Now in its new home in Dubai Media City, this year’s event promises exciting days of brand exhibits, bike stunts, thunder parade and international line-up of bands from October 24th to 26th.
Bike lovers, artists and designers with a passion for creating one-of-a-kind motorcycles are invited to showcase their artistic and engineering talent again this year at the Custom Bike Build Championship on October 26th. In 2012, over 70 bikes across 13 classes entered the competition and were crowned the best in their respective class, with an overall winner selected at the end to win the coveted Custom Bike Building Championship.
This year again, custom motorcycles entries will be judged within the class they are in. Classes consist of: Vintage, comprising of every motorcycle before 1985; 3-Wheeler; Sportbike; Streetfighter; Radical Sportbike; Stock Metric V-Twin; Stock US V-Twin; Metric Touring; US Touring; Sportster; V-Rod; Modified V-Twin; and Radical Custom. Additionally, all motorcycles will be judged to determine the winner of the Best Paint Job and the Overall Show Winner. Bikes will be judged based on overall harmony, modifications, style, finish, paint-jobs, wiring, self-made improvements, technical work on the frame, engine, suspension and breaks, metal work, and style innovation.
The bands playing include: Maplejacks, Boxtones, Juliana Down, Sandwash, Salha and The Million Dollar Band, Riff Raff, and Screemin Egulz. Complementing the bands will also be DJs spinning the latest tracks to keep crowds going all day long.
In addition, the winner of the “Rolling Stone Middle East Street to Stage” competition – developed to help Rolling Stone and Sony Music find the best unsigned artist in the Middle East – will perform for the crowds at Gulf Bike Week.
Pauline Ryan, Marketing Manager, Clarion Events Middle East, said: “This year’s show has a new all-day festival format, and has returned to Dubai Media City Amphitheatre, where the event was born back in 2007. Gulf Bike Week 2013 presents a fantastic line-up of the best regional and local bands playing across the three days in an open air festival, right at the start of Dubai’s outdoor season.”
“There is one ticket price of AED 60 for a Day Pass – this gives you full-festival access to all day live local bands and DJs, entertainment, great food & beverage outlets, and of course the Bike Show. The new festival format and great venue will provide a great long weekend of fun and entertainment for families and bike enthusiasts.”
OutdoorUAE will be there to witness all the action. Come see us on our booth! For more information, please visit www.gulfbikeweek.com.
