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Category: Events and Shows

  1. BUY A SLICE OF RACING HISTORY AT BRITAIN’S BEST CLASSICS SHOW!

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    Winner’s trophies from the personal collection of six times Grand Prix world champion Jim Redman will be sold to the highest bidder at the 19th Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show in Stafford.

    The event, which takes place at the Staffordshire County Showground on October 20-21, includes a Bonhams auction where the trophies, most of them silver replicas from Jim’s TT triumphs during the early to mid 1960s, and dozens of rare motorcycles will be sold.

    Among the show’s other attractions will be star guests including legendary Kiwi racer Graeme Crosby and trials rider Yrjo Vesterinen, live action displays, exhibitions and much more.

    Hundreds of traders will set up shop at the event selling bikes, parts, tools, leathers, maintenance services, insurance, workshop manuals, books, magazines, memorabilia, transfers and even gifts.

    Classic Bike Shows organiser Nick Mowbray said, “It’s not every day you get a chance to buy a unique piece of motorcycling history and we’re privileged to be able to offer this opportunity at our show.

    Stafford is something special. It’s a celebration – not just of classic motorcycles but of the history that goes along with them too. I am proud to say that this year’s show will embrace classic machines from every era like never before and demonstrate the passion that exists for bikes of all ages.”

    “You need only look at the clubs who’ve already booked to exhibit at the show. We had more than 70 at the last count, so you can see a bevy of beautiful 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s machines looking their very best.”

    The VJMC will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of its UK wing with a display to mark the occasion and the BSA Bantam Club will also be hosting a display to celebrate its 10th anniversary.

    The Different Strokers stand will feature examples of the finest 750cc race-replicas from the late 80s and early 90s and the Air-cooled RD Club will have a large selection of 20 singles, twins and triples on display.

    Among the private entry display machines will be everything from single cylinder air-cooled scooters through a pair of Honda six-cylinder CBX1000s and an NS400R two-stroke triple to a rotary-engined Suzuki RE5.

    Not only that, the show includes final round of the Classic Bikers Club Bike of the Year Award. This takes the overall winner from shows at Newark, Bristol, Lanark, Netley Marsh and two previous Stafford shows and puts them together in a face off to decide the best of the best. First prize will be £1000 worth of goodies from GP Legends and a unique trophy built using parts from John McGuinness’s works Honda Fireblade motorcycle.

    There’s free parking at the show and dogs on leads are welcome.

    Gates are open 9am to 6pm on the Saturday and 9am to 5pm on the Sunday.

    Pre-booked one-day tickets cost £10 for adults, £8.50 for senior citizens and £3 for under 15s. Two-day tickets cost £20, £17 and £6 respectively. Weekend camping costs £40.

    You can even arrive on Friday and get a three-day ticket. These cost £30, £25.50 and £9. One-day tickets on the gate will cost £12, £10.50 and £4.

    Call our pre-booked discount ticket hotline today on 01507 529529.

    To book a stand, call 01507 529430.

    For more information visit www.classicbikeshows.com

  2. Help for Heroes Ride Out - Real Radio XS - 23rd September

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    A ride out to raise money for Help for Heroes. There is going be loads of riders and a real sense of camaraderie all for a great cause.

    Dewsbury will be heading up the Ride Out and the crew will be taking pictures and video for the website. J-Rock and Dewsbury will be trying to get interviews with a few of you before you leave the ground.

    If you would like to take part, please make sure you register in advance and not just turn up on the day!

    venue: The ride out starts at Salford City Reds Stadium (M30 7LJ) at 9am, for a 10am set off and finishes at The Winking Man Pub (ST13 8UH). L-Plate riders should meet in a layby near to Gatley Traffic Lights- near a road called Broadway. A marshal will then join you onto the Ride Out.
    price: Real radio (the organser) would like each rider to raise £30 and that can be donated through JustGiving or on the day by making cheques payable to Help for Heroes.
    tel: Any queries/problems you have in advance: 0161 886 8784. On the day: 07976 284874
    web-site:
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    23rd September, 2012

  3. BRITISH RACER GUY MARTIN TO APPEAR AT THE FOOTMAN JAMES CLASSIC MOTORBIKE SHOW

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    British motorcycle racer Guy Martin will make his debut at this year’s Footman James Classic Motorbike Show held at Birmingham’s NEC from Friday 16th to Sunday 18th November. Guy, who is best known for his road racing career as well as his obsession with engineering, will meet motorcycle fans and sign autographs on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th.

    Guy started his career at Team Racing and made a successful debut in the Isle of Man TT. He later moved to AIM Yamaha where he competed in the British Supersport Championship before moving to Hydrex Honda. After four years at Hydrex Honda and a year with Wilson Craig Honda, Guy switched to Relentless Suzuki before joining Tyco Suzuki for the 2012 season. He also starred in the motorcycling documentary film TT3D: Closer to the Edge following the leading riders in the 2010 Isle of Man TT races.

    Outside of motorcycle racing, having started messing withmotors at the age of five – albeit a lawnmower, Guy has a passion for all things mechanical. He became a household name with the BBC1 Series ‘The Boat That Guy Built’ reaching nine million viewers a week. Guy’s new Channel 4 series ‘Building Britain’ is also set to be a huge success. Each week Guy will help a team of volunteers restore an iconic machine or buildingfrom Britain's industrial past, and through each structure he will tell thestory of a landmark in making the Britain we recognise today: the railways, the factories, the docks, the mines, the garden and the holiday.

    Guy still works on the trucks, now for Moody International, likes a good cup of tea, driving his Transit van and wearing shorts all year. However as Guy has gotolder, his interests have also widened– in his words he has ‘evolved.’ Alongside the motorbike racing he is now also serious about racing mountainbikes, competing in 24-hour endurance races and downhill international races.

    Visitors can find Guy on the Live Motorbike Stage where host Steve Berry will interview him about his career and the bikes he has in his own collection – and those he wants to add. There will also be a chance for visitors to ask their own questions in a Q&A session. Steve will also be interviewing motorcycle legends such as Mick Grant and Eric Boocock.

    Ticket prices range from £10 when purchased in advance. For more information on the Footman James Classic Motorbike Show, visit www.classicmotorbikeshow.com

  4. The Farmyard Party 2012 - You Came, You Saw You got wet, But you didn't half party!

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    Over 6 thousand of you, well 6,007 of you to be exact, turned up at the Farmyard gates and demanded to get down in the mud and party!

    If you talk to any event supplier, trader or caterer, 2012 has been a washout. Events have been cancelled all over the UK, but not us and not you, we opened our gates and you rode from all points of the UK, Ireland and even Europe to come to a sodden North Yorkshire. Hats off to you, it has to be said, well done! And you didn't moan or complain, you just got on with it and got slaughtered... Nutters the lot of you!

    If in your panic to get pissed you missed your chance to visit the product tent, we have a bit left, T-shirts, vests, strappy tops, badges, ect.

    Just ring Neil on the Free phone Number 0800 988 3199 and he will take your order and post it to you.

    So moving on. The Yorkshire Pudding Rally www.yorkshirepuddingrally.com 3 to the 5/8/12 is full, sold out, no tickets left, none on the gate as its pre-book.