Category: Events and Shows

1. Charley Boorman comes alive with Motorcycle Live‏

   Posted on 12:00pm Sunday 15th Nov 2015

   As part of the build up to Motorcycle Live 2015, which comes alive at The NEC, Birmingham on 28 November, adventure rider, travel writer and TV personality Charley Boorman has described the moment he first came alive on a motorcycle.

   Charley reveals that he was just seven years old when he took his first ride on his friend’s Maico 500 and after just a few laps of a field, he was hooked. Boorman has gone on to become one of the world’s most well-known long-distance adventure riders, appearing in the hugely popular ‘Long Way Round’ and ‘Long Way Down’ documentaries and publishing various best-selling books on his travels. To view the video click here.

   He will be appearing at Motorcycle Live, will run from 28 November to 6 December at The NEC, Birmingham. Advance tickets are on sale now, at just £17.50 per adult, £11 for Seniors and £7 for children aged 11-16* (kids aged 10 and under accompanied by a paying adult go free). There is also a £20.50 advance ticket, which includes entry to the show and a choice of Oxford neck wear worth £15. To book, call 0844 581 2345 or visit www.motorcyclelive.co.uk
   
   
   

2. Meet Simon Reeve at The Adventure Travel Show 2016

   Posted on 9:00am Tuesday 10th Nov 2015

   Simon Reeve, a familiar face on British TV and renowned for his extraordinary journeys to over 110 countries, will be speaking at The Adventure Travel Show.

   The Adventure Travel Show, is your chance to immerse yourself in a weekend of Adventure travel inspiration and will host the biggest collection of specialist travel operators under one roof. Plus, you can listen to over 100 FREE Talks in 4 theatres from explorers, industry experts, guide book writers and expedition leaders who will help you uncover your perfect adventure.

   The Adventure Travel Show takes place in London’s Olympia on 23-24 January 2016. General show tickets in advance cost £8 or £10 on the door, under 16s are free. Weekend tickets are also available for £12 in advance or £15 on the door. For full details, talk timetables and to book tickets please visit www.adventureshow.com or call 0871 230 7159.
   

   Simon Reeve

   After a decade spent making more than 60 programmes Simon has become a familiar face on British TV, well known for his extraordinary foreign journeys where he has visited more than 110 countries. Most of Simon's documentaries combine travel and adventure with global environmental, wildlife and conservation issues, and have taken him across jungles, deserts, mountains and oceans, and to some of the most beautiful, dangerous and remote regions of the world. Simon's dodged bullets on frontlines, hunted with the Bushmen of the Kalahari, dived with manta rays, seals and sharks, survived malaria, walked through minefields, tracked lions on foot and these are just some of his many feats!

   Simon’s own journey started after he left school with few qualifications. After a period on the dole, he ran charity shops, stacked shelves, and eventually found a job as a post-boy on a newspaper. He quickly graduated to research and writing, and then spent years working, often covertly, on investigations into nuclear smuggling and terrorism. His 1998 investigative book The New Jackals, the first in the world on Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda, became an international bestseller, and was followed by his book One Day in September, which is also an Oscar-winning documentary movie. Since making the leap to television Simon has shown his adventures in multiple award-winning TV series for the BBC which have been broadcasted in dozens of countries, enthralling millions…

   Simon Reeve will be speaking at The Adventure Travel Show within the main Adventure Auditorium on Sunday 24th January at 10:30am, followed by an interactive question & answer session. Simon Reeve’s talk and more than 100 other show talks are included within the cost of the show ticket (£8 in advance or £10 on the door).

3. Motorcycle Live - three weeks to go!‏

   Posted on 12:00pm Friday 6th Nov 2015

   NEC, Birmingham and run at full revs for nine days until Sunday 6th December, with four halls jam-packed with features that will see modern motorcycling come to life.
   
   There's still time to buy your discounted tickets for both Motorcycle Live and our brand new Freestyle show FMX Live - presented by Arenacross.
   
   
   
   

4. Non-stop entertainment at Motorcycle Live‏

   Posted on 12:00pm Thursday 5th Nov 2015

   Motorcycle Live 2015 comes alive at The NEC, Birmingham in less than one month, firing up on 28 November and running at full revs until Sunday 6 December, with four halls jam-packed with new metal, all the latest kit, nine FREE opportunities to ride a bike and of course, live entertainment all day, every day.

   The British Eurosport Entertainment Zone featuring the Black Horse Stage will once again occupy the heart of Motorcycle Live. Steve Parrish and James Whitham will keep the crowd entertained with their daily chat shows and the lunchtime Fast Bikes Question of Bikes quiz, featuring racers and special guests from World and British Superbikes, MotoGP and the Isle of Man TT. For a full list of riders attending, visit www.motorcyclelive.co.uk/racers

   There will also be the usual opportunity to win big prizes in one of a variety of games including The British Eurosport Memory Game, Blackhorse Race an Ace, Dunlop Man of Steel, KTM Bike Balance, Oxford Gear Up and Dickies Wheel Change Challenge - the winner of which will receive a brand new Kawasaki Ninja 300.

   Motorcycle Live takes place at The NEC, Birmingham from 28 November to 6 December 2015. Advance tickets are on sale now, at just £17.50 per adult, £11 for Seniors and £7 for children aged 11-16* (kids ten and under accompanied by a paying adult go free). There is also a £20.50 advance ticket, which includes entry to the show and a choice of Oxford neck wear worth £15. To book, call 0844 581 2345 or visit www.motorcyclelive.co.uk

   *Advance ticket price, closing date for advanced tickets 5.00pm on 27 November 2015

5. Ring of Red

   Posted on 9:00am Wednesday 4th Nov 2015

   The Ring of Red started as an idea by Julia Stevenson, a respected biker who many people know from the Ride of Respect at Royal Wootton Basset, now Carterton.

   The idea was to create the biggest poppy ever attempted on Remembrance Sunday, in respect of our Armed Forces, past and present. Thousands of bikers met at service stations and designated nine meeting points at junctions around the M25 and by 1230 hours on Sunday 10th November 2013, the bikers, all wearing something Red, rode onto the M25 Clockwise at 55mph. Section by section the riders met up and completed the circle, which if seen from the air would show the massive Ring of Red, symbolising the Poppy.

   The ride is now an annual ride and as from November 2014 there are now two rides, one on the M25 and another one up north on the M60 Manchester. The bikers also now all meet at one point for the M60 and ride round, the first riders meeting up with the last to form the giant poppy on the M60.

   We would like to stress that this event is not a protest in any way shape or form; it is a coming together of the biking community, as it does on many occasions, but this occasion is out of respect for the Armed Forces, past and present, many of the bikers having been in the Armed Forces themselves. It will be a very proud and humbling moment, but will also be a great show of how big bikers hearts really are!

   Ali Scott is the organiser of the M25 ride and has a team of volunteers all working together with their specific roles helping her to organise the event, and oversees the M60 ride which Gavin Vitler organises. Everyone is busy all with the same aim in mind, to make the day a major success, however all this could not happen without the attendance of the bikers. 

   This year's ride is in the process of being organised as per previous years and will be on Sunday 8th November aiming by 13:30 hours all riders will be on the M25 and 1230 hrs for the M60, both hopefully completing the Ring of Red and raising money for our nominated Armed Forces charities.

   This year the charities are the UK Homes for Heroes and the Armed Forces Bikers charity for the M25 and SSAFA (Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association) for the M60 ride.

   Hopefully this year will be bigger and better as with more riders than previous years it will be easier to complete the full ring.

   For details as they become available for this year's ride there are two facebook groups Ring of Red M25 and Ring of Red M60 and also the Ride of Respect website

   www.therideofrespect.co.uk