TRIED AND TESTED

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British Superbikes

Oulton Park, Cheshire 24 - 26 September

» At one end of the spectrum is Silverstone – flat and featureless – and at the other end is Oulton Park. What a glorious place to watch racing. There are huge changes in elevation and tons of good spectating spots. Plonk yourself at Lodge and enjoy. britishsuperbike.com

CRMC Classic Weekend

Croft, North Yorkshire 2 - 3 October

» If you’ve got a short attention span try a Classic Racing Motorcycle Club meeting. With over 20 races and parades each day there’s hardly any time spent staring at an empty track and the paddock is a racing motorcycle history book come to life. crmc.co.uk

Grasstrack

Scholar Green, Cheshire 29 August

» Britain is blessed with a world-beating range of grassroots bike sport so it seems churlish not to take in at least one event each summer. This one is the Steve Deeran Spectacular featuring 8 classes of sideways headcases, all thrashing round an undulating 500m oval. Lay out your picnic blanket and enjoy. acu.org.uk/events

Trials

Llanidloes-ish, Powys 26 September

» If you’ve never seen top class trials you need to rectify the situation. Watching blokes on bikes ride up something you’d struggle to climb down (never mind up) is spit-your-tea-out amazing. This round of the British Championship near Llanidloes has the advantage of being in the middle of ace riding country. acutrialgb.co.uk