BIKERS are revving up for a display of weird and wonderful two-wheelers to raise cash for charity.
Tomorrow, petrolheads will have the opportunity to see custom-made and classic motorcycles from across the county and beyond during a bike show at the H Café near Berinsfield.
Among the machines on show will be models from the 1970s and 80s, trikes and a bike modelled on the alien ‘Predator’ from the popular action movies.
Last year’s event drew a crowd of about 1,200 people through the day and netted £442 for charity.
Organisers hope even more people will turn up to this year’s show, which runs from 11am to 4pm. Money raised will be split between the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance and the Berinsfield Information and Volunteer Centre.
Biker Helen Walker, 39, who lives in the village, spent eight months doing up her Kawasaki Ninja to look like the alien Predator.
Ms Walker, who is secretary of the H Riders biker group, which has 368 members, said: “This is a chance to get a look at some great bikes and meet the owners and have a chat with them.
“I’m a very big fan of the Predator movies and my bike looks quite surreal. People think it’s awesome and I get a lot of respect for doing the work myself.
“A lot of custom bikes look beautiful and gorgeous but the owners haven’t done the work themselves.”
The bikes will be spilt into different categories on the day, such as sports bikes, trikes, and classic bikes, and judged for the chance to win a trophy.
Gavin Perrin, 44, from Benson, will display three of his drag bikes which can reach 170mph in a quarter of a mile.
Mr Perrin, who owns GP Performance, next door to the H Café, will also act as judge in some of the categories.
He said: “People come along to bike shows because they’re curious to see what other people have done to their bikes and get some ideas for their own bikes.
“Some people are just interested to see what the bikes look like but others really want to investigate the engineering and see what modifications have been done.”
H Riders chairman Steve Harding said: “People can spend thousands of pounds doing up their bikes so this is a unique opportunity to see some really, really smashing bikes.”
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