Category: Events and Shows

1. FlyBikeFly - Hall 4, stand 4C22 @ Motorcycle Live

   Posted on 8:08am Thursday 28th Nov 2013

   Low cost specialist transportation services to and from Nice and Malaga, with various drop-offs in the UK and where your bike travels in purpose built, metal stillages to your desired pick-up.
   
   After a relaxing flight from the UK, just collect your bike from a secure depot. In less than 24 hours you could be riding your bike over the Millau Bridge, in the Italian Alps and on the Furka Pass in the Swiss Alps... Ideal for track days and holidays, for individuals and/or groups.
   
   Based in Bristol with drop offs in Swindon, Bristol, Manchester and Leeds, open six days a week.
   
   www.flybikefly.com

    

   

2. New BMX High Jump World Record set at Motorcycle Live

   Posted on 9:59am Tuesday 26th Nov 2013

   Motorcycle Live – which is taking place this week at The NEC, Birmingham – today hosted an official Guinness World Record attempt by BMX riders Kye Forte and Kona Hellier, with Hellier successfully setting a brand new record for a BMX High Jump, clearing the bar at 6.68 metres.

   The two riders went head-to-head in front of an excited crowd in an attempt to beat the existing Guinness World Record for a BMX High jump of 6.38m, held by Forte. The riders were allowed three tries each and it was Forte who was the first to set a new record with a jump of 6.48m.

   Hellier then stepped up to the ramp and proceeded to not only smash Forte’s new record but set two further new records of 6.58m, then finally 6.68m to become the new World Record holder for BMX High Jump. The photographs and footage of the attempt will be supplied to the Guinness World Records team for verification and to make the record official.

   “I’m still shaking, I’m so pumped, that was awesome,” said Hellier, who is 20 years old and from Newton-Abbot in Devon. “When you’re on the ramp it feels like everything stops. You just tuck in as hard as you can to make it work. It’s scary but fun, I just go white-knuckle and hang on!

   See the video here:

   Both Hellier and Forte are performing at Motorcycle Live as part of the Crank’d live action stunt show, which takes British superstars from BMX, mountain bike trials, motorcycle trials and road bike stunt riding and blends these pedal and petrol-powered performers together for a battle of the cranks over a bespoke indoor playground comprising dirt ramps, jump boxes, high jumps and flatland sections.

   Motorcycle Live 2013, the UK’s biggest bike show, will be at The NEC, Birmingham until Sunday 1 December. Every major manufacturer and 150 other exhibitors showcasing the very best in motorcycle products and services are present, as well as 17 FREE live features and zones – including nine opportunities to ride a bike – to keep motorcycle fans of all ages entertained.

   Tickets are £20 per adult, £13 for Seniors and £9 for children aged 6-16 (kids five and under accompanied by a paying adult go free). Bike parking is free of charge and subject to availability. Reduced car parking costs of £8 – subsidised by Motorcycle Live. To book your tickets, call 0844 581 2345 or visit www.motorcyclelive.co.uk

    

3. Open Road Motorcycle Rentals - Hall 4, stand 4E02 @ Motorcycle Live

   Posted on 9:19am Tuesday 26th Nov 2013

   Here you can rent various Motorcycles, including BMW R1200GS, Ducati Diavel, Honda’s and Triumph Bonneville.
   
   With a bespoke motorcycle hire and delivery services you can ...try (before you buy) a wide range of exciting new bikes, without the great expense of purchasing one! They can provide bike hire or a collection and delivery service across the UK and Europe.

    

   Pass buy the stand for a chat with Paul and the team.
   
   www.facebook.com/OpenRoadRentals
   www.openroadrentals.co.uk

    

   

4. Our favourite stands at Motorcycle Live 2013

   Posted on 2:28pm Monday 25th Nov 2013

   After a great day at Motorcycle Live yesterday, this week we will share with you some of our favourite stands, staring with Ace Café - Hall 2, stand 2E66.

   Celebrating 75 Years of the Ace Café. The stand is based on the Ace Cafe T3 Racing hospitality truck, features various bikes including the all new Ace 1200CR Street Special cafe racer and a 1958 Royal Enfield Constellation ‘Daily Mirror’ bike, featured on the front page of the paper on Thursday 9th February 1961!
   
   Various memorabilia is for sale including badges, patches, the critically acclaimed book ‘Ace Times' and the CD album ‘Ace Cafe The Rock n’ Roll Years 1956-62′.

   

   

5. Motorcycle Live is go!

   Posted on 1:03pm Saturday 23rd Nov 2013

   Motorcycle Live 2013 is set to celebrate the history of one the UK’s most popular biking haunts.

   75 of the Ace Cafe will tell the story of the London-based venue and feature some stunning machinery, including the all-new Ace 1200CR Street Special cafe racer.

   The Ace Cafe London ‘Ace  stand, display and presence, based on the Ace Cafe T3 Racing hospitality truck, features, amongst the bikes displayed, the Motorcycle Live debut of the all new Ace 1200CR Street Special cafe racer (‘breathed’ on HD Sportster motor in a ‘featherbed’), as well as an Ace 904S Thruxton Special and the unique and historic, 1958 Royal Enfield Constellation ‘Daily Mirror’ bike, featured on the front page of the paper on Thursday 9th February 1961!

   In addition to telling the story of the cafe and its history, together with the critically acclaimed seminal book ‘Ace Times – Speed thrills and tea spills, a cafe and a culture’, by author Mick Duckworth, both the all new 132 page Ace Cafe Bookazine and CD album ‘Ace Cafe The Rock n’ Roll Years 1956-62′, featuring 28 British & American recordings released in the UK in those legendary years, will be available.

   HALL: 2

   STAND: 2E66