FIVA MOTORCYCLE WEEK 8-15 JUNE 2014

FIVA MOTORCYCLE WEEK 8-15 JUNE 2014

FIVA MOTORCYCLE WEEK 2014 12 countries CZECH REPUBLIC - GERMANY GREECE - ITALY - LATVIA - NORWAY - SLOVENIA - SPAIN - SWITZERLAND - U.K - USA CANADA 12 different events More than 4000 participants Same goal: give more visibility and emphasize the importance of classic motorcycles Same souvenir:

ITALY Historic Revival Circuito Motociclistico d'italia ORGANIZED BY: ASI Automotoclub Storico Italiano EVENT: route of about 2350 km, very close to the original race of 1914, starting and finishing in Milan and passing through the main cities of the North and Central Italy (Florence, Siena, Viterbo, Padua and Sirmione,) in an itinerary which blended the cultural beauties together with the delights of wine and food: an adventure on two wheels touching mountains and plains, lakes and seas, earth and sky. PARTICIPANTS: 50 (from Italy but also from other countries like Great Britain, Germany, Denmark, Malta, New Zealand and United States). MOTORCYCLES: The motorcycles accepted were built from 1925 to 1960, certified with a FIVA Identity Card or an ASI Certificate of Identity. There was a large majority of models of the English production (the most of them Ariel brand) as to homage to victory of Oreste Malvisi in 1914 riding an Ariel bike, the most of the motorcycles taking part in this event were manufactured by the Ariel Brand.

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SLOVENIA Museum summer night ORGANIZED BY: SVAMZ and Slovenian museum institutions EVENT: The annual Museum Summer Night took place this year for the 12th time, and it is one of the year s cultural highlights. From 6 pm to midnight, museums and galleries all over Slovenia were accessible without entry fee and please the visitors with a broad program of activities. SVAMZ helped to diversify the event in Celje for the fifth time. MOTORCYCLES OF THE EXHIBITION: This year SVAM set up an exhibition of the legendary moped TORI. This bike was beside TOMOS the only bike produced in Slovenia region. Constructor Toni RIFELJ started the production of motorbikes in early 80 s and produced more than 35.000 units in a short period of time. Motorbikes were made completely by hands and the he offered to the market different models: classic models, enduro and motocross. He sold his motorbikes all over the world, mostly to Sweden, Italy and Austria. In the 90 s the production was moved to Serbia.

GREECE 6TH Hand shift Rally ORGANIZED BY: Classic Motorcycle Club of Greece EVENT: Rally weekend, of about 400 kilometers (250 miles). Following all the regularity rules, it started on Saturday morning from the center of Athens, and using secondary roads, stopped overnight at the seaside town of Itea. Participants had the chance to visit a monastery, and the archeological site of Delphi. The weather was good on the first day, and the much loved Slow Race (the slowest rider wins) took place at a beautiful site in the mountains. PARTICIPANTS: 50 MOTORCYCLES: Manufactured in the United States of America, featuring a hand shift mechanism and a foot clutch. All participants rode Harleys, some prewar (VLs, WLAs, ULs) and some postwar like DuoGlides.

GERMANY Veteranen festival EVENT: The start was in a little village (Freiamt) on the slope of the Black Forest. The rally then went down to the Rhine vally and went through a vinegrowing region called Kaiserstuhl to a town of Kenzingen.Then we had a central place with the tests for the valuation. The first lap was some 80 km. In the afternoon the lap of about 40 km went through the real hilly part of the southern Black Forest on small roads with wonderful views and a stop on the hills. PARTICIPANTS: 250

NORWAY 2014 Trondhjemsridtet1919 ORGANIZED BY: Norsk Veteran Motorsykkel Club (NVMC) EVENT: This rally is commemorating the first long distance road-rally for motorcycles in Norway, taking place late August 1919. The rally was arranged along the original route from 1919 as far as realistic, and was completed over 4 days and 1147 kilometres along the route Oslo-Røros-Trondheim- Orkanger-Ringebu-Gjøvik-Oslo. PARTICIPANTS: 92 (from 8 different nations) MOTORCYCLES: Year of production is set to before 1955 but will be reconsidered, aiming at even older motorcycles. Oldest motorcycle was from 1916, and average year of production was ca 1933.

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SPAIN iii motoclassica barcelona ORGANIZED BY: Barcelona Motorcycle Museum EVENT: urban rally of 45 km across the main streets of Barcelona and historical parts of old circuits like Rabassada or Vallvidrera. Motocycles were the great protagonists of the day, attracting the attention of all pedestrians and tourists, surprised at the large number of vehicles. PARTICIPANTS: 180 MOTORCYCLES: Built before 1988. The most part of participants rode national brands (Bultaco, Montesa, OSSA, Sanglas, Derbi, ) but several participants chose international models from English brands (Norton and BSA) and German (BMW and Zundapp). The oldest motorcycle was a Mondiale Sport from 1925.

USA AMCA viking meet ORGANIZED BY: AMCA EVENT: AMCA National Meet PARTICIPANTS: 3.000 visitors MOTORCYCLES: 130

SWITZERLAND FIVA World Motorcycle Rally ORGANIZED BY: SWISS VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE CLUB MOTORCYCLES: 160

ENGLAND 66th banbury run ORGANIZED BY: The Vintage Motorcycle Club GB EVENT: the largest gathering of veteran and vintage motorcycles in the world. There was plenty for us spectators to do at the Run start with good auto jumble and entry to The Heritage Motor Centre Gaydon Museum. PARTICIPANTS: 550 (some of them wearing period dress, which added to the spectacle including the lead group dressed in First World War uniform ladies complete in nurses uniform to commemorate 100 year centenary). MOTORCYCLES: ranging from 1898 to 1930 riding in three classes a distance of 30 to 60 miles.the later B and C classes from 1915-1930 tackling the famous Sunrising Hill testing man and machine to the full.