2015 Motorcycle Live Event, Modern Motorcycling Comes Alive !

The blurb for this Motorcycle Live show says "Where modern motorcycling comes alive" – yeah, but for years now Motorcycle Live has had a bigger and bigger classic showing and following and we love it. As one of the cornerstones of the modern motorcycling calendar, you’ll see all the normal ‘hot-poop’ latest motorcycles with all the gizmos you could point a sharpened stick at, but thankfully you will also see a burgeoning classic presence.

For example, At last year Motorcycle Live, Suzuki GB fired up a number of classic RG race bikes and the smell and sound was simply amazing. They also built up a Suzuki TL1000S on their Vintage Parts stand over the duration of the show and we will be following this year’s great event where – to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the GSX-R750 family – they will be building up an original slab-sider during the show. Check out next issue for more details on that one.

Suzuki will also be having a display of some of the finest examples of the GSX-R breed from all capacities on their stand. So don’t miss that. Our friends at the National Motorcycle Museum who are literally based over the road will be providing their own unique ‘hands-on’ display where British motorcycling literally will come to life.

Add into the mix celebs at the show including our own James Whitham and Steve Parrish on the main stage holding regular quizzes, Q&A sessions and the like and you really can’t miss it. As if you didn’t know 2015 Motorcycle Live Event is held at Birmingham’s NEC and for more information about tickets go to: www.motorcyclelive.co.uk

International Dirt Bike Show, Get Down & Dirty !

If you love old dirt bikes, there’s only one place to go in October and that’s The International Dirt Bike Show.

Straddling the last weekend in October and the first in November, it’s Europe’s largest dedicated off-road event. The show takes place at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire and promises once more to be fun for all the family.

There are a number of things to look out for, including the activity hall so you can ‘have a go’ and live action in one of the many arenas. The event takes place over four action-packed days. For the third consecutive year, the main manufacturers have confirmed their attendance, with Honda, Kawasaki, Husqvarna,KTM, Suzuki and Yamaha all showcasing their latest offerings.

The International Dirt Bike Show organiser Nick Mowbray says:

"It is always something of a challenge for the Dirt Bike Show team to maintain upward momentum and to ensure that off-road fans have a great time, feel they have received top value for money and leave the event buzzing; but it’s a challenge we relish! We can’t wait to open the doors at Stoneleigh Park on Thursday, October 29. See you there!"

For more information, Please visit : www.dirtbikeshow.co.uk

Motorcycle Event : Shelsley Walsh Bike Festival

If you like getting up-close and personal to a wide array of historic motorcycles, then the Shelsley Walsh Bike Festival is for you. The festival will feature large displays of historic and modern machines, as well as race bikes, plus a Paddock Specials area, motorcycle clubs, passenger ride experiences, an autojumble, live music, biker celebrities, and trade stands so there’s something for every biker.

Shelsley Walsh Bike Festival gives you the unique opportunity to get up close and see lots of historic, classic and modern race bikes and watch, smell, hear and see them run the historic hill climb course. Entries for Paddock Specials are both by invitation and by application – so if you own a historic bike, the organisers want to hear from you via their website. Shelsley Walsh is the oldest motor sport venue in continuous use in the world, being first used in 1905, making it older than Indianapolis, Le Mans or Monza.

One of the highlights will be legendary motorcycle builder Allen Millyard taking to the hill on his home-built "Flying Millyard" – do not by fooled by its appearance, despite resembling a vintage motorcycle, this beast is powered by a gigantic 5.0-litre V-twin engine designed for an aeroplane! Shelsley Walsh Bike Festival promises to be a great day out for all motorcycling enthusiasts.


What’s more on Shelsley Walsh Bike Festival, all event proceeds go to The Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes and Severn Freewheelers.

The event is held at Shelsley Walsh, Worcestershire WR6 6RP at September 13... and entry is £15 on the day or a tenner in advance with kids under 16 going free. It’s free parking, bikers get a free sidestand puck and free helmet park for bikers Gates open at 8.30am. For more go to: www.shelsleybikefestival.co.uk

Motorcycle Events : Ramsgate Sprint Revival

Many years ago the seaside town of Ramsgate in East Kent and its incumbent Sunbeam Motor Cycle Club organised quartermile sprints along the Western Undercliff.

For 12 years until 1968 the events drew large crowds before the slightly curved seafront course, with its unforgiving cast-iron railings, was deemed too dangerous for use – that was until 2015, as now once again over the weekend of August 15-16 the Undercliff will echo to the sound of race engines.

A short course will allow demonstrations of bikes of the era, including a number that were stars of the original events, to evoke memories of times past.

On Government Acre, the cliff top area above the course, further attractions will include a static display of bikes organised by the East Kent Classic Motorcycle Club.

Being the town of My Friends birth, he probably will be around should anyone want to meet up, but more interestingly six times world champion Jim Redman will also be at the event. For more informations, you can go to Ramsgate Sprint Revival Official Site.