Muscle Bike Show
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:04 pm
Hi there, a few of you will know of me from my scribblings in Streetfighters magazine, and here's a quick post about something I'm planning to sort this year...
I?m thinking of organising a show specifically for muscle bikes. Due to manpower restrictions I was thinking along the lines of a ride-in show - maybe on the back of another event, or maybe a one-off, stand-alone event - and thought that I?d test the water by finding out which owners? clubs would be interested in attending and / or helping out with organisation.
My initial thought was to run it in a similar way to how we did the GSX-R Day in 2006, by running it on the back of an established event and getting the members of a club to help out with getting bikes lined up in the show, just like Old Skool Suzuki did with GSX-R Day. Naturally, just like OSS did at the Gixer day, they can have a club stand at the venue too. We ran the GSX-R Day at Santa Pod, on the back of the Extreme Performance Bike weekend, and I do feel that that particular weekend (this year on the 13th and 14th of September - www.extremebike.co.uk) would also be appropriate for muscle bikes, given the horsepower-orientated nature of Santa Pod (it?s the only all-bike meeting at the Pod, with the ACU and Straightliners drag race series running side-by-side, and there?s going to be a stunt competition there this year too). Of course, this does mean that there will be an entry fee to the event, although I?m sure we could negotiate a few free entries for those folk who may be helping out or running club stands. On the positive side, Santa Pod has camping, a bar and catering, all on site, so people can make a full weekend of it.
The alternative, of a one day, ride-in show, would give no entry costs, but by its very nature, would be one day only, which may deter people from travelling. We do have a couple of options for venues for a single dayer (Lynn?s Raven Caf? at Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire for one), but if there were a large number of clubs attending it may become a bit tight for space?
Given that the plans are for a true muscle bike meeting, I?m hoping for a response from CBX, Zed, Katana, V-Max, Eliminator, Oldskool Suzuki, GSX14, ZRX and XJR owners? clubs, and hoping to encompass all muscle bikes from the big Jap bruisers of the early Eighties through to their modern equivalents?
I?d appreciate your thoughts on the above, and if you have any contacts for any of the aforementioned owners? clubs, I?d be very grateful if you could either pass the info above on to them, or pass their contact details back to me or, even better, both!
Cheers,
Dave
I?m thinking of organising a show specifically for muscle bikes. Due to manpower restrictions I was thinking along the lines of a ride-in show - maybe on the back of another event, or maybe a one-off, stand-alone event - and thought that I?d test the water by finding out which owners? clubs would be interested in attending and / or helping out with organisation.
My initial thought was to run it in a similar way to how we did the GSX-R Day in 2006, by running it on the back of an established event and getting the members of a club to help out with getting bikes lined up in the show, just like Old Skool Suzuki did with GSX-R Day. Naturally, just like OSS did at the Gixer day, they can have a club stand at the venue too. We ran the GSX-R Day at Santa Pod, on the back of the Extreme Performance Bike weekend, and I do feel that that particular weekend (this year on the 13th and 14th of September - www.extremebike.co.uk) would also be appropriate for muscle bikes, given the horsepower-orientated nature of Santa Pod (it?s the only all-bike meeting at the Pod, with the ACU and Straightliners drag race series running side-by-side, and there?s going to be a stunt competition there this year too). Of course, this does mean that there will be an entry fee to the event, although I?m sure we could negotiate a few free entries for those folk who may be helping out or running club stands. On the positive side, Santa Pod has camping, a bar and catering, all on site, so people can make a full weekend of it.
The alternative, of a one day, ride-in show, would give no entry costs, but by its very nature, would be one day only, which may deter people from travelling. We do have a couple of options for venues for a single dayer (Lynn?s Raven Caf? at Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire for one), but if there were a large number of clubs attending it may become a bit tight for space?
Given that the plans are for a true muscle bike meeting, I?m hoping for a response from CBX, Zed, Katana, V-Max, Eliminator, Oldskool Suzuki, GSX14, ZRX and XJR owners? clubs, and hoping to encompass all muscle bikes from the big Jap bruisers of the early Eighties through to their modern equivalents?
I?d appreciate your thoughts on the above, and if you have any contacts for any of the aforementioned owners? clubs, I?d be very grateful if you could either pass the info above on to them, or pass their contact details back to me or, even better, both!
Cheers,
Dave
I'm on holiday touring Ireland and don't get back until the Sunday morning, though I will do my best to get there if I get back early enough.
