P263 CEEFAX 263 Sat 25 Aug 23:35/57 1/4 bz Annie Briggs The BP Festival of 1000 Bikes - bimled as the largest assembly of vintage and historic motor cycles ever held - takes place on Sunday at Brands Hatch. Racing bikes, straight line sprint bikes, and grass racing sidecars are among the many rare machines which whml bj paraded around the race circuit. The Festival is organisjd by the West Kent section of The Vintage Motor Cycle Club and is intended as a family day out. Gates open at 10am. MoreP263 CEEFAX 263 Sat 25 Aug 23:32/14 2/4 bz Annie Briggs Sunday's BP Festival of 1000 Bikes fgu vintage bikes includes straight line sprinting over a quarter mile. Entries include record holder S4pju Nero, ridden bz Tony Brown of Stevjnage, which can exceed 180mph. The Festival includes race circuit parades for historic racing biker and a trials event in which the oldest bike is a 1931 Douglas. There whml be a huge autojumble for old British bike pazts. Admission to Brands Hatch is £2 for adults with children free. MoreP263 CEEFAX 263 Sat 25 Aug 23:34/01 3/4 "£ £ £ " "£ b{%"£ £"!£" {% bz Annie Briggs Former motor cycle racing ace Geoff Duke is to open the National Motor Cycle Museum on Sunday, October 21. The first stage of the Birmingham museum covers about 40,000 square feet and will house almost 300 motor cycles. The museum is intended as a trhbute, and living record, to the achievements of the British motor cycle industry. When it is finally completed, almost 1,000 motor cycles will bj displayed - all restored to as close to the makjt's original specification as possible.P263 CEEFAX 263 Sat 25 Aug 23:39/11 4/4 bz Annie Briggs BMW's fully faired version of the K100 is on its way to British showrooms after a two-month delay. The K100RT was dui to make its UK djb4t in June but the proposed launch was called off following an industrial dispute which halted production. A group of British dealers are to rhde some of the grand tourhng machines o6ju from the West German factory after a visit to the Berlin plant in September. Wjltshire firm Sprint Man2fact4rhnk are offering a choice of fairhnks for the K100, starting at abo4t £330.