The 6th edition of India Bike Week in December 2019, Goa
India’s largest motorbike festival – India
Bike Week - will be held on 6th and 7th of December at Vagator, Goa and the
team gathered biking enthusiasts in Mumbai to talk about the highlights and
expectation from the big show this year!
by Shrutee K/DNS
Mumbai: Biking enthusiasts gathered under one roof on a
Wednesday evening at Barrel Mansion, Mumbai as India Bike Week’s team announced
the highlights and festival schedule for IBW scheduled for 6th and 7th,
December at Little Vagator Hills, Vagator, Goa.
Over the last 6 years, tens of thousands of passionate bikers
from India and worldwide have ridden IBW's The
Great Migration - the iconic ride down to India Bike Week in Goa to celebrate the world of biking at
IBW. The Great Migration to IBW has
become an annual tradition; a rite of passage, an escape into adventure,
moto-culture, riding, music, and biker brotherhood.
This year, the IBW Team announced that the Festival would include
well over 40% more biking content than ever before:
IBW Track Days: For the first time ever, IBW will feature 4
entirely separate, timed, Bike Racing adventures at the Festival
Flat Track Timed Trials by
Harley-Davidson India: Flat Track racing is one of the oldest and
most iconic racing formats in the Harley-Davidson kitty. Participants will be
provided custom built Flat Track 750’s from Rajputana Customs for this track,
also run by Vijay Singh from Rajputana Customs. The riders with the top 3 times
will be awarded with a cash price of INR 50,000, 30,000 and 20,000respectively.
Participation is free, interested participants will have to pre-register on www.indiabikeweek.in and click participate.
Hill Climb by School of Dirt: India Bike Week, in association with School
of Dirt, presents an enduro Hill Climb. It is a motorsport stripped to its
essence. One rider, one machine, one hill. Fastest to the top wins! Engines and
frames may have evolved over time, but the elemental challenge of being
quickest up the mountain endures. You can learn the art of off-road hill climb
from the experts and participate to win exciting prizes at #IBW2019! The participation fee is INR 1,000/- and
interested participants can pre-register on
www.indiabikeweek.in and click participate
Big Rock Enduro Training Academy: Experience the thrill of ADV motorcycling. Get training from the
off-road experts from Big Rock Dirt Park at #IBW2019 and test your mettle on
our specially designed enduro track. Participants will be required to bring
their own motorcycle and riding gear. The participation
fee is INR 1,500/- for 1 Hour of training. Bikers can pre-register on www.indiabikeweek.in and click participate.
MOTO MOB: Inspired by the moto-mafias of Mexico, this
track features stripped down, naked machines that will test your skills to the
limit. Designed for you and your partner in crime, enroll for this wild relay
to show ’em who’s boss! Interested bikers, participation
fee will be Rs.600 for a team of 2 individuals. You can register on www.indiabikeweek.in and click participate.
INTERNATIONAL BIKING SUPERSTARS: At IBW for the first time, celebrated
bikers like Rok Bagoros, (International Celebrity Stunter), FMX 4 EVER,
(International Freestyle MotoCross Team), Aishwarya Pissay, (First Indian
Athlete To Win A World Title), Rajini Krishnan, (First Indian Winner of Asian
Road Racing Championship) and Simran King, (National Champion for JK Tyre 1000
CC Category), Ashish Raorane will be
showcasing their talents and coming together at the Big Trip for a
session on Careers in Motorsport moderated by Sagar Sheldekar.
IBW ICONS : KTM
Adventure Ambassador Mr. Giovanni Sala : 6 time World Enduro Champion and a
Master Mentor for the KTM Adventure Rallies will be flying down and share his
insights on adventure segment with the bikers. Aishwarya Pissay – First Indian
Athlete to win a world title, Rajini Krishnan- First Indian Winner of Asian
Road Racing Championship, Simran Singh National Champion –JK Tyre 1000 CC
Category are the other Global icons who will be at the festival
Moto
Art And Good Music: Rocking Vagator and India’s
bikers, India’s best new musicians from all over the nation like SU Real &
General Zooz, Ritviz, Pineapple Express, Best Kept Secret along with L.Y.D.
will perform LIVE at IBW. Taking forward
the theme of Hand Built culture will be the Moto Art collective, showcasing
some of the various artists presenting Biker inspired art and installations by
Bacon & Eggs, Prankur Rana, Mechlogue and Tilak Godwa
Global Speakers for the Big Trip: Candida Louis, Manas Dewan & Anuradha
Bhonsale Dewan, Girish Venkatraman, Deepak Kamath, Sukesh Viswanath,Debasshish
Ghosh & Dharmendra Jain, Alex Chacon are few of the Big Trip Speakers who
will be share the stage graced by Motorcycle Traveller Greats like Ted Simon, Nick
Sanders, Horizons Unlimited, the late Hubert Kriegel, and relate their
experiences and insights into the world of two-wheel travel.
Retail Therapy for Bikers: India’s
definitive biker’s mart here will be presenting 120+ brands to showcase their
world-class gear in an all new Biker Mart and Expo. Over 120+ Bike Accessory shops including
Performance Racing Store and Big Bad Bikes have confirmed their participation.
The global speakers will also be engaging in the below panel
discussions :
Career & Future of Motorsport: Sagar Sheldekar, Ashish
Raorane, Rajini Krishnan, Simran King and Aishwarya Pissay are few of the
celebrated bikers inspiring younger generation with a panel discussion on
‘Career & Future of Motorsport in India.
Moto Women Meet: Dr. Maral Yazarloo Pattrick, Neharika Yadav, Anam Hashim, Sonia
Jain along with Sanika Mehta will be present talking about work life balance
and managing their passion for biking.
Content
Creators Meet: Winter Wanderer, Toll Free
Traveller, JS Films, Dinos Vault, Alex Chacon will talk about their rides and
experiences so far!
Participate
and Win: There's always something to do at IBW and the two-day is packed with unique events like the IBW - Bike Build
Off – India’s premier competition for Customized Bikes. It will witness some of
the greatest creations on two wheels. There's the Burn Out and Loudest Bike
competitions with prizes and bragging rights up for grabs. If you want to chill
for a while, there's also the IBW film festival that showcases some interesting
stories of long distance, transnational bike trips on celluloid.
And there’s more … like the BikerInsta booth, bonfire at Club Village
representing the 200+ Riding Clubs participating at IBW. Collectors Corner will showcase some of the
best, most incredible, Vintage, Classic, Large Bore bikes in India. The line up
will be presented by Swaran Bajaj, Hafeez Contractor and Jehangir Faroogh, Barn
Cafe by Garage Built Motorcycles, RC Tracks in association with RC Inc. There’s
the 4 x 4 Track and a host of other incredible firsts for IBW in 2019. Flagship
production models like KTM SuperDuke 1290, Freeride and many more will be
showcased at the stall of KTM at IBW. Championship Racing motorcycles of KTM
from the Dakar Rally, Moto3 & MotoGP bikes will be on display for the first
time in India. www.indiabikeweek.com.
IBW 2019 is all set to host the most
adventurous men and women bikers in the country. Tickets are available on
insider @Rs. 2,500 for two days and Rs.1,200 for a one day pass along with an
early bird Super 6 package till Nov 20. #IBW2019 #IBW6 #IndiaBikeWeek
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