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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.

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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!

Two time TT Race winner Gary Johnson will again ride for the WK Bikes CFMOTO Factory Team in the Bennetts Lightweight TT race at the 2016 Isle of Man TT Races fuelled by Monster Energy. This will be the third consecutive year that the Following the opening of the new Collections Centre and the new historic vehicle workshop at the British Motor Museum, the Museum is delighted to announce the promotion of Martin Brown to Head Mechanic and the opportunity for a new skilled mechanic to join the workshop team.

Martin Brown, who joined the team in 2005 as an apprentice has worked his way up over the last 10 years to the position of Head Mechanic. He started at the Museum on a four year City & Guilds apprenticeship, attending college one day a week whilst learning the finer details of historic restoration and maintenance in the workshop at the British Motor Museum. In 2009 he became full time member of staff working alongside Steve Kite, Brian Norwood and workshop Team Leader Paul Gilder.

The Museum, always keen to support young people starting a career in vehicle maintenance, took on another apprentice, Austin Dickson, in 2015. He is completing a four year IMI (Institute of the Motor Industry) apprenticeship at Warwickshire College.

Now, following the retirement of Steve Kite after over 25 years of service at the British Motor Museum, there is the opportunity for a skilled mechanic to join the team.

Paul Gilder, workshop Team Leader said “This is a rare opportunity for a skilled mechanic with a sound background in historic car restoration and vehicle maintenance to join our workshop team. We look after over 300 historic British cars dating back to the 1900’s, so it is a varied role with plenty of marques and models to work on.”

The British Motor Museum re-opened to the public in February following a £1.1 refurbishment resulting in a much more visually exciting and immersive display of cars, designed to appeal to both current fans as well as new audiences. The Collections Centre and new workshop also opened on the same date. Supported by Heritage Lottery Fund, Jaguar Land Rover and the Garfield Weston Foundation, as well as the two charitable Trusts involved, the £4m building stores around 250 vehicles from the reserve collections of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust and the Jaguar Heritage Trust.

For more information about the new mechanic role visit the current vacancies page on the Museum’s website www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk

The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has won the attention of the Sunday Times for its social media work, which has placed the driving and riding charity’s Twitter channel as one of ten best motoring feeds to follow.

The IAM stands alongside the channels of DJ and TV star Chris Evans, motormouth TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson, American actor Jerry Seinfeld and newly appointed Top Gear presenter and journalist Chris Harris as the crème de la crème of motoring tweeters.

The prestigious national Sunday newspaper said: "The road safety charity offers practical advice and sticks up for the motorist — and its Twitter feed has the capacity to make you question your own bad habits behind the wheel."

The IAM’s Twitter page is updated several times a day, highlighting safer driving and riding initiatives from around the world, as well as advice on driving and riding in different situations, like in the dark or rain, on motorways or around roadworks.

It highlights the latest IAM and industry research, news about motoring rule changes, reminders of motoring laws and work carried out by IAM local groups from around the country. The IAM’s Twitter feed also enables like-minded people to connect with each other.

The IAM’s Twitter page has more than 11,000 followers and can be found at @iamgroup.

Sarah Sillars, IAM chief executive officer, said: “Social media is very important for the IAM. Drivers and riders appreciate bite-size pieces of information and are easily able to remember them and put them into practice as they use the road on a day-to-day basis.

“It is also a great way to interact with drivers, bikers, members and anyone passing by. We love to talk with anyone who has an interest in enjoyable and safer driving via social media – long may it continue.”

The Sunday Times survey can be reached here

Lincolnshire has ridden for the team.

“Gary was 2nd fastest in first practice last year, so with some luck and reliability, we are optimistic that he can bring the fast pace through to the race this year. With the Lightweight race now being 4 laps instead of 3, Gary will really be putting the bike through its paces, so we’ve made some changes and upgrades,” said Mike Hinkley, WK Bikes Managing Director and Team Principal. After the last couple of years being dogged by very bad luck, we’ve spent a lot of time developing the bike further since last year’s race and Gary and the team are looking forward to showing the potential of this bike.”

The WK Bikes team was born from a history of racing in the form of their sister company, Quadzilla. Although they are used to racing quads off road, the team bring the same passion, drive, experience and motivation to the WK Bikes team with their 650 bike on the world’s most challenging road race circuit.

The WK Bikes team have made technical developments and advanced its 650cc machine, which started as a commuter bike available from their own range of bikes, manufactured by the leading Chinese manufacturer CFMOTO. With the continued support from the CFMOTO factory and sister company Quadzilla, the team have been able to make further improvements to the standard machine.

For information on WK Bikes visit www.wkbikes.com or check out their facebook page.

Tickets are now on sale and selling fast for the 2016 TT Races fuelled by Monster Energy. Glencrutchery Road Grandstand race day tickets are sold out but there are still TT Fan Zone Grandstand tickets available at Ballacrye, Creg Ny Baa and Nobles Park during practice and race days. Grandstand tickets are also available by purchasing VIP or Platinum Hospitality tickets. All tickets are available from www.iomtt.com or by phoning 00 44 (0)1624 640000.

Northern Ireland based Wilson Craig Racing has confirmed that two time TT Race winner Cameron Donald will return to the team for the 2016 Isle of Man TT Races fuelled by Monster Energy.

The popular Australian, who last raced for the team at the 2013 TT Races, will compete in the RST Superbike and PokerStars Senior TT on board the team’s CBR 1000cc Honda Superbike. He’ll also campaign a CBR Honda in the RL360 Quantum Superstock Race and a CBR 600RR Honda in the two Monster Energy Supersport Races.

Wilson has supported teams at the TT since 2005 and backed Uel Duncan’s team in 2006, which saw Cameron achieve a memorable runner-up place to John McGuinness in that year’s Senior TT Race, a year after his Mountain Course debut.

The pair were again reunited in 2011 when Cameron rode for Wilson's own team and enjoyed notable successes with the highlights undoubtedly Cameron’s second place in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 Superbike TT Races and his runner-up slot to Bruce Anstey by less than a second in the 2012 Monster Energy Supersport Race 1, one of the closest margins of victory in TT history. He also finished runner up in the second Supersport Race in 2012.

Commenting on signing Donald for a third time, Wilson Craig said:

“It’s no secret that I’ve always wanted to win a Superbike Race at the Isle of Man TT and with Cameron Donald riding for the team we’ve undoubtedly got a chance to win one. We’ve got a real affinity with Cameron and he’s always been consistently challenging in every class when he’s raced for us.”

Cameron Donald said:

“I’ve signed with Wilson again to race at the front of the Superbike field. He’s always prepared great bikes for me and I’m really comfortable with the team and see Wilson as a friend. I know that I can still win races on the Isle of Man and riding for Wilson Craig Racing will give me every chance to have a go for the top spot in the big bike class as well as the other races.”

Tickets are now on sale and selling fast for the 2016 TT Races fuelled by Monster Energy. Glencrutchery Road Grandstand race day tickets are sold out but there are still TT Fan Zone Grandstand tickets available at Ballacrye, Creg Ny Baa and Nobles Park during practice and race days. Grandstand tickets are also available by purchasing VIP or Platinum Hospitality tickets. All tickets are available from www.iomtt.com or by phoning 00 44 (0)1624 640000.