Festival success
By: Nigel Clark
The VMCC's Festival of 1000 Bikes is the biggest yet...
The car parks were over spilling, the campsites rammed and paddock full to bursting as the increasingly popular Festival of 1000 Bikes landed on Mallory Park over the weekend of 10-11 July.
Pre-65 trials, grass track, sprinting, road race parades, past masters parades, autojumble, avenue of clubs, big names and wall to wall sunshine - what could have been better?
The record crowd were treated to displays from the rotary Nortons with their regular pilots, star turns such as Freddie Spencer and Carl Fogarty and a host of regular domestic classic names. However, it was the sprint demo which brought spontaneous applause from the huge crowd, as first John Hobbs unleashed the Hobbit and then a brain shakin' top fueller ripped up the strip. Awesome in every sense of the word. There will be a full report in the September issue and images will be on the gallery here soon.
Current Issue: Feb 2012
■ ROCKET GOLDIE
REPLICA OR REAL... CAN YOU TELL?
■ ALEC JAY M/Cs
TOP RESTORERS
■ BIG NED
HOME MADE MONSTER FROM DOWN UNDER
■ MINI OF THE YEAR
GREENWOOD’S CONTROVERSIAL TRIKE
■ NORTON BLACK CAP SILENCER
– THE INSIDE STORY
■ 21st CENTURY BAR HOPPER
HONDA POWER, BRIT-BIKE COOL, AUSSIE ENGINEERING
■ COSMOPOLITAN MIXTURE
THE UPS AND THE DOWNS OF ITALJET
■ BASTILLE BONNIE
FRENCH TRIUMPH COMES BACK TO BLIGHTY
■ YAMAHA YR1
STROKER TWIN THAT SPAWNED A DYNASTY
■ PEA SHOOTIN’ 2012
SHED BUILT HARLEY LOOKALIKE
PLUS
■ MARIA COSTELLO’S BARBER DIARY
■ SAND RACING
■ MIKE JACKSON’S TRADE TALES
■ WIN OVER £300 OF OXFORD GOODIES
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• Next issue on sale: 23 Feb 2012
