National Motorcycle Museum Live 2019

Getting more people to come to a museum must sometimes seem like a tricky affair, but the National Motorcycle Museum does it brilliantly. They let you in, for one day only, for free!

This one-day event gets bigger and better every year. The museum, one of the finest and most important collections of British motorcycles in the world, is almost a sideline, with biking celebrities taking centre stage.

Racers like John McGuinness, Charlie Williams and John Cooper were there to amuse us on stage this year, as well as sign books and pose for photos, while Allen Millyard was on hand to talk about his creations and TV presenters Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove entertained on stage with their latest show, ‘Shed and Buried’ live. Oh, the pull of television…