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First time for me at the Bristol Italian AutoMotive Festival. It’s a really nice chilled event where a few streets in the centre of Bristol are used to display a whole load of Italian cars and bikes.
I rode over to Gordano services on the M5 for the mass ride in at 9:30,you were supposed to ride in and park up in groups by manufacturer, but it got a bit chaotic as we hit the traffic on the way in. I did manage to park with a few other MVs. It waas a chily start, but as we reached Bristol the sun was out and it turned into a vary pleasant day.
Ducati were by far the most prevalent bike brand present, followed by a reasonable number of Moto Guzzis, then about a dozen each of MV, Benelli, Laverda, Aprilia and just a couple of Moto Morini and Moto Parilla, and a bunch of scooters.
Of the cars it’s the older ones that interest me more, some really nice old Alfas and Lancias.
Was pleasantly surprised by Bristol as a city too, I’ve not properly explored before, some nice buildings and the St Nicholas market was interesting – lot’s of record shops, variety of places to eat, and a stall selling just loads of chilli sauces.
There was a concours competion, and then at 3pm a mass starting of engines.
My personal favourites of the day were the Ducati Elite 200 and the Alfa Giulietta Spider
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I am a big fan of Alfa spiders too, but I will stick with my old and leaky Lotus for now.
I did get out on my MV today too, but it was chilly and showery out which restricted my fun a bit!
Cheers for taking time out to post up the review and the pictures!
More pictures showing now! Good work. Some tasty stuff on show, that Alfa was nice. Loving the Benelli Sei…always liked those!
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