London streetfighter and stunt fest.

 Another date for the dairy.

Three wheeled special

This event is the one Alan won with his wicked street fighter custom. If you are into great looking one-offs this is the event to go to. If the weather holds it will be a great day out. It will be held at a new venue. We will let the Ace café press release explain.

Following the lamented loss, due to new building works, of last years inaugural event venue of Wembley, and as a consequence of the event having outgrown the original historic North Circular Road premises, Ace Cafe London, in association with StuntUK and the International StuntBike Freestyle (SBF) competition, have teamed up again to present the Ace Cafe London Streetfighter & Stunt Festival, to be held throughout the day from 10am on Sunday 31st July, now relocated one mile east from the cafe along the North Circular Road and near the M1 motorway at the UK’s premier shopping centre, Brent Cross.

In addition to trade and industry stands and displays, this second annual event again combines the cafe’s legendary Streetfighter Sunday, as well as showcasing the live action finals of the SBF competition, with stunt riders from across Europe and beyond taking part and competing for an increased prize fund totalling £5K.

Individual Freestyle:
1st: £2K
2nd: £1K
3rd: £750

Longest Stoppie: £750

Sickest Trick: £500

Highlights of the event include the Evel Knievel ” True Evel” tour, featuring Evel’s original motorcycles, famous jump leathers, personal memorabilia, and untold photos and stories, “Best Streetfighter” static display by Streetfighters Magazine, plus “Show Up n’ Shine” competitions with awards and prizes, dyno shoot-out, tyre-frying burnouts, mini moto’s and a wheelie machine for those who want to experience “up in the air” thrills!

In addition to the Ace stage, featuring live music from Avenge Vulture Attack and hosting MC and BikerFM Streetfighter DJ “Kiss My Ass”, entertainment includes The Fuel Girls, a host of hot tricks from the East Coast FMX display team and pro drifter Belinda Challis, who will be putting her Garage-D built Nissan Skyline R32 through its paces.

London’s Air Ambulance is once again the events chosen charity.

To enter your bike in the Streetfighters Magazine Static Display please contact:
WILL JOBBINS Email: will.jobbins@oceanmedia.co.uk

Tickets are available at the cafe and via the Ace web shop, as well as on the gate on the day.

Buy your ticket at the cafe and you will receive a free tea or coffee.

Tickets:
Individual £7.50 (£10 on the gate)
Individual + Bike £7.50 (£10 on the gate)
Individual + Bike + Pillion £12.50 (£15 on the gate)
A special family ticket will be available on the gate £15

All enquiries:
Darren Williams – Ace Cafe Events Team
Email: darren@acecafeevents.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8961 1000

www.stuntuk.co.uk
www.streetfightersmag.com
www.bikerfm.co.uk
www.londonsairambulance.com
www.evelknievel.com
www.fuelgirls.co.uk
www.myspace.com/avengevultureattack
www.ecfmx.co.uk
www.drifther.co.uk
www.acecafeevents.com

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Honda grill!?

No! not something you use for the BBQ made by Honda.

Honda MK2

 It is a small two bar section that fits just above the bumper on a MK2 Honda civic. I know it must

Tap welded back in place

be the only one left in UK still in working order. The civic is twenty-four years old but that did not stop it passing its MOT at the first attempt. Parts for it are becoming very scarce. So if you know where we could get hold of a driver’s side (offside front) head light let us know. We are also on the hunt for other items.

 This little grill was in for repair, the two tabs where the screws hold it to the body work had broken off. Not a big job but a job all the same which received our full attention so that it all went back together and hopefully will last another twenty-four years.

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Margate Meltdown it’s forth year.

The following is curtsey of the ace café.

Date: Monday 30th May 2011
Depart Cafe: 10.30am
Route: A406 - A13 - M25 - A2 - M2 – A299 to Margate Seafront

The 4th annual Margate Meltdown is the most recently established of Ace Cafe London‘s free to attend major ride-outs.

The ride-out from the cafe to this popular seaside resort in Kent is held each year on occasion of the annual Spring Bank Holiday. Margate’s seafront and harbour is given over to motorcycles, diverse club and trade stands, a stage and live entertainment from Noon with rockin’ band “The Sunsetters” and DJ Bill Guntrip.

Margate’s famous amusement park, Dreamland will be open and back by popular demand, is the return of Carter’s Steam Fair with their paramount Chair-O-Planes having received a complete restoration in recent months. These are the second large ride the Carter family took on the road back in the early days of being showmen and believed to have originated from Europe during the early 1920′s!

Dreamland is open from 11am and is free to enter.

Working closely with our chosen charity for this event, the Royal British Legion Riders Branch (RBLRB), the town and Thanet District Council, Margate not only has everything that a great ride-out requires, it has a great beach and plenty of heritage to include a legacy from the 1960′s that is of world renown relating to motorbikes, scooters and the Mods & Rockers that rode them!

www.dreamlandmargate.com
www.rblr.co.uk
www.carterssteamfair.co.uk

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Southend Shakedown

13th Annual Southend Shakedown

Dust off those winter blues, rev up and join Ace Cafe London’s first major ride-out of the year, the 13th annual Southend Shakedown, departing the legendary North London venue at 10.30am on Easter Bank Holiday Monday 25th April.

Being Easter, and as in previous years, this free to attend, fun day out at the seaside, with stands and displays, has always involved a charity aspect focusing on children. This years Shakedown is in aid of the registered children’s charity, the NSPCC, which depends for its funding on voluntary donations – either at the cafe, or on Southend’s seafront or via clicking on the below link. For details about ways you can support the local work of the NSPCC, contact the NSPCC team on: Tel: 01908 328 060.

There will also be the opportunity to meet Mick Duckworth, the author, who will be on the Ace stand at Southend signing copies of his recently published comprehensive new book “Ace Times – Speed
thrills and tea spills, a cafe and a culture”.

Route from Ace to Southend A406 east to A12 east, to A127 east and Southend Seafront.

www.virginmoneygiving.com/southendshakedown.

Thanks to Ace cafe for the reminder.

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Electric superbike.

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A pink week!

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Charity!

We need your help!

Good friend and customer is doing the Brighton marathon. He needs your support and encouragement to raise £500 for his charity Epilepsy action. a worthwhile cause please give up a couple of quid to his campagne. click here to read his own words and give thank you.