The agreement, which follows on from a long-time partnership, which began in 2011 and grown strong over the years, will see the Italian Group, leader in Europe in the field of tube manipulation and its components, supporting the activities of the team in the MotoGP and Moto3 World Championships.

The new logo of SAG TUBI, which recently renovated its corporate identity, will be featured on the leather suits of the two Aprilia Racing Team Gresini riders, Alvaro Bautista and Stefan Bradl, and on the bikes of the Gresini Racing Team Moto3, ridden by Enea Bastianini and Fabio Di Giannantonio, as well as on the team equipments.

Making use of highly qualified personnel and advanced equipment, and thanks to over 40 years of experience, SAG TUBI is today capable to produce any kind of rigid tube or flexible hose combination for any application. High quality competitive products, accompanied by an extraordinary service, which led SAG TUBI to become a partner of the most important manufacturers of engines, agricultural machinery, earthmoving equipment, forklifts, passenger and freight transport.

WALTER ZINI (CEO SAG Group)
“In 2016 we will be on track with Gresini Racing for the sixth consecutive year: we are approaching a very interesting season, with the debut of a completely new Aprilia prototype in MotoGP and an all-Italian rider line-up in Moto3, that for sure will give us a lot of satisfactions. Since 2011 we have been sharing with Fausto Gresini’s team a great passion for motorcycling, but that’s not all: Gresini Racing, exactly like our group of companies, is an Italian company with a strong international vocation, always ready to take on new challenges. Now we just have to wait for the start of the season to live many more good times together with the whole team!”.

FAUSTO GRESINI
“SAG TUBI has now become a nice constant with regard to our major racing programs: during the 2015 season Walter Zini, a big fan of the sport who I personally thank, has followed closely and with great enthusiasm our new partnership with Aprilia in MotoGP and together we collected a lot of satisfactory results in the smaller displacement, the Moto3 class, where Enea Bastianini was able to fight for the World Title, giving us the great victory at Misano. 2016 promises to be even more interesting: the upcoming season will see the debut of the new Aprilia prototype in MotoGP, while in Moto3 we have all it takes to be protagonists. We hope therefore to be able to achieve great results together with SAG TUBI!”.

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.

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, Old School Choppers, Performance Custom and Custom Street Cub.

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...

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.

If you're coming on your bike you can park right outside by the main entrance, which is always a fun way to arrive!

There is a hotel on site and camping facilities. You can get a good discount on tickets and more information at TheCustomShow.com

KICKBACK takes place at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire from 16th - 17th April 2016.

Opening times:

Saturday 16th - 1pm - 7pm
Sunday 17th - 10am - 5pm

KICKBACK in association with Michelin, Sinroja Motorcycles, 100% Biker and Krazy Horse

Losail (Qatar), 23 February 2016 - The first true tests of the Aprilia MotoGP project have just been concluded. In fact, the three days of testing had the Aprilia Racing Team Gresini hard at work on the new RS-GP, the prototype developed entirely at Noale that will be used in the upcoming 2016 season.

Despite the extremely recent debut of a completely new project, the Aprilia garage is highly optimistic. Alvaro Bautista and Stefan Bradl began working on development straight away, immediately noticing promising room for improvement in the new prototype. There really isn't one single area where efforts were focused: the new RS-GP has nothing in common with previous Aprilia projects except for know-how. It is a completely new MotoGP bike in every component without exception, developed based on the data gathered during the 2015 season with last year's laboratory bikes.

The Aprilia RS-GP machines will be back on the track in Qatar just a few days from now for the official IRTA tests that precede the first race of the season.

ROMANO ALBESIANO (Aprilia Racing Manager)
"After the Aragon shakedown with the test riders, Alvaro and Stefan began to get to know the new Aprilia RS-GP here in Qatar. These were three very intense and positive days of work. We are bringing home a lot of information and some growing pain problems we need to solve, but above all we are leaving with confirmation that the new bike's dynamic performance is significantly better than the 2015 bike. We have an important development path ahead of us that will be necessarily accelerated, but we are confident that this will be a season of growth toward a decidedly interesting level."

FAUSTO GRESINI (Team Manager)
"Hearing the positive comments from our riders after the first kilometers ridden astride a completely new bike was exciting. The RS-GP seems to have gotten off on the right foot. Alvaro and Stefan noticed a clear improvement in dynamic performance compared to the 2015 bike. Now we have a big development schedule ahead of us but we know we are starting from an extremely solid base.”

ALVARO BAUTISTA
"In these three days we explored the new bike, doing a lot of work with short sessions since this was the first real test with the 2016 RS-GP. Obviously we are not at 100% but we have a very good starting point. I think that we are already at a similar level as the end of 2015 with the difference being that we are just at the beginning. There is a lot of room for development whereas with the old bike we were at the limit. We still need to work on a lot of things but I'm pleased with the work Aprilia has done. In the next tests I hope to be able to lay the foundation for the new season.”

STEFAN BRADL
"This test was really important as it was the first contact with the new bike. First impressions are good. I see a clear difference compared to the old bike and we are moving in the right direction. At the moment I have a good feeling despite the fact that we have a long way to go before we'll be able to say that we're satisfied. That was to be expected at the beginning. This is a completely new and decidedly demanding project, but we can truly say that we are off on the right foot.”

The track Triumph (Of The Good City) by Jean Jacques Burnel (of the stranglers) features a motorcycle engine, so we were wondering if you know of any other songs that feature a Motorcycle?

Go watch on Youtube

Thanks to Les Ross for letting us know about this track!





We asked the members of the facebook page and group if they could suggest other tracks and we have the following answers...

Johnny Angel - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, by Richard Thompson - Live version

Steve Clarke - B.S.A - by the Steve Gibbons Band

Nick Flagg - Motorcycle Man (live version) by Saxon

Dave Ayre - Motorcycle Emptiness, by Manic Street Preachers

Les Ross - Motor Bikin`, by Chris Spedding

Blues Theme, by Davie Allan & The Arrows. Opening music to Wild Angels.

Motorbike Beat, the Revillos

Street Bob Brown - Bat out of Hell, by MeatLoaf

Johnny Angel - The Motorcycle Song, by Arlo Guthrie

Ben Elves - Ride the wild wind, Queen

Brian Johnson - Leader Of The Pack, by The Shangri-Las 

Terry, by Twinkle

Harley-Davidson, by Bridgit Bardot

Mark A Rhodie - Little Honda '64, by the Beach Boys

Bob Scales - Bad Motor Scooter, by Montrose

James McKay - My little sister's got a motorbike, by Crazy Cavan

Peter Twyning - Lets Ride, by Status Quo (Rocking all over the world album)

Gary Roberts - Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die, by Jethro Tull. Great story in a song.

Haydn Tovey - Funky moped, by Jasper Carrot

A late entry from Jeff Needham. Just for Kicks - Mike Sarne (Live version)

Other songs from our facebook group are

Born to be Wild, by Steppenwolf

Iron Horse Born to Lose, by Motorhead

Freebird, by Lynytd Skynyrd

Thunder Struck, by AC/DC

Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die, by Robert Gordon

Last Rebel on the Road, by Lynyrd Skynyrd

She Rides a Harley-Davidson, by Neil Young

Faster, by Within Temptation

Motorcycle Dream, by Slack Alice

I'm a Rocker by Chas and Dave

Motopsycho Nightmare - Bob Dylan

Riding in the T.T.Races - George Formby

Andrew Jordan - Days of the Underground, by Hawkwind. Not a specific motorcycle song but does have the lines containing Smiling Michael and his black motorcycle and also mentions chromium heroes ( bikers)

The top five favourites were

Born to be Wild, by Steppenwolf

Bat out of Hell, by MeatLoaf

Iron Horse Born to Lose, by Motorhead

Freebird, by Lynytd Skynyrd

1952 Vincent Black Lightning, by Richard Thompson

In markets around the world, from February 2016. Destined for big trail bikes, it is a radial tyre designed for dual purpose on and off-road use.

The new MICHELIN Anakee Wild is aimed at bikers who seek adventure, either solo or with a passenger, who set out on treks, whether alone or in groups, for a weekend or longer, those for whom biking means expeditions, experiencing and discovering. It is aimed at riders who want to break away from paved roads and fully exploit the potential of bikes designed both for roads as well as the most uneven, sandy, stony and muddy tracks. The new MICHELIN Anakee Wild tyre was thus designed to adapt to all terrain types and situations, as well as the most varied climates. In short it is a ‘multi-purpose’ tyre that demonstrates its performance according to the conditions it is subjected to.

Currently available in four radial sizes, including those equipping the ‘flagship’ bike in this category, the BMW R 1200 GS, the range of available sizes for this tyre will be completed by three additional sizes during the year, thus covering most of the trail bikes available on the market.