The Citizen (Gauteng)

Big bike show in Germiston this weekend

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Roger Houghton

The popular annual 1000 Bike Show will take place at the Germiston Sports Club on Saturday and Sunday.

This will be the second year that the event will be held at the venue.

The Classic Motorcycle Club’s main show has grown from humble beginnings as a small display at the Johannesbu­rg Carlton Centre in 1985 to what is now, arguably, the largest, dedicated classic and custom motorcycle show in Africa.

Chief organiser and club chair Rusty Thorns says he expects more than 400 motorcycle­s to be on show, plus a host of interestin­g models ridden to the show by visitors, to be viewed in the parking area.

Triumph, which is currently being re-establishe­d in South Africa as a standalone company under a new distributo­r, will once again have a prominent stand of old and new models.

Brad Anassis will display his track and drag racing teams and the Suzuki Katana club members will attend with more than 20 of the iconic machines.

There will be more than 100 trade stalls, with many of them offering food and drinks, while the popular Backbone band will provide entertainm­ent.

Concours d’Elegance competitio­ns for custom motorcycle­s and the classics will take place, with winners being announced at 2pm on Sunday.

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