In this video you see a bit more of our ‘Bike Life’ as we head off to Somers Wood campsite again, in our Dreamer D55, for another trip to the NEC in Birmingham, this time for the 2023 Motorcycle Live show.
Join us as we wander around the show, looking at new bikes and the many accessories and clothing you can buy for your bike and yourself.
We looked at loads of stuff, taking in the Triumph Rocket Three that Will is interested in, Royal Enfield’s, Honda, KTM, BSA and many more as well as Electric bikes. This a shot snapshot of a couple of long thoroughly enjoyable days.
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www.somerswood.co.uk A great quiet, adult only Campsite in Meriden, just 10 minutes from the NEC
www.mike-edwards.net Motorcycle race coaching and more
www.bettys.com A traditional Tea shop in Harrogate also order lovely stuff online.
www.facebook.com/EmmaBristowRacing Emma Bristow Multiple Woman’s trials champion.
www.scottleathers.co.uk One of only a few remaining fully English motorcycle leathers manufacturers.
www.wizkneesliders.com The only UK made knee sliders, world leaders, the original and still the best.
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Today we are heading yet again to summerswood because we’re going to the NEC but this time it’s for the motorcycle show I don’t know what’s called MCN live is it something like that yeah motorcycle live motorcycle live I think um so yeah we are heading off there staying overnight in summers wood and
Then getting up early and driving into the NC tomorrow same as we do for the m home show so it’s quite a regular trip is isn’t It to I just thinking the only other thing I need to check out is my helmet’s getting a bit old long in the tooth um and I’ve been a fan of HJC helmets now for well years um but yeah might be Ting for a change
Yeah I I’m yes so I’d try on those I think I’ll probably go shouey or arai I’ve always called them AR I don’t really know how other people say it it’s one of those names you hear other let us know yeah it’s like it’s like Leathers I
Call denies danies but I’ve heard other people call it dionise but then there’s a really excellent nider manufacturing group out there called wi nider spell w i z and know the owners and it’s surprising how many times people write to them asking for free product or financial support for their race thing
And misspell the name of the company they’re asking misspell whiz they put an H in it fiz I think whiz has been around I don’t I’m not an expert on Whiz but I think it’s been around for about getting on for 40 years now and it’s always been
Three letters w i and Zed so if you’re going to write to Wi Z whz for sponsorship for your race series The Race season that you’ve only just started but you’ve been doing doing track days for the last 20 years and you’re probably the fastest in your
Group spell the name right nothing to do with me it’s just my personal Feeling by the way if anybody’s wondering my beautiful top that I wear this has been this was given to me sent to me by a friend in the racing world called um Mike Spike Edwards been Racing for the he’s been Racing for over 30 years and he’s still at the top of
His game he’s still an incredibly fast competitive Rider and he’s got a website which I can’t remember it off to head we’ll put it up at Link at some point now um I’m assuming you know how to do that um yeah I don’t think we can do that yet
We haven’t got enough people watching us oh for Christ sake I think you got to have like a C amount of subscribers do that put in the Des yeah if you’d like to subscribe to us please do cuz then that means we can do that yeah we can do more fun things
In our videos like putting that hit the Bell but anyway um yeah so he he does a ni very subtle very but very nice range of clothing for his followers and what he’s a he’s a coach so if ever you fed yourself as a um not only does he still
Race all the world really on and off in sort of special invitation things and all sorts of stuff be also coaches to people so if you fed yourself as a bit of a racer and want to know more about it or learn the way around br’s hatch or
Um Philip island or whatever then then Mike a has got an online thing where you can just scan a code and see some tips and tricks for those circuits but also he’ll come to the circuit and chew to you around it um yeah he’s a really good
Bloke he’s a a good bloke in the racing world and um even better bloke cuz he sends me this top he sent me quite a few t-shirts more importantly though and not very good if I’m fasting but more importantly he sends me tofes and cakes
From oh Cy there’s a famous cake shop in har oh I can’t think what it’s called and no Betty’s we could put it in the link but we can’t hang put it in the link um yeah so that’s that so m Mike Spike Edward We’re all parked up at summerswood um we’re all parked up at Summers wood and it’s only about 2:30 so we are going to settle in for a nice cup of tea coffee and coffee yeah not worth it is it really oh we are we’ve just left Summerwood campsite and we are heading
To thec and we’re on the road early because we’re eager beavers at the roundabout take the first exit 7:36 so hopefully we’ll get a nice close to the NC car park although I think they lay on buses so we’ll see we’ll See Ready I’m Right yeah so this is Scott Leathers that’s Jimmy the owner of it and his wife I think and they’re um they’re one of like three companies left in the UK that are actually UK manufacturing Leathers people like Jimmy and whiz they need support it because they they’ve got this
Race Heritage this is a sup that Bruce ansy crashed over 130 mph in the um aisle of man and walked away so they deserve their place as a British manufacturer yeah we’ll See Um one of the nice things about going to somewhere like the NEC or or a motorcycle race meeting or whatever is you bump into people that you know and so and we did today not not loads but it was nice when we first got there we
Immediately bumped into a chat who is I think he commentates now for the BBC or did um but he’s also an ex British a British super bike winner TT winner Al Grand Pre winner um a BSB title holder awesome chat and super nice as well and that was Steve pler who in the
Early days of whiz racing uh did an awful lot to keep us at the top of the tree so it’s nice to bump into Steve and Gary Pinchin from the motorcycle news used to be the or is the motorcycle News man um so it was nice to
Meet him we also bumped into Emma Bristo Emma rides for Shero um and he’s just awesome and you know nobody would know her name because it’s trials like it’s Motorcycle Sport and it’s trials but she’s a world champion you know we she should be known it’s an amazing sport Google go on
YouTube and Google Google Emma Bristo Shero trials and just watch what she does on the motorbike and you’re probably a lot of you are probably think oh I could probably do that I don’t think so give it a go well no I’m sorry I shouldn’t
Say that arrogantly give it a go give it a go cuz you might not be able to do what you think you can do cuz it’s incredible so that was nice and then most importantly of course we bumped into um Alan Russell from anr racing who
Many of you from the racing world will know um me and now have been in business about the same amount of time weirdly we live and work within about 8 miles of each we live within about a mile of each other and yeah we used to race against
Each other we still do business now and I was a good chap a good all round dude oh yeah a journalist called Matt came in Tapped me on the shoulder and I think what people do is they see a the whz t-shirt and my leg put two and two
Together from my Facebook page and then think ah I reckon that’s that FL and he came up and had a chat as well and that was rather lovely and the young lad oh yeah young lad racer from um Ireland Curry his surname is curry um and they
Also came in him and his dad came and said hello and he writes within the or he’s just written in the team academy Championship sorry team wood Academy championship and through that whiz gives a bit of help so he’s been using our knee sliders from
That and um yeah so that was just lovely it’s it’s great we’ve always had a good connection um with Irish Riders going right back to Joey denlo if you don’t know who Joey denlo is if you’re not in the motorbikes Google Emma Emma Bristo Shero trials but
Also Google Joey Dunlop well don’t even put anything else and just put Joey D that be enough and you’ll find Joey that’s quite an incredible story and then expand on that for the Dunlop family and and Irish road racing so yeah pretty Incredible
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I thought I was gonna miss the nec this year and then you guys take me! Thanks 😊.. what on earth was that music they were playing though 😂.
🍺here’s hoping for more subscribers.