In the fourth of six short videos released in the build up to Motorcycle Live 2016, first lady of motorsport Suzi Perry speaks about her love of motorcycling - from her own riding experience to witnessing some of the most memorable moments in racing up close and personal. 

View the video here     

Motorcycle Live 2016 takes place at The NEC, Birmingham from 19-27 November. Advance tickets are on sale now, priced at just £19.50 per adult, £12 for Seniors, £1 for 11-16 year olds* and FREE for children aged ten and under (accompanied by a paying adult). There is also a £25 advance ticket, which includes entry to the show and a Spada bag worth £29.99**.

To book, call 0844 581 2345 or visit www.motorcyclelive.co.uk    

Michael van der Mark completed a stellar recovery in today’s 21-lap FIM Superbike World Championship race one at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours to take second place in spectacular fashion in front of the French crowd. After a promising start, his Honda WorldSBK team mate Nicky Hayden was forced into an early retirement at the end of lap 10 due to a technical problem.

The race got underway on a wet – but drying – track, with both Hayden and van der Mark able to get a great launch off sixth and seventh places on the grid. In the early laps, they ran as high as third and fourth, while swapping positions between themselves several times. After losing one place to Leon Camier, on lap six Hayden was the first rider to opt for a tyre change. After a couple of tentative laps, the American rider started to settle into a good rhythm and made up several places; unfortunately, by the end of the tenth lap he had to make his way back to the garage after suffering a technical problem, which put an end to a promising performance.

Van der Mark’s choice to pit at the end of lap 8 proved to be an excellent one: the 23-year-old from Rotterdam made perfect use of Pirelli’s slick tyres to storm past his rivals and, during the penultimate lap, he overtook Savadori for second place. He then managed to hold his position up to the chequered flag despite a resurgent Tom Sykes and crossed the line with a 0.347s margin over his rival.

Courtesy of his sixth podium finish of the season, van der Mark consolidates his fourth place in the championship standings.

Race two will take place tomorrow at 1pm local time (GMT +2) after the traditional 15-minute warm up scheduled at 9:25am.

Van der Mark takes second place in thrilling race one at Magny-Cours

Rare Classics and Customised Gems

Next month on 29-30th October, Olympia London will be hosting the KICKBACK Motorcycle Show. KICKBACK is a platform for young engineers, experienced builders, craftsmen, painters, artists, fabricators of all ages...a blank canvass to express their imagination. There will be around 100 masterpieces from the top draw on display in the Invitational Showcase.

You will be able to enjoy getting up real close to the bikes and studying the detail of these unique customised machines, classics and specials. You will also be able to enjoy other stuff that's going on, such as The Art Space showing fine works of 'motorcycle art' presented by UAL University of the Arts London (Chelsea). Check out the World's coolest barber at the AONO pop up shop. There'll be vintage biker movies showing and live music (in the background) with 3am and Ronnie Ripple & the Ripchords.

 Have a coffee or a beer, have some lunch. Talk to your mates and colleagues about frame modifications and flat trackers. There's gunna be around 50 decent traders including product launches from the likes of Dickies Motorcycle Outfitters, & Sons, Oily Rag Clothing, Gold Top, Krazy Horse, Luk3 G Clothing and Cabaret Club Clothing...plus some ace builders and dealers including the likes of Stile Italiano, Krazy Horse London, Bieda, BMG with MV Agusta, TTT Motorcycles and Royal Enfield, Jack Lilley Triumph, Rag & Bones Customs, Righteous Brothers, Sinroja and Sinnis Motorcycles...

You can get in on the door for just £10 cash for an adult weekend pass. Or if you fancy saving a few quid you can buy tickets online for just £8.95 where you'll also see kids for a quid deals. Tickets online now at TheCustomShow.com

VisionBee, a boutique research company are conducting some R&D for a famous motor manufacturer. They are looking for owners of over 500cc+ engines Adventure, Sports, Modern Classics and Naked bikes to give their views and opinions on biking and its future.

Your thoughts and opinions will help their client develop the next future generation motorbike and accessories. It will also help them know what motor riders expect from their manufacturers.

You will be paid £100 for 2 hours of your time. Your bike must have been bought from new since 2013. Other criteria’s they will confirm for qualification.

The date and times are:

Location: Central London (West End)

Date: Wednesday 12th and Thursday13th October 2016

Time: 18:00 and 20:30

If this is of interest to you and you would like to help the future of biking please contact Simon on [email protected] - Please quote BikerGuideDerrick

Orange & Black motorcycle tours is pleased to announce that Henry Cole is riding Route 66 with them in celebration of the 90^th year of its opening. 

The 15 day guided tour from Chicago to Los Angeles starts on 30^th September. Henry is riding with a small group of riders and passengers including the winner of the 2015 Motorcycle Live competition.

Henry Cole, TV presenter, commented “Route 66 was a road that changed my life. There is no ribbon of road like it and every mile is steeped in automotive history. The 90th Anniversary seems like the perfect opportunity to celebrate the World’s most iconic road especially in the company of Bear, Orange & Black's walking talking all-American Route 66 encyclopaedia. Bear’s travelled it nearly 150 times and if you speak to anyone he’s been on tour with they’ll tell you just how much of a unique experience it is.”

Orange & Black director David Grist explained “a chance encounter between Henry Cole and our US tour guide, Gary ‘Bear’ Fleshman, at the NEC 2 years ago planted a touring seed. This has crystallised into a special guided tour for customers and we’re delighted that Henry was able to make time to join us.”

Orange & Black offers Harley-Davidson® authorised guided tours, self-guided tours and rentals in the USA. It is an H-C Travel brand, uniquely positioned in the motorcycle tours market with professional travel industry accreditation, ATOL bonding & TTA membership to provide legal and financial peace of mind for our customers.

www.orange-and-black.co.uk