Granite City welcome for Niall and Taylor Mackenzie

More than 150 motorcycle enthusiasts gathered at the Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen on the last Tuesday in November, for the second in a series of yearly events aimed at bringing motorcycling legends to the north-east of Scotland, writes Gorgeous Biker Chick.

Members of the audience were encouraged to check out the bikes after the talk – a popular move and much appreciated by many.

Organiser Andy Freeman fell into arranging the events by accident. “I got to know Niall Mackenzie, John McGuinness and Dennis Hobbs by doing a lot of track days,” he said. “I then organised a private track day at Knockhill through my work with the three of them as instructors, and afterwards suggested a charity night in Aberdeen – and they all agreed.”

In 2015 John McGuinness was the star guest, interviewed on stage by author and TT record-holder Mat Oxley, and more than £13,000 was raised for local charity The Archie Foundation, which provides funding for 170,000 children and families. The foundation supplies money for emergency and long-term grants, hospital improvements, staff training and research.

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For the 2016 event, supported by Ecosse Motorcycles in Aberdeen,the special guest was multiple British Superbike Champion Niall Mackenzie, and The Bike Bus, (www.bookthebikebus.co.uk)an Aberdeen-based specialist motorcycle transport company, was tasked with ensuring that Niall’s 1991 factory Yamaha YZR500 was safely delivered to the ballroom.

Read more in January’s issue of OBM


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