Old and young get on their bikes for Hong Kong Motorcycle show
Event showcases the fastest superbikes and hulking tourers to the oldest classics and dinkiest scooters. Here are five to note
The 11th HK Motorcycle Show on November 6 should, as in previous years, highlight the diversity of the city’s biking community. Free to enter, enthusiasts will bring virtually every kind of machine to Central – from the fastest superbikes and hulking tourers, to the oldest classics and dinkiest scooters.
It’s a tribal event, too. Walk from the front of City Hall to the IFC elevated walkway, and you might see mods, rockers, cafe racers, and even smart Vespa-loving Gregory Pecks and Audrey Hepburns of all ages in their riding finery. The event also promotes the passion and the affordability of biking in China, according to the event’s organiser, Classic Auto-cycle Museum. Central could be packed with machines, and here are five stand-outs.
This year’s show is themed “Macau GP 50th”, to celebrate a half-century of success of the Guia Circuit, and Hong Kong bikers’ contribution to it. The show will also feature dozens of bikes that have raced at the Guia Circuit and are expected to make a parade lap there on November 19.
One of the many classics in this pack is the 1969 BSA A65 Thunderbolt owned by 76-year-old Sun Bun-yung, alias “The Oldest Biker in Hong Kong”. Sun says he has been riding bikes since 1957. He bought his Thunderbolt new, for HK$10,000 from BSA dealer Shun Hing Garages in Wan Chai, and used to drive it everywhere in Hong Kong. Now, he says, he just rides around town with occasional runs out to Yuen Long.
Sun enjoys the carnival atmosphere of the Motorcycle Show, and particularly the chance to discuss bikes with other riders. However, he wishes the government would provide more parking spaces for bikes and, above all, teach Hong Kong motorists to show more respect to bikers.
