Suzuki products, services and offers. Registration forms must be completed in full and conditions of entry must be accepted. Suzuki GB PLC reserve the right to withdraw the offer without notice. Neither Suzuki GB PLC nor its agents or authorised Suzuki dealers will accept responsibility for entries damaged,lost, delayed or mislaid, however caused. Promoter: Suzuki GB PLC, Steinbeck Crescent, Snelshall West, Milton Keynes, Bucks MK4 4AE
The countdown to Motorcycle Live 2015 is on! This year’s show will fire up on Saturday 28 November at The NEC, Birmingham and run at full revs for nine days until Sunday 6 December, with four halls jam-packed with features that will see modern motorcycling come to life.
Top of every visitor’s list is new metal and this year will not disappoint, with over 30 of the world’s leading motorcycle manufacturers showcasing their 2016 models in the UK for the first time.
Motorcycle Live takes place at The NEC, Birmingham from 28 November to 6 December 2015. Advance tickets are on sale now, at just £17.50 per adult, £11 for Seniors and £7 for children aged 11-16 (kids ten and under accompanied by a paying adult go free). There is also a £20.50 advance ticket, which includes entry to the show and a choice of Oxford neck wear worth £15† .
The Bike Park – in partnership with Bike Trac, offers free bike parking.
† Advance ticket price, closing date for advanced tickets 5.00pm on 27 November 2015
After a record-breaking 2015 spectacle, the action-packed Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show returns to the capital next February (12-14), bigger and better than before. With a whole host of motorcycling stars, new features and live entertainment, ‘early bird’ tickets are on sale now (two tickets for just £28), providing the best savings to London’s biggest motorcycling event.
With the 2015 show coinciding with the 60th anniversary of Motorcycle News (MCN), nearly 40,000 two wheel fans flocked to the capital to rub shoulders with the likes of Carl Fogarty and Scott Redding, as well as get up close and personal with the latest models from the world’s leading manufacturers.
The 2016 event, again held at London’s ExCeL Centre on February 12-14, looks set to be even bigger. Alongside the latest new models for 2016 and stars of biking, the Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show will feature the annual London Custom Bike Championship, a huge area dedicated to classic machines, the free live action show ‘Slide’, featuring TT legend John McGuinness, and hundreds of retailers offering the best in motorcycle accessories. New for 2016 will be a massive motorcycle auction hosted by Coys, the specialists in fine historic automobiles, valuers and auctioneers. Visitor access to take part in the Coys auction is by catalogue only, and will cost £10 on the day.
Rob Aherne Managing Director of Motorcycling at Bauer Media added, “After last year’s record-breaking show, which reflected how vibrant the UK biking scene is, we are all set for another fantastic event. Plans are under way to make the 2016 Carole Nash MCN London motorcycle show our biggest yet and with a host of world exclusives, it will be one not to be missed.”
Early bird tickets to the action-packed three day event are now on sale, with a special offer of two tickets for £28 – a saving of £14 for the equivalent on the door. Adult advanced tickets are £17 online, with Senior and Student tickets £15. One child goes free per paying adult, additional children’s tickets are just £10. Bike parking will again be free. All tickets will be subject to a one-off charge of £1.50 per transaction. A
To find out more about the 2016 Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show and book tickets, visit www.mcnmotorcycleshow.com or call 0844 873 7346
In just five weeks time, the 2015 edition of Europe’s largest dedicated off-road exhibition will be open to the public and the latest news is that one lucky Show fan will win a stunning Honda CRF250R worth over £6,600.
This is a serious bit of kit for the MX2 competitor, as the uprated 2016 model enjoys a substantial top-end power boost from a newly-developed HRC cylinder head, piston and con-rod, with stronger bottom-end torque without sacrificing mid-range performance. The new crosser is also equipped with Showa SFF-TAC-Air forks, which have been further improved to reduce friction, plus Honda’s programmable engine mapping system which allows the rider to select one of three pre-set configurations to suit differing track conditions.
The CRF will be situated on the Classic Dirt Bike magazine stand in hall three, on display throughout the four-day duration of the International Dirt Bike Show. Visitors can enter the competition at the Show itself or online at www.dirtbikeshow.co.uk
Money-saving advance tickets are now on sale offering adult admission from just £8 for the opening day, Thursday the 29th of October, or £13 for Friday through to Sunday. Those aged over 60, or between 11 and 15 can visit the Show on any day for just £8 with an advance ticket, and children aged 10 and under go free. For every ten adult tickets bought together, the 11th is free, so why not get a group of friends, family and club members together and save even more? There are no booking fees and parking is free and plentiful.
To buy advance tickets and find out more about what’s going on at the Show, visit www.dirtbikeshow.co.uk where the Show App can also be downloaded, Facebook liked and Twitter followed.
Suzuki will again be providing one of the main attractions at this year’s Motorcycle Live, with the restoration of an original GSX-R750F on its stand over the course of the show.
As part of the 30th anniversary celebrations of the iconic range of sportsbikes, which will also see a display of some of the classic GSX-Rs from over the years, Suzuki will be stripping the bike down and rebuilding it with refurbished and new components, restoring the machine to its former glory as the original race replica and the bike that set the precedent for every sportsbike since.
The bike, which is also part of Suzuki’s popular Vintage Parts Programme, will be restored by Team Classic Suzuki technician Nathan Colombi, and will be completed and started live on the stand on the final day of the show.
Tim Davies, Suzuki GB’s Aftersales Marketing Co-ordinator for parts, said,“I really don’t think there’s a bigger icon in motorcycling than the original GSX-R750. It’s responsible for 30 years of sportsbikes as we know them today and also the popularity of the GSX-R brand. With plenty of celebrations planned around the anniversary at Motorcycle Live, we’re really looking forward to the project and hope that everyone that comes to the show is just as excited as we are to see it come together.”
GSX-R owners also have the chance to get involved with Suzuki’s celebrations at Motorcycle Live, with three spaces available on the GSX-R display up for grabs. To enter for the chance to , owners simply need to upload a photo of their GSX-R to www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/gsx-r-competition.
Suzuki can be found on stand 4D20 when Motorcycle Live opens its doors on Saturday 28 November, 2015.
For more information on Suzuki’s Vintage Parts Programme, click here.
For Motorcycle Live tickets and information, click here
A superb line-up of legendary motorcycle racers, led by former World Champions Kevin Schwantz, Freddie Spencer and Troy Corser, will take part in the Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy at the Goodwood Revival on September 11-13.
Schwantz, who won legions of fans with his no-holds-barred style on his way to the 500cc world title in 1993, and made his Revival debut last year on the ex-Geoff Duke Featherbed Norton, will ride a 1961 Manx Norton 500 with Rodney O’Connor.
Fellow American Spencer, a two-time 500cc World Champion himself, will also be Norton-mounted, riding a 1962 model with entrant Julian Ide.
Australian Corser, whose World Superbike crowns came in 1996 and 2005, is, as usual, BMW-mounted, and will have a rare Kaczor R50S at the disposal of himself and co-rider Sebastian Gutsch.
Former GP racers Steve Parrish and Jeremy McWilliams are always popular additions to the Revival line-up. Both return for 2015 with Parrish, Barry Sheene’s close friend and team-mate during his 1977 500cc title-winning season, riding a 1962 Matchless G50 and McWilliams – twice a Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy winner – on a 1961 Norton.
Isle of Man TT winners Mick Grant and Gary Johnson are reunited on the 1964 MV Agusta 500/3 on which they won at Goodwood in 2013, while another TT winner, Charlie Williams, has a 1962 Norton at his disposal.
Two more TT victors, Ian Simpson and Michael Rutter, also return. Rutter will ride a 1962 Manx Norton with Simpson on a 1966 Hansen Honda CR450. Fellow road-racing favourites Maria Costello and Keith Amor will be attempting to upstage them on, respectively, a BMW RS54 and a Norton.
British Superbike race winners James Whitham and Steve Plater will share a Matchless G50 while three more former front-runners from the championship, James Haydon, Glen Richards and Steve Brogan have, respectively, Matchless, MV Agusta and Norton machinery to power their ambitions during the weekend.
Derek Crutchlow, father of MotoGP star Cal Crutchlow, and himself a former World Endurance Championship racer, will make his Revival debut on a Norton, as will Taylor Mackenzie, son of three-time British Superbike Champion Niall; the latter on a bike entered by GP winner Chas Mortimer.
The Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy, which is this year for 500cc grand prix motorcycles of 1960-66, comprises one race on Saturday and one on Sunday, with a mandatory mid-race rider change in the pits for each bike and overall results decided on the aggregate finishing times of both races.
Previous winners include former 500cc World Champion Wayne Gardner, Barry Sheene himself, (when the race was known as the Lennox Cup), Mick Grant, Michael Rutter and Jeremy McWilliams
Tickets for Motorcycle Live 2015 are on sale now. This year’s show will fire up on Saturday 28 November at The NEC, Birmingham and run at full revs for nine days until Sunday 6 December, with four halls jam-packed with features that bring modern motorcycling to life.
Top of every visitor’s list is new metal and this year will not disappoint, with over 30 of the world’s leading motorcycle manufacturers showcasing their 2016 models in the UK for the first time.
2016 Bikes – Entertainment – Celebrities – Test Rides – Great Offers on the Latest Kit
Motorcycle Live takes place at The NEC, Birmingham from 28 November to 6 December 2015. Advance tickets are on sale now, at just £17.50 per adult, £11 for Seniors and £7 for children aged 11-16**
(kids ten and under accompanied by a paying adult go free).
There is also a £20.50 advance ticket, which includes entry to the show and a choice of Oxford neck wear worth £15.
FMX LIVE Brand new for 2015 is FMX Live
Freestyle Motocross makes a huge return to Motorcycle Live this November in the form of FMX Live – the godfathers of craziness will ramp-up for what’s set to be the biggest, loudest and most insane show to ever hit one of Europe’s most successful Motorcycle shows. Presented by the owners of the ultra-awesome Arenacross Tour, riders from across the globe are preparing for a whopping 32 shows of intensely choreographed action, packed full of lights, lazers and LED – all fixed to a heart-pumping soundtrack.
Tickets for FMX Live are limited and can be purchased in advance at a cost of £5.00 for visitors aged 17 and over at the same time as you buy your entry ticket for Motorcycle Live
Following a return to form in 2014 with the release of the revolutionary new reverse cylinder YZ-F models and more recently the new WR250F, Yamaha is pleased to announce that London based dealer, Motorcycle Store Ltd, is the latest recruit in Yamaha’s off-road network.
Despite the UK’s capital being the most unlikely location for an off-road dealership, Motorcycle Store Ltd who already hold a Premier Exclusive Yamaha road bike franchise, have experienced an ever increasing demand for the blue brand of competition machines and have decided that the time is right to expand their offering.
Motorcycle Store Ltd is now able to offer the full range of Yamaha off-road competition machines, fun bikes, aftersales support and spare parts from their showroom in Shepherd’s Bush, providing coverage for Greater London and the surrounding areas.
Contact details are listed below:
MOTORCYCLE STORE LTD
Commercial Unit
15 Shepherd’s Bush Road
London
W6 7LX
Tel: 0207 610 4131
Web: www.motorcyclestore.co.uk
For more information about Yamaha off-road motorcycles or to find your nearest authorised Yamaha dealer, please visit www.yamaha-motor.eu/uk.
The Goodwood Festival of Speed will host the global public debut of the astonishing Bienville Legacy – set to be one of the most powerful four-cylinder production motorcycles ever created – on 25-28 June this Summer.
Born from Bienville Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana, the JT Nesbitt-designed Legacy has been in development for over three years and is widely acknowledged as one of the finest examples of two-wheeled design ever produced.
The Legacy advances motorcycle design with patented suspension leveraging one composite leaf-spring with the engine mounted at its centre. Carbon-composite blades allow for rake and trail adjustment for the first time on a production motorcycle.
Three concept models have been produced to-date, establishing an exquisite bill of materials in titanium, carbon fibre, leather, and mahogany. Powered by the American-made 1650cc Motus V4 engine, production models will be supercharged and provide up to 300bhp.
The Legacy will be ridden up the iconic 1.16-mile Goodwood Festival of Speed Hillclimb by Jim Jacoby and Scott Miller. Both founded the ADMCi Foundation which has supported the Legacy project from its inception.
The Legacy is just the latest addition to a two-wheeled entry that includes MotoGP legends Valentino Rossi, Casey Stoner, Giacomo Agostini, Freddie Spencer, John Surtees, Jim Redman and Kenny Roberts plus a celebration of Yamaha Motor Company’s 60th anniversary, featuring an astonishing array of bikes from the Japanese manufacturer.
Ticket information is available from www.goodwood.com or via the Goodwood Ticket Office on 01243 755055.
NOTES:
Staged every summer since 1993, the Goodwood Festival of Speed is the world’s largest motoring garden party, set against the spectacular backdrop of Goodwood House in West Sussex, UK. Over 600 cars and motorcycles spanning the phenomenal history of motoring and motor sport take part, with some of the most legendary figures from the sport as well as international celebrities regularly attending. Highlights of the 2015 event, which takes place on June 25-28, include the Moving Motor Show presented by the AA in association with The Telegraph, Forest Rally Stage, Michelin Supercar Run, Goodwood Action Sports, Cartier ‘Style et Luxe’ concours d’elegance, Drivers’ Club presented by TAG Heuer, FOS Air and Bonhams auction.
FIA World Rallycross Champion Petter Solberg will star in next weekend’s Autosport International Live Action Arena, which will be hosted by Sky Sports F1’s David Croft and feature a Guinness World Record attempt from Brit Alastair Moffat.
The Live Action Arena is the UK’s largest indoor racetrack, home to exciting, 70-minute shows packed with live racing, stunts and celebrity appearances over the course of the 8-11 January* event at Birmingham’s NEC.
Also a former World Rally Champion, Solberg will demonstrate a Citroën Xsara WRC, the car which carried the French manufacturer to six FIA world titles in four years, entertaining 5,000 fans in each session.
“Driving a car like my Citroën Xsara WRC inside definitely isn’t something you get to do every day, so I’m really looking forward to the Live Action Arena shows,” Solberg said.
“With so much power and noise, it’s a sensational car for the stages, and I’m sure it’ll look and sound even better within the confines of the NEC to all of the fans.”
A popular broadcaster, ‘Crofty’ will introduce the action, share his take on the world of Formula 1 and interview motorsport stars including 13-time Grand Prix winner David Coulthard and Croft’s Sky Sports F1 colleague and newly-crowned FIA World Endurance Champion Anthony Davidson.
“The Live Action Arena showcase is unique and adrenaline-fuelled. There’s really something for everyone in each show, whether you’re there to see the racing, be amazed by the stunts or hear from the stars,” he said.
“It’ll be great to see Petter Solberg on the limit in such a confined environment, and catch up with the likes of David Coulthard and my Sky Sports F1 buddy Anthony Davidson, sharing their take on the 2014 F1 season and looking ahead to 2015.”
In each show, Alastair Moffat will look to reclaim his Guinness World Record for the world’s tightest parallel park. Set in 2013, Moffat’s record of performing a handbrake park into a space just 3.4 inches longer than the Mini he was driving was broken in November by Chinese Drift Champion Han Yue.
Excitement also comes through side-by-side racing from BTRDA Rallycross Clubman Championship Super Modifieds, BriSCA F2, BriSCA F1 Stock Cars, Autograss Class 7 and Specials, while Team Japspeed will return with sensational drifting demonstrations.
From motoring’s Performance Car Show, presented by Landsail Tyres, in association with Autocar and PistonHeads.com, a collection of Autocar’s Britain’s Best Driver’s Cars 2014 will also feature, led by the Ferrari 458 Speciale, McLaren 650S and Porsche P11 GT3.
Including Live Action Arena access, tickets to Autosport International are available from £32 for adults, with children’s tickets priced from £21 and children under five years admitted for free. For tickets, visit www.autosportinternational.com
The Ducati Scrambler, built by “customiser” Andrea Radaelli of Radikal Chopper, winner of the EICMA Custom International Bike Show 2014, was presented at Deus Ex Machina in Milan.
Organised in collaboration with LowRide magazine, the Deus Ex Machina contest took place last November during EICMA 2014. The event saw the participation of around ten customisers – the creators of some amazing bikes – who challenged one another for the ultimate victory.
EICMA rewarded the winner with a Ducati Scrambler, as well as the opportunity to interpret and personalise the bike according to his own personal style. This was just one of the event’s many initiatives lined up during this prestigious international motorcycle exhibition.
Personalised from nose to tail, the Ducati Scrambler was presented alongside a photographic record illustrating the various stages of its transformation, as well as all the elements that played a role in its creation
This unprecedented bike will also be playing a leading role in upcoming events, including the Bike Shed event in London where the Radikal Chopper will be joined by other Ducati Scrambler inspired specials.The event runs form the 22 – 24 May at London’s Tobacco Dock where up to 150 custom motorcycles from the new wave custom scene will be on display.
David Aldana, who led the Americans to victory in the original Transatlantic Trophy races in the 1970s, will join 500GP legend Kevin Schwantz in Team USA for the match revival at the MCN Festival on 16-17th May.
Multi world enduro champion David Knight MBE will be captaining the UK squad, in a special flat track style tribute to this incredible, but largely forgotten, series.
Billed as the most experiential motorcycling event of the year, major manufacturers will be bringing a selection of their latest machines for vistors to test ride and there will be opportunities try out a motocross machine, ride a piece of history on a classic bike or try an adventure bike in it’s natural off road environment too.
The MCN Festival is at the East of England Showground, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 6XE on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th May 2015. Advance ticket prices are £19 for an Adult; Over-65s pay £14 and there is no charge for children, providing each one is accompanied by a paying adult. The early bird ticket offer ends 13th May – visit www.mcnfestival.com for details.
This year’s Goodwood Revival, on September 11-13, will pay tribute to the great Ferrari racing sports cars of the 1950s by staging a special race exclusively for drum-braked machines from the iconic Maranello manufacturer.
The Lavant Cup, which was held exclusively for Jaguar D-Types in 2014, will sing to the sound of an Italian opera as some of the most beautiful machines ever adorned by the Prancing Horse badge race for victory, driven by a number of the world’s top historic racers.
Enzo Ferrari’s machines achieved phenomenal success in international motor sport during the 1950s, taking five World Sportscar Championship titles, and scoring victories in all the classic races, including Le Mans, Mille Miglia, Targa Florio, Carrera Panamericana, Sebring, Nurburgring and Spa.
Among the drivers who achieved these incredible successes were Formula 1 World Champions Alberto Ascari, Giuseppe Farina, Juan Manuel Fangio and Phil Hill, grand prix winners Peter Collins, Dan Gurney, and Froilan Gonzalez, and sports car legends Olivier Gendebien and Clemente Biondetti.
The Lavant Cup is set to feature such iconic machinery as the 166MM, an example of which took Ferrari’s maiden Le Mans triumph in 1949 in the hands of Luigi Chinetti and Lord Selsdon, the 340MM, 375MM and 750 Monza, all of which were instrumental in establishing Ferrari as the most successful sports car marque of the decade.
Various iterations of the 250 Testa Rossa, which was taken to victory three times in four years from 1958-61 by, among others, Hill and Gendebien, are also expected at the 18th running of the world’s greatest historic motor racing and vintage culture festival.
Prescott Bike Festival is often hailed as the ‘Start of the Season’ Motorcycle Festival and will take place once again on Sunday 12th April 2015 at Prescott Hill Climb, home of the prestigious Bugatti Owners Club, Cheltenham. Each year the event goes from strength to strength and 2015 is no exception.
The 2015 Prescott Bike Festival will feature a large displays of historic, modern and race bikes, plus a Paddock Specials Show ‘n’ Tell area, motorcycle manufacturers, dealer zone, motorcycle clubs, demo areas, passenger ride experiences, live music, stunt show, biker celebrity appearances and hundreds of trade stands – all set in one of the most stunning, historic and relaxed motor sport venues in the country. For the first time, the Festival is offering Test Rides featuring the KTM Adventure fleet.
Unlike a static bike show, Prescott gives you the unique opportunity to get up close and see lots of historic, classic and race bikes and watch (smell and hear) them run the historic hill climb course; “better than Goodwood”, said one excited visitor last year. Its not just for modern bikes either, the classic marquees are well represented with the likes of Bantam, AJS, BSA, Rudge, Royal Enfield, Douglas, Manxman, Ariel, Matchless and Norton. Whilst there are just too many entries to mention, here are a few to whet your appetite;
· A prototype 1927 Velocette KSS 350cc – affectionately known by enthusiasts across the world as ‘Spring-Heeled Jack’, the only one ever built at Hall Green, Birmingham
· A 1959 Norton Dominator 650DD Special
· A 1962 Honda RC163 250cc 4-cylinder racer replica as ridden by Jim Redman and Mike Hailwood
· The iconic 1962 BSA Rocket Gold Star 650cc (a genuine original) 1 of only 1370 built
· A 1963 Norton Manx 350cc Reverse Head built by Ray Petty
· A rare 1967 Triumph TR6c 650cc Street Scrambler built exclusively for the California market – and it goes and good as it looks!
· And of course the ‘fizzie’ a true icon of the 70’s! A 1974 Yamaha FS1E, the must-have bike for any 16 year old of the period, and probably the desire for many to own again now
At the complete opposite end of the spectrum, Mike West Racing will showcase an incredible collection of famous race bikes in the paddock, alongside the Carlos Checa’s MotoGP Ducati Desmosedici GP5 and Checa’s 2011 WSB winning Ducati 1198 F1. Plus NEW for 2015 – the MADMAX Race Team and their Madmax Turbine Streetfighter, the World’s first jet turbine streetfighter street legal motorbike which recently set a land speed record doing an astonishing 224.5mph.
Come and meet our special ‘biker’ celebs: four times World Superbike Champion and ‘King of the Jungle’; Carl Fogarty (thanks to our friends at Oily Rag Clothing), former three times British Superbike Champion and Blood Bike ambassador John Reynolds, motorcycle adventurer Nick Sanders, who has motorcycled around the world seven times and adventurer Charley Boorman, best known for making an epic 20,000-mile journey across the globe by motorbike with close friend Ewan McGregor in the television series Long Way Round, plus David Hailwood son of the TT racing legend Mike ‘The Bike’ Hailwood and former World Darts Champion Andy Fordham.
PLUS:
· Take the ride of your life with a thrilling passenger ride experience in a Formula One or Watsonian Squire Sidecar, a Morgan Three Wheeler or a Grinnall Scorpion. (Apologies clean underwear not provided!)
· Take a FREE test ride on the 1290 Super Adventure, the 1190 Adventure or 1050 Adventure at the KTM Adventure Fleet Experience
· Do a spot of biker retail therapy in the Trader Zone, with dealers showcasing latest models, and over 100 trade stands
· Visit the Mike West Racing Paddock to see and hear an impressive array of famous and iconic race bikes
· Don’t miss the Dave Coates Motorcycle Stunt Show
· Listen to live music by 1950s inspired rockabilly band, Josie and the Outlaw and Chickenbone John and his custom guitars!
· Watch the George Formby tribute act from the motorcycle film, No Limit? And see the ‘Speed Demon’ take to the hill on his 1920 ‘Shuttleworth Snap’
· Take a ‘selfie’ with characters from the world’s largest and most accurate Star Wars Garrison re-enactors
Prescott Bike Festival is a ‘Must Do’ day out for all motorcycling enthusiasts. What’s more, all event proceeds of the event go to The Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes and Severn Freewheelers.
Advance tickets are available online at: www.prescottbikefestival.co.uk
Free parking, free motorcycle side stand puck and free helmet park for bikers
All details of exhibitors and celebrity appearances are available on the website.
For the third consecutive year, the Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show broke its attendance record, with 39,647 people passing through its doors over the three day event.
Thousands of bike fans descended upon London’s ExCeL centre over the Valentine’s weekend to not only get up close and personal with the latest 2015 models from the world’s best manufacturers, but also rub shoulders with a host of famous two wheel stars.
Highlights from the show included ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!’ winner Carl Fogarty officially opening the event on Friday morning, while alongside him was Britain’s MotoGP hopeful Scott Redding who flew back especially from testing his factory Honda in Malaysia. Race fans were well catered for throughout the weekend, with a number of MCE British Superbike announcements and a world exclusive collection of title winning machines raced by Italian legend Valentino Rossi, which proved highly popular with visitors.
The new for 2015 live-action show ‘SLIDE’, in association with Michelin, also proved incredibly popular as fans packed around the arena to watch the thrills and spills of Isle of Man TT legend John McGuinness and BSB stars James Whitham, Chris Walker and Taylor Mackenzie battling for victory.
Rebecca Donohue, Head of Marketing at Carole Nash Insurance, said, “As title sponsors of the show, we were more than impressed with the event this year. It’s a really positive sign that the market is picking up and that was backed up by the number of visitors in attendance – and we even got a glimpse of the King of the Jungle! We also had some really great feedback on our new Bikers Only car insurance offering, which was great to hear. As ever, we were on hand to handle queries and questions from our customers – which is one of the main reasons why we spend so much time and effort in attending these events. Well done to all at MCN for organising another fab show!”
Rob Aherne, Managing Director of Motorcycling at Bauer Media summed up, “We are delighted that this year’s event has delivered a third straight year of growth, but more than that we feel that we have put on our best London show yet. ‘‘As well as fantastic visitor numbers, there was a real buzz about the place that reflects how vibrant the UK market is at the moment. It’s a big, big change from where the industry was at 18 months ago – I think we are all set for another great year.”
The 2015 show also marked a special showcase of the most influential motorcycles from the past sixty years as part of MCN’s ongoing celebrations of their sixtieth anniversary. The next highlight on the calendar will be the launch of the MCN Festival of Motorcycling (May 16-17) which will give bikers the opportunity to see and hear some of motorcycling’s most iconic machines as well as test ride the full spectrum of 2015 bikes.
The 2015 Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show drew to a close today, marking the end of the best event in the show’s history. Thousands of motorcycle fans flocked to London’s ExCeL Centre to see the latest machines from the world’s top manufacturers, alongside not to be missed features such as a world exclusive collection of Valentino Rossi’s most famous race bikes and a line-up of two wheel stars.
Meeting his biking fans for the first time since being crowned Kind of the Jungle, ‘I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!’ winner Carl Fogarty officially opened the Show on Friday before meeting and greeting visitors throughout the day. Current British MotoGP hopeful Scott Redding was also in attendance on the opening day, flying back especially from testing his factory Honda in Malaysia.
New for 2015 was the action packed live-action show ‘SLIDE’ – in association with Michelin. Visitors were able to see Isle of Man TT legend John McGuinness and BSB stars James Whitham, Chris Walker and Taylor Mackenzie battle for victory as they locked handlebars…with predictable results!
Alongside Carl Fogarty and Scott Redding, race fans were treated to a world-exclusive collection of bikes from MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi, with the collection boasting an incredible nine of his former bikes. The British Superbike Championship was also back with a big presence, boasting a collection of their 2015 title contenders on the stand while the Tyco BMW squad of Michael Laverty, Tommy Bridewell and Alastair Seeley unveiled their 2015 colours to a packed audience. On Sunday, the ever-popular Peter Hickman also pulled the wraps off his RAF Reserves BMW Superbike he will be competing In. MCE British Superbike Championship Series Director Stuart Higgs commented: “It is fantastic to showcase MCE BSB in London, as we continue to bring the series closer to the fans and also reach out to a new audience. The Show has featured appearances by several of our 2015 contenders, headlined by our record-breaking Champion, Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne. There have also been launches of the new Tyco BMW with Tommy Bridewell, Michael Laverty and Alastair Seeley plus the announcement of Peter Hickman becoming the 38th rider to join the grid with the RAF Reserves BMW team. The Show continues to grow in visitors each year and we continue to work closely with our media partner MCN to promote the championship ahead of what has is shaping up to be the most exciting season ever.”
Stuart Swaby, National Sales Manager for Yamaha Motor UK said, “It’s been incredibly busy and a fantastic platform for us to showcase our new models, with the new MT-09 Tracer and YZF-R1 very well received. We’ve had many strong leads to pass onto our dealer network and it’s a great kick-off for the selling season.”
Debbie Wiggins, Ducati Marketing Manager enthused “It’s been a great show with a high level of interest in our new models, especially the Scrambler range, MTS1200 and 1299 Panigale. Crucially, we also had many new young visitors seriously talking about buying which is extremely heartening.”
Rob Aherne, Managing Director of Motorcycling at Bauer Media summed up: ‘We are delighted that this year’s event has delivered a third straight year of growth, but more than that we feel that we have put on our best London show yet. ‘There was a real buzz about the place that reflects how vibrant the UK market is at the moment. It’s a big, big change from where the industry was at 18 months ago – I think we are all set for another great year.’
2015 also marks sixty years since the first ever edition of MCN and as a special birthday feature, they showcased some of the most influential bikes from the last sixty years. The February event kicks off a year of celebrations with the highlight being the launch of the MCN Festival of Motorcycling (May 16-17) giving bikers not only the opportunity to see and hear some of motorcycling’s most iconic machines but to also test ride the full spectrum of latest 2015 bikes.
Countdown begins as World’s most exciting bikes, celebrities and world-class racers rev up for the 2015 Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show!
The countdown to the 2015 Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show has begun as manufacturers, stars and fans prepare for the biggest and best show in the Capital. The action packed three days will kick off this Friday at the ExCel Centre in London’s Docklands and run until Sunday February 15.
The main attraction is of course, the bikes themselves with Show stopping machinery from Aprilia, BMW, Ducati, Harley Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Moto Guzzi, Piaggio, Royal Enfield, Suzuki, Triumph, Victory and Yamaha.
Alongside the latest, greatest and most wanted bikes of 2015 the Show has scoured the globe to secure NINE of Valentino Rossi’s most famous race bikes creating a world exclusive, once in a lifetime feature.
‘I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!’ winner Carl Fogarty, previously better known as the most successful World Superbike racer of all time, “Foggy” will officially open the show on Friday February 13 where he will be meeting his racing fans for the first time since being crowned ‘King of the Jungle’. Visitors will also be able to meet one of the UK’s current MotoGP stars, Scott Redding, who — fresh from his first test of the 2015 season — will be greeting fans and signing autographs throughout Friday.
New for 2015 is the all-new celebrity live-action show, ‘SLIDE’ (in association with Michelin). Visitors will be able to see Isle of Man TT legends and BSB stars battling for race wins as they throw their bike into a slide, lock handlebars and fight for position with inevitable results! Riders include some specialist short trackers plus star names: John McGuinness, James Whitham, Chris Walker and Taylor Mackenzie.
The British Superbike Championship will have their own presence at the Show with new team unveilings, alongside appearances from riders such as four-time BSB Champion Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne.
This year’s event marks the start of Motor Cycle News diamond anniversary. It is sixty years since the first ever edition of MCN, and in that time it’s grown to become the world’s biggest motorcycling publication. As a special birthday feature MCN will be showcasing some of the most influential bikes from the last sixty years.
Tickets for the show will be available to buy on the door for £20 while children under 15 go free. Bike parking is also free. To find out more go visit:
Londoners will get their first chance to see the new additions to the Ducati range at this month’s MCN Motorcycle show at Excel in the capital’s Docklands.
New for 2015 and fresh in the minds of many who visit the show will be the 1299 Panigale which has claimed some impressive reviews, with journalists extolling the virtues of the new Panigale; “one of the most exciting motorcycles I have even been fortunate enough to swing a leg over”, “It’s one of the most quick-steering motorcycles I’ve ever ridden,” “electronics that genuinely make you faster and the most user-friendly semi-active suspension system we’ve seen so far”.
This 205hp, 165kg Panigale is an impressive new member of the Ducati Superbike lineage featuring some of the latest electronics. The menu of features are extensive: New electronics kit with Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), riding modes (Race, Sport, Wet), Ducati Safety Pack (Cornering ABS, DTC) Ducati Wheelie Control, Engine Braking Control, Ducati Quick Shifter up/down, auxiliary buttons to adjust DTC, DWC, EBC*. There is also an automatic calibration system of the tyre size and final drive ratio, semi active Öhlins Smart EC suspension and steering damper*, lightweight forged aluminium wheels*, full LED headlight*, DDA+ GPS compatible and TFT instrumentation with indicator of lean angle.
Also on the radar of many visitors will be the new Ducati Scrambler brand, already an incredible sales success despite only being in dealerships a few weeks. All four versions will be on display on a separate dedicated stand – Urban Enduro, Classic, Icon and Full Throttle.
The new Multistrada is another new addition to the 2015 range sharing many of the electronic features of the 1299 Panigale such as DTC, DWC, EBC, IMU and riding modes. It also boasts Sky Hook Suspension*, Ducati Cornering lights*, Bosch-Brembo Cornering braking system and the Ducati Multimedia System* that connects the bike to a smartphone for user-friendly control of basic functions such as receiving incoming calls, notification of text messages, or playing music via the handlebar controls and on-dash info.
Ducati’s technological expertise has also produced this new generation of Multistradas with the latest Ducati Testastretta DVT (Desmodromic Variable Timing) engine and a state-of-the-art technological package that sets a whole new standard in the segment.
The latest Monster range, only recently released last year, sees some new additions with the new stripe versions of the Monster 821 and Monster 1200 S. The stripe is characterised by a red colour scheme with a white double side-stripe on mudguard, tank and passenger seat cover. Both bikes have a red-painted nose fairing, while the Monster 821 Stripe is also equipped with adjustable forks and the Monster 1200 S Stripe with a Ducati Performance carbon undertail plate holder and belt covers.
For race fans there will be a race section featuring the Ducati British Superbike of the Lloyd British Moto Rapido team ridden by Jakub Smrz and an 899 Panigale which has been specially adapted by the True Heroes race team for double amputee Murray Hambro. Murray will form a three man team that will contest the Ducati TriOptions Cup for eight support rounds of the British Superbike Championship.
The Ducati stand will also feature the Ducati clothing from the latest 2015 collection.
*Available on the S versions
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