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  1. ...preferably a Harley Davidson, for a fashion TV commercial set, to be shot on the 16th February, in and around Manchester.

    They require the motorcycle to be brought to the location (to be confirmed), for approximately 4 hours from 9 am. There will be a fee of over £100, plus petrol costs to and from the location.

     

    If anyone is interested in this opportunity send photos of your Motorcycle and where you are based to Natasha @  (email now removed)

    Update @ 15.13, 10th Feb - The producers have now found what they are looking for - many thanks for getting in touch!

  2. Norton Motorcycles can confirm that Cameron Donald has renewed his contract for the 2015 Isle of Man TT Races, fuelled by Monster Energy, with the Australian ace lining up in the RST Superbike and PokerStars Senior TT Races for Norton.

    Cameron, hailing from Warrandyte, near Melbourne, won the TT Newcomers Trophy in 2005 and really made his mark a year later when he took a stunning second place in the Senior TT. 2008 saw him claim a Superbike-Superstock double victory and then setting the first ever 131mph+ lap in practice for the 2009 meeting.

    He now has an impressive tally of ten podiums with his most recent coming in the 2013 Superbike Race when he took second place behind Michael Dunlop. With a fastest lap of 130.729mph, Cameron is also the eighth fastest rider ever to have lapped the 37 and ¾-mile.

    Norton have also renewed the services of both Mick Grant and Steve Plater to aid further development and progress of the SG3 Norton throughout 2015.

    Cameron has got the Norton factory approval to ride another class at the 2015 TT in order to keep bike fit and get maximum track time. An announcement is expected shortly on Cameron's chosen ride.

    Cameron Donald commented:
    "After a solid but frustrating 2014 where we made great progress with the bike but didn't show it's full potential we all agreed to keep the team together for 2015. Norton have pushed hard within the factory over winter, their engineering department have made many changes to SG3. With the enthusiasm and experience of the Norton team behind me and ex TT winners such as Mick Grant and Steve Plater involved again, we're all looking forward to a great TT. Norton is synonymous with the Isle of Man TT and I can't wait to ride the newly developed SG3 round the Mountain Course."

    Stuart Garner, CEO, Norton Motorcycles commented:
    "Cameron did a great job for us last year, both in riding talent and development work with the factory. The continuity a further year with the identical team cannot be under estimated. It's a huge ask to build a bike from scratch to compete against the world's best road racers, the world's best bikes at the world's toughest race! To do this we need world-class talent and in Cameron we have this. We also get a great brand ambassador for Norton, his support, feedback and presence within the team are hugely important to us, both as a company and a race team."

  3. Ace at MCN London Show 2015

    Ace Cafe London joins with firing up of 2015, and celebrating the 60th anniversary of MCN, with a stand and display at the annual Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show, held at Excel, Docklands, London, 13th – 15th February.

    This multi stage, multi event and multi star-studded show includes all the major new 2015 bikes, the London Custom Bike-Building Championship, Classic Bike of the Year and an all new Live-Action Show with celebrity riders.

    The Ace presence and display at the show includes the Excel debut of the Limited Edition, factory special, Triumph Thruxton Ace 900 along with an array of Ace Cafe, Rockers and StoMoCo items, together with the critically acclaimed, seminal, 312 page hard back book “Ace Times – Speed thrills and tea spills, a cafe and a culture” by author Mick Duckworth.

    Show weekend at the cafe includes:

    Friday 13th Feb – Bike Night from 6pm
    Saturday 14th Feb – Valentine’s Special from 7pm
    Sunday 15th Feb – Ride-Out to MCN Show – depart cafe at 9.30am

    www.mcnmotorcycleshow.com‏

  4. 59 ClubThe 59 Club was originally founded as a youth club in 1959 by Father John Oates, at The Eton Mission, St. Mary of Eton Church, Hackney, London, but it was following visits by his colleague the late Father Bill Shergold, on his motorcycle, to the then notorious Ace Cafe, and meeting with the “Ton Up Kids”, that in 1962, a service and blessing of the bikes was held at the church. This set the 59 Club, a registered church charity, on the road to becoming a legend.

    Seemingly overnight, from the moment of this church service, thousands of young motorcyclists joined the 59 Club and, to the sound of rock n’ roll, it became a motorcycle club which, from 1964, was to be ever identified and associated with the Rockers! Fifty years on, and having worked together from the very first Ace Cafe Reunion of 1994, through to the full re-opening of the Ace in 2001, the sharing of history, heritage, community and common values, has brought the 59 Club and Ace Cafe London ever closer together, and with the advent of ever increasing interest in these two now legendary and iconic institutions, both
    have agreed to team up.

    Today, lead by motorcycling vicar Father Scott Anderson, the management team of Club Leaders have partnered with Ace Cafe London who will provide full support for the 59 Club with membership administration, marketing, regalia and other areas of Ace expertise, with a view to assisting and ensuring a long and successful future for the Club into the 21st century and beyond.

    For those wishing to join the legend or renew their membership, click here

    www.the59club.org.uk

    For more information about Ace Cafe and what's on, check out: www.ace-cafe-london.com

    Follow us on Twitter @acecafelondon

  5. Orange & Black at the London Motorcycle Show, on stand A20The show promises the latest major 2015 bikes, Classic Bike of the Year and the London Custom Bike Building Championship, amongst other events and exhibits.
    Visit them and they will be delighted to help you plan your next USA guided or self-guided motorcycle tour or Harley-Davidson® Authorised rental. Come and find out about our 13 day New England's Glory tour - a kind of pilgrim's ride through the birthplace of America. Or how about our River Deep, Mountain High tour - a music lover's ride through Tennessee, North Carolina and the Mississippi Delta. And we have several more....

    If you want to ride in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, South America or Canada - no problem, H-C Travel will also be on hand! And on Friday and Saturday morning our adventurer and tour guide, Tiffany Coates, is with us to talk about her Ladies in Ladakh tour to India. This is the world's only women-only motorcycle tour, on our Royal Enfield Bullet 500s, to the highest motorable pass in the world - Khardung-La!

    www.orange-and-black.co.uk

    www.mcnmotorcycleshow.com