Category: Events and Shows

1. Some of our competition winners @ the Manchester Bike Show 2016

   Posted on 11:00am Friday 8th Apr 2016

   We would like to thank you for passing by our stand @ the Manchester Bike Show last weekend and we hope you had a great time at the show!

   Some of our winners who visited THE BIKER GUIDE stand... 

   
   
   Winner Biddy Fisher, with Lisa Isam, Jo Williams and Catherine Howe at the Manchester Bike Show 2016

   

   Geraint James -  winner of tickets for the Manchester Bike Show

   

   Robin Coates and son Isaac - winner of tickets @ the Manchester Bike Show

   

   Kevin and Jane O'Kane - winners of tickets @ the Manchester Bike Show

     

   Sandra Elizabeth Wood - winner of tickets for the Manchester Bike Show
   
   

   Alex Lally - winner of tickets for the Manchester Bike Show

   Also Chris Thomas who did pass by (no photographic evidence), however had his picture taken with the lovely girls from Ducati... We love you anyway Chris!
   
   

   
   There were lots of entries to win tickets to Stormin' the Castle, a BIKERS WELCOME BANNER and also for the 2 night stay for two @ the very Biker Friendly Stair Arms Hotel on the main Edinburgh to the Borders route, in Midlothian, Scotland... Winners will be announced soon!

2. Come and see us @ the Manchester Bike Show on stand 417 in Hall 4!

   Posted on 12:00pm Friday 1st Apr 2016

   Where we have a great competition to win tickets to Stormin' the Castle, a BIKERS WELCOME banner for your event and a holiday @ the very Biker friendly Stair Arms Hotel on the main Edinburgh to the Borders route, in Midlothian, Scotland. 
   
   Also - back my popular demand the orange and black lollies!

   
   
   
   www.manchesterbikeshow.com
   

3. Manchester Bike Show 2016, 2nd - 3rd April 2016

   Posted on 4:00pm Thursday 31st Mar 2016

   You still have time to buy your advance tickets and save money!   

   Advance tickets are still available until 11.55pm on Friday 1st April, a few hours before the fun begins...

   EventCity is right next to the intu Trafford Centre and offers easy access from the M60. There is a dedicated free bike park right in front of the hall and 3,000 free car parking spaces.

   www.manchesterbikeshow.com

   See the 2016 models from the main manufacturers Including Ducati, Honda, Indian, Kawasaki, Royal Enfield, Suzuki, Triumph, Victory and Yamaha and more.

   Attending will be a large variety of exhibitors and traders including Beowulf Performance Products, City of Leather, Digital Speedos, Hadrian V-Twin Tours, Shop 4 Bikers and THE BIKER GUIDE, along with many other exhibitors that you would expect to see at a bike show of this size and stature.

   Also lots of Motorcycle clubs including BMF, Chunky Tread Motorcycle Adventure Club, Gawsworth Jesters, Goldwing Misfits, NABD, Rainy City Harley-Davidson Club, Rigby’s Guardians Motorcycle Club, RBLRC and the Unwanted Motorcycle Club, along with lots of Owners Clubs and 50 private individual Motorcycle entries!
   
   
   

4. KICKBACK last chance

   Posted on 9:00am Wednesday 30th Mar 2016

   Last chance to enter your custom masterpiece...

   The wildly creative, custom-made motorcycles on display at KICKBACK in April, will once again showcase the finest UK based builders who have been busy over the winter months.

   Some of these masterpieces including a collection of flat trackers, drag bikes and cafe racers will be fired up and ridden around hall 2 throughout both days of the event.

   Hall 2 is also where visitors can enjoy the mental stunt shows performed by the Two Brothers Racing Stunt Team plus children can have fun in the inflatable quad bike and go-kart track!

   KICKBACK is also hosting the National Championship of Custom Bike Building, a competition to celebrate and showcase the most talented bike builders in the UK, classes include: Freestyle, Young Builder, Cafe Bike - Tracker - Brat style, Performance Custom and Custom Street Cub.

   If you want to enter your bike please email photos to [email protected]

   Visitors to KICKBACK will also be able to enjoy mooching around all the expo stands with gear ranging from parts, accessories, apparel, helmets and after-market products plus motorcycle art and custom bike dealers...

   You can also have a go at airbrushing (see below) when you visit Flakey's Custom Paint Studio in the main foyer.

   Car and bike parking is all free and there are two great coffee bars, licensed bars and live music from 5pm on Saturday 16th. The awards ceremony for the National Championships takes place at 4pm on Sunday 17th.

   www.TheCustomShow.com

5. Rallies... Use them or lose them!

   Posted on 2:00pm Tuesday 29th Mar 2016

   On the book of face today there are an awful lot of angry people having little (or not so) arguments with others about the outrage of a rally being moved from their favourite field to a venue who dare to charge £1.40 for a cup of tea, where the organizer had to move to save it from disappearing/not going ahead due to the 4k + costs to put it on.    

   Along with the cost of putting on an event there is also the time the organizers have to give (take off work) to sort out said field, get a bar license, arrange the loos, stage/bar and more...

   As time moves on, with times a changing and dwindling numbers of rally goers each year, coupled with rising costs, I wonder if more and more rallies will be held within a venue rather than a field?
   
   We do hope that people would have a little more understanding of the work and costs (and risks) that are involved in putting on ANY event, never mind one that attracts 500+ (so needs a larger space+) and support the event and give constructive criticism instead of a ganging-up-on-a-mass-rant, because you know what - do not be surprised when the organizers say 'Sod this, I'm off'!