Just get out! - Visordown's top-five events
Five things to go, see and do on your motorcycle in the coming week
Event of the week
What: Ghostbikes store opening with John McGuinness
Where: Unit 1A, Fishwick Park, Mercer Street, Preston, PR1 4LQ
When: March 10
Info: https://www.ghostbikes.com/event.html
Badass online retailer Ghostbikes.com is opening its first store on March 10 with an extravaganza of things to buy, see and do.
TT legend John McGuinness and factory Honda star Lee Johnston will be on hand to sign your books, helmets and boobs, if we know those two, while Steve Colley and Two Brothers Racing are there to provide cunning stunt shows all day long.
You can give your bike a health check on the Dynojet UK's dynamometer, enter raffles to win all sorts of prizes including Scorpion exhausts, BSB tickets, and Shark and HJC helmets. Food will be available as will facepainting for the kids, and music too.
What: British and Classic Bike Day
Where: Ace Cafe, London, NW10 7UD
When: March 11
Info: https://london.acecafe.com/meets/
What: Sam Childers - Machine Gun Preacher
Where: Hayling Island Communty Centre, Hants,
When: March 16
Info: angelsofeastafrica.co.uk
Sam Childers started life constantly in fist fights, selling hard drugs and sleeping with married women. He continued to slide deeper into a life of violence and crime until he became an armed guard for drug dealers. But he turned it around with the help of his faith and embarked on life helping Sudanese people who were in the midst of a war. He will speak about his life, which was turned into a film staring Gerard Butler, and his motorcycles, at Hayling Island.
What: Kempton Park Autojumble
Where: Kempton Park Racecourse Staines Road East, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, TW16 5AQ
When: March 10
Info: https://www.kemptonparkautojumble.co.uk/
What: Bike Stop season opener
Where: 104 High Street, Stevenage, Herts, SG1 3DW
When: March 10-11
Info: https://www.bikestop.co.uk/events
To celebrate the fairer weather, and the addition on the fantastic Spidi range, Bike Stop is holding an open day in conjunction with Spidi and Norton Way Honda. There will be big Spidi Tour rideouts, as well as Honda demo bikes, plus all the usual open day goodness with prize draws, demo helmets and servicing, food and even more goodness. So much infact that we are open until 4pm on Sunday 11th.
