A few exhibitor spaces remain for the fourth annual Prescott Bike Festival, in aid of the Nationwide Association of Bloodbikes charity, which takes place on Sunday, 6 April.
Festival organiser Gordon Downie said: “All track time entries sold out in January and there are only a few exhibitor spaces left. This year all major motorcycle manufacturers are represented, and there will be a large display of famous historic, modern and race bikes, plus bike clubs, famous racers, demo areas, passenger ride experiences, stunt show, trade stands, junior fun section, live music, good food and a raft of entertainment both on and off the track to keep the whole family amused. We are all gearing up for our largest and best festival yet.”
Special guest appearances include former racer and MotoGP commentator Steve Parrish, and motorcycle adventurer Nick Sanders. Also attending are Plus Smith’s Triumph Racing with British Supersport Championship Billy McConnell and new signing Graeme Gowland, Tag Racing Team with British Superbike rider Richard Cooper and Superstock rider Shaun Winfield, BeWiser Kawasaki Superstock rider Josh Day, Nick Anderson and Joe Collier.
Among the scores of competitors competing in the historic hill climb course will be David Hailwood, son of the late, great Mike Hailwood, who will be running a replica factory Honda 500cc Four – as ridden by John McGuinness at the TT Hailwood memorial event. Other bikes involved will be:
- Carlos Checa’s MotoGP Ducati Desmosedici GP5 and Checa’s 2011 WSB winning Ducati 1198 F1 (courtesy of Dawn Treader Performance)
- David Jeffries’ Suzuki GSXR1000 TT bike and James Toseland’s Honda CBR600
- Frankie Chili’s 1998 Ex WSB Ducati 998RS and Leon Haslam’s Ducati 996 RS superbike
- Kenny Roberts Yamaha 500 and Yamaha 250 bikes
- Carl Fogarty’s Ducati 996 TS and Terry Rymer’s Original Old Spice Ducati 916 RS BSB bike
- The 1930 Rudge Ulster belonging to David Osborne
- Chris Sawyer’s 1928 Cotton Blackburne
- A rare Sachs R800 Roadster from 2002 owned by Barry Fahey
- The 1959 Norton Dominator of Ian Cordes
- Rare Excelsior Manxmans from Dave Lee and Adrian Sellars
- Eric Bostrom’s 2005 AMA factory 999 (same bike as Neil Hodgson rode in 2005)
Local dealers representing Triumph, Ducati, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Piaggio, BMW, Harley-Davidson, Victory, Kuberg, Watsonian Squire and KTM are attending.
Clubs in attendance are the Classic 50cc Racing Club – with their racing machines and riders representing the clubs early beginnings around 1953 up to 1983 – National Hill Climb Association, London Douglas Owners’ Club, Norton Owners’ Club, Leominster Classic Motorcycle Club, Yamaha XJR Owners’ Club, XJR Owners’ Club, Rolling Hills (Harley owners’ club), Honda Owners’ Club, Suzuki Owners’ Club and the Chopper Owners’ Club.
The festival takes place at Prescott Hill Climb, Gotherington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 9RD.
www.prescottbikefestival.co.uk