Hot on the successful wheels of the inaugural dedicated Classic Bike hall, the Classic Motor Show is making the 2009 hall bigger and better… if that’s even possible!
But to quote Nigel Tufnel from Spinal Tap it’s so much more than “one louder” – because there’s loads of exciting two-wheeled machinery on show which really does establish Classic Bike in the classic diary.
Representing the motorcycle which started many a British biking career, the BSA Bantam Club will not only be exhibiting 2008’s Best Bike In Show but there’s a BSA/Triumph hybrid built from a modified BSA B25 SS frame with a Triumph T100 engine.
And at the other end of the biking spectrum, the Vincent HRD Owners’ Club will be bringing along motorcycles which tell something of this aristocratic marque’s competition history.
Suzuki GT750 owners have formed a club called the Kettle Club – so named because this water-cooled two-stroke has a large radiator – and they will be showing ten of these unusual bikes. Pub fact alert: this bike was also dubbed the ‘Flexi Flier’ when Barry Sheene raced one with the Heron Suzuki Race Team in the Seventies.
Talking of unusual things on two wheels, the MPC Ural/Dnepr riders — enthusiasts of motorcycles with a very Soviet twist are showing off the flexibility of their machines. Sidecars, trailers, caravans and even boats are promised!
The crowning glory of Classic Bike however, is the Ace Café Racer Concours which takes pride of place in the middle of the exhibition hall, supported by the automotive surface product specialist, Meguiar’s. This is a concours competition for only the very best special, modified and standard café racer motorcycles.
If you don’t like the thought of all that leather clobber then perhaps you’ll see something a lot more stylish at the Tin Soldiers Scooter Club stand, who are planning to bring along an array of Vespas and Lambrettas.
There really will be something to capture the interest of most visitors. Perhaps you remember taking your test on a little BSA Bantam, or you remember cheering on former GP rider Peter Williams against the might of 15-time world champion Giacomo Agostini; or perhaps you’ve always wanted to get close to the Seventies Laverda 1000 triple that competed in the bike equivalent of Le Mans, the 24-hour Bol D’Or… Well, they’ll all be at Classic Bike.
‘RealClassic’ magazine and Meguiar’s are also supporting the 2009 ‘Pride of Ownership’ contest which will see 50 individual owners of classic motorcycles competing for a range of prizes. There are six classes (Pre 1946; 1946-1959; 1960-1969, 1970 – to current; British; European; and Japanese) and prizes range from Meguiar’s products to a feature in ‘RealClassic’ magazine.
Top this off with trade stands offering motorcycling memorabilia, helmets, leathers and everything else you can think of and the popular bike jumble, and you’ll be in motorcycle heaven as well as having full access to the rest of this classic motoring extravaganza.
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