The East Yorkshire Thoroughbred Car Club will be holding their Annual Midsummer Historic & Classic Vehicle Gathering in Saturday Market & Toll Gavel, Beverley From 6pm to 9pm on Wednesday 20th June 2012 as the Beverley Car Show take place.
While waiting for a burger at Dolce Vita I decided to try out panning, a technique a certain Nigel Gaden is determined to get me to use. I still cannot get my head around following the moving object, things were also made a little tougher
Fire-fighters from Beverley put themselves and their equipment to the test during their 2 hour weekly training/development session.
Antifreeze – check coolant level regularly and, if required, top-up with a mixture of the correct type of antifreeze. Beverley Motor Works can check concentration to ensure adequate cold temperature protection.
Consumers seeking the best deals on car, van or motorcycle insurance have had a torrid time over the last couple of years. The rising costs of policies has led to many people complaining at the unfair costs that insurance companies are levying against the motorist, claiming that the huge increase in the cost amounts to a form of profiteering. Indeed, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has announced that it…
Skoda Octavia vRS clocks 227mph to break speed records. On Friday 19 August at 07:45am, a ŠKODA Octavia vRS officially became the world’s fastest 2.0-litre supercharged production car in the world when the 600 bhp ‘salt spec’ racer. Built to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the iconic vRS performance flagship badge – registered a Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) sanctioned speed of 227.070 mph on Utah’s legendary Bonneville Salt Flat.
Never has there been as much attention paid towards our carbon footprints as there is today. Once, the only environmental issue that anybody seemed concerned with was whether aerosols contained CFCs, and companies were very quick to pat themselves on the back and to crow to the world if their furniture polish or deodorant was environmentally-friendly. That complacency has long gone, as the world is waking up to the fact…
Westmoreland vows to come back stronger after grip issues at Brands Hatch cause disappointing finish. The bright sunshine at Brands Hatch during the warm up session on Sunday morning raised everyone’s hope for a dry British Superbike event. Motorpoint Yamaha’s James Westmoreland started 16th on the grid for the first race of the day. He was in good fighting spirit before the race and upbeat thanks to Saturday’s sixth place…
Pictures from Beaver Park where a weekend for bikers held that featured a custom bike show. Live music was also provided on the day with organisers, Hull & East Yorkshire Custom Show is set to come back next year with organiser already planning a bigger event.
East Riding College is set to become one of the first colleges nationally to offer a range of courses about hybrid vehicle technology. From September, it will offer three courses which start at general awareness raising of the technology and move up to more complex qualifications for those who will need to work on hybrid vehicles. Tutors hope that the courses, as well as appealing to motor mechanics and vehicle…
Young Beverley motorcyclist Jordan Rushby is in urgent need of sponsorship to help him continue his promising career. Jordan, 13, is currently racing in the 4 x National Championships, competing in the F125cc class on an Aprilia RS 125cc bike. His dad Nigel describes why Jordan needs support, and what this could lead to. “Alliance Steel Services Ltd have been supporting Jordan all season providing all transport and associated running…
Alan, 74 and from North Ferriby, was among hundreds of car owners exhibiting their pride and joy at Beverley’s Classic Car Rally on Wednesday.
Small can be beautiful, especially when it comes to cars. While crowds at last week’s Beverley Classic Car Rally flocked to the Rolls Royces and Jaguars, the people really in the know about cars sought out the real gems of the show. And nothing shone out more than Mark Fisher’s 1961 300cc BMW Isetta. This legendary bubble car – front opening and unrelentingly romantic – could almost have been lost…
Young Beverley motorcyclist Jordan Rushby enjoyed a storming performance in his latest races this weekend. He claimed a magnificent first place and then second place finish at Darley Moor in the fourth round of the F125cc Class Championship, before finishing first in class and sixth overall in the more powerful 400/1000cc class. The weather couldn’t have been better for racing and in the morning qualifying session Jordan set the tone…
The Lady Le Gross was used as the venue for Demons MC Hull who hosted a motorbike rally rasing money for Macmillan Nurses. Local Councillor and bike enthusiast David Elvidge was at the event as he help judge winners in a selection of categories. There were a number of activities and stalls outside with tattoos being offered on site by local artist Jimmy Needles.
“It’s not alive if it’s not dripping.” That’s how Steve Rial, the head maintenance man at Beverley Minster, described his British classic 1969 BSA Starfire at Wednesday’s Beverley Classic Car Rally. Steve has owned his BSA since 1984, riding it all over the place and keeping it in pristine condition thanks to the efforts of the men at RM Motorcycles on Flemingate. He told HU17.net: “In its day this was…
Ken, from Willerby, is a committed bike addict, spending a lot of his time restoring British bikes of all ages. He’s currently working on bikes such as Nortons and Goldstars.
Motorpoint have swooped to bring the space-age Infiniti to their sites and offer its high performance and technology at an infinitely better price than main competitors. The car supermarket giant has only one of the Infiniti G Coupes to sell so this really is an exclusive offer. Infiniti are fairly new to the U.K. and Motorpoint have snapped one up as they are always looking to create infinitely better deals…