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Kenny Blair – owner of Durham Graphics at Dragonville has just ‘wrapped’ his new van and will be running around the area throughout the next couple of weeks advertising BikeWise 2011.
Give Kenny a wave if you see him and if you need any graphics for your bike,car or business then catch up with him at BikeWise show on Sunday 24th July
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"Dropping" into BikeWise once again will be the North East Air Support Unit from Newcastle.
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17 Times TT winner & Honda TT Legends team member & BSB championship leader, HM Plant Honda’s Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne will both be at BikeWise 2011 along with Honda team manager Havier Beltran who will be bringing the HM Plant rig and the bikes from the Honda HQ at Louth.
John will be flying off to Japan the following day to compete at the next world endurance race at Suzuka
Sadly, HM Plant Superstock rider, Jason O’Halloran will not be there as he is still in hospital after a crash at Knockhill and Riuchi Kiyonari will be back home in Japan, preparing for Suzuka.
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Twister are a young, four piece, energetic pop/rock band based in Durham. Twister have been together for about 6 years, and in November 2009 released their debut album ' Someone's Gotta Lie'.
In 2010 Twister entered the Surface Unsigned festival in which they came second out of 12,000 bands at the national final at the IndigO2 in London. At the beginning of 2011 Twister decided to release a brand new track and give all the proceeds to charity. In the process of which a television company got wind of what the band were doing and decided to help promote it. “Charlie’s Fallen” is due for release on Monday 9th May 2011 on all good Download websites, and of course from www.officialtwister.info ...
Reviews from Surface Unsigned (Birmingham) 2008
Kicking off the last evening of the first round of Surface Unsigned 2008 was Durham based four-piece Twister. Their sound is upbeat, melodic Indie-Pop-Rock that incorporates elements of Garage-Rock and Blues to create an exciting noise that’s distinctive and original enough to sound relevant, yet instantly likeable and wholly accessible. It’s a tricky balance to get right, yet the band manage it well thanks to a real skill for writing witty, memorable Indie-Pop tracks and the intensity that they put in onstage coming across loud and clear in their music.
The third band of the afternoon was Durham based four-piece Twister. A sound that mixes contemporary Indie-Pop, Alt-Rock and Classic Rock n Roll, they’ve found a direction that really works for them and within which they have written some strong hook-ridden material with a solid range. Seemingly most comfortable, and undoubtedly at their strongest in their rockier moments – they’ve got some excellent anthems-in-the-makings complete with catchy heavy riffs, punchy beats, excellent use of layer/call-response vocals and sing-along choruses.
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Visit Twister’s website at http://www.officialtwister.info/#/home/4548015585 for more info.
We now have included an Exhibitors page, which shows the Exhibitors who have confirmed their attendance at BikeWise 2011.
The list will be updated as soon as new exhibitors confirm their attendance
To take a test ride at any of these events, riders must have a valid motorcycle licence (both parts required) and appropriate clothing and safety gear. Local dealership staff will be on hand to give expert technical and service advice and trained riders will be there to guide all test rides.
BikeWise stalwart and world record holding stunt rider Dave Coates (from Darlington) - has a new website.
To find out what Dave is up to visit his site at :
Appearing for the first time at BikeWise 2011 - The X-Treme Motorcycle Stunt Trials Display Team, who are based at Keighley and consists of two of the world’s best stunt riders, a professional compere and a mobile stunt unit which is the focal point of the show. The team was formed back in 1998 after the germ of an idea by two of Europe’s top young riders, Martin Crosswaite and Dan Clark.
The show consists of 15ft jumps up vertical walls, amazing ‘drop offs’, a full range of freestyle tricks, some of which can only be attempted by a handful of riders throughout the world, wheelies (back and front wheel!) plus other spectacular stunts which, combined with the showmanship and humour the show offers, will leave the audience in disbelief of what they have just witnessed.
