{"id":2693,"date":"2025-11-22T13:09:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T13:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whitedogbikes.com\/whitedogblog\/?p=2693"},"modified":"2026-04-02T23:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T23:00:44","slug":"motorcycle-live-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whitedogbikes.com\/whitedogblog\/motorcycle-live-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcycle Live Show review: Birmingham NEC november 2025 highlights."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Walking<\/figure>\n

Walking to the NEC from the car park<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a review of our visit to the November 2025 Motorcycle Live show at the NEC in Birmingham…<\/p>\n

Not been to the bike show at the Birmingham NEC for about 10 years so decided to go and have a look around. Overall it was a good day out. We spent about 4 hours there but you could easily spend a whole day there as there’s loads to see and do.<\/p>\n

Note about parking –<\/strong> We got there about 10.15 and there were LOADS of spaces so parking wasn’t an issue. Only advice I would give is BUY YOUR PARKING TICKET IN ADVANCE! We did and parking cost us \u00a310 for the day on the official parking site, if you buy it on the day at the car park it’s \u00a318.50!
\nThe car park is about 10 mins walk from the show and there’s a shopping center on the way if you need the loo (although the toilet is right at the other end of the shopping center!).<\/blockquote>\n\n
\"Inside<\/figure>\n

View of the hall and a few of the stalls<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tickets for the show were \u00a335 each (per person)<\/strong>. You may be able to get them cheaper somewhere but we decided to go on an impulse\/last minute so only had a quick look and couldn’t find any discounts.<\/blockquote>\n

The first things we saw as we came in were several Chinese bike stands (MotoGB, QJ Motors and Yamasaki) and the Triumph stand<\/p>\n

\"Bike<\/figure>\n
\"QJ<\/figure>\n
\"Yamasaki<\/figure>\n

Several Chinese bike stands<\/strong><\/p>\n

Got to admit, the Chinese bike stands were impressive, their bikes have come a long way and staff on the stands took time to chat to people. The quality of the bikes seems quite good (although I’ve not ridden any so don’t know what they are like long term) and the prices are lower then then major manufacturers.
\nGot to say thanks to the MotoGB staff member who really took time for a chat with us, also really knew his stuff about bikes in general (not just the MotoGB range).<\/p>\n\n

\"Posters<\/figure>\n
\"Mugs<\/figure>\n

The usual people selling show stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n

Throughout the show there are loads of stands selling helmets, clothing, posters, leather cream, visor cleaners and other general tat.<\/p>\n\n

\"Benelli<\/figure>\n
\"BMW<\/figure>\n
\"BMW<\/figure>\n
\"Green<\/figure>\n
\"Harley<\/figure>\n
\"BSA<\/figure>\n
\"Yellow<\/figure>\n
\"Ducati<\/figure>\n

Various different motorbike manufacturer stands<\/strong><\/p>\n

There were LOADS of different manufacturers on display, we went Wednesday earlier in the day (got there at half 10) so there weren’t too many people there, 12pm onwards it got busy.
\nHarley Davidson, BMW and Ducati had good displays but they were PACKED with people (especially the BMW and Harley stands), Benelli was OK, but apart from the exhausts on their bikes they didn’t seem to have the ‘WOW’ factor they used to have (same with Ducati for me personally). BSA looked good but the bikes seemed a bit cheap and they had a big, dark stand with not many bikes on it.
\nHarley’s aren’t my thing but they are impressive looking bikes and the staff member we spoke to on the stand knew his stuff and had a sense of humor (which is good to see).<\/p> \n\n

\"Twin<\/figure>\n
\"Iron<\/figure>\n

Racing bikes on display around the hall<\/strong><\/p>\n

There were quite a few racing bikes on display around the hall, including the Iron Maiden ‘Trooper Beer’ sponsored bike.
\nUnfortunately, they all had the usual ‘please do not sit on this bike’ signs on them!<\/p>\n\n

\"Do<\/figure>\n
\"More<\/figure>\n

Well, it wouldn’t be the bike show without these signs plastered everywhere!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\"Ultraviolette<\/figure>\n
\"Zero<\/figure>\n
\"Honda<\/figure>\n

Various electric bikes from Honda, Ultraviolette and Zero at the show<\/strong><\/p>\n

Towards the rear of the show (by the ‘have a go on an electric bike’ bit) were various electric bike manufacturers, Zero was a bit underwhelming, they had an odd custom bike that I couldn’t see the point of.
\nHonda had several electric bikes and one you could sit on and play with the display (think these might have been concept bikes though?).
\nThere was a stand near Zero bikes with a manufacturer called Ultraviolette (electric bikes) which was impressive, especially the center piece bike pictured above and they had they set up so you could use the buttons and displays on the bikes (although 1 kept setting it’s alarm off every time you pressed a button!).
\nThere was also an area where you could book and have a test ride on an electric bike which was cool, and you could get a ride in an electric bubble car \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n

Things we especially liked at the show…<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"General<\/figure>\n
\"Bubble<\/figure>\n
\"Honda<\/figure>\n
\"Krazy<\/figure>\n
\"Langen<\/figure>\n
\"Langen<\/figure>\n
\"Langen<\/figure>\n
\"Norton<\/figure>\n
\"Cockpit<\/figure>\n
\"Army<\/figure>\n\n

Interesting stuff at the show including an electric bubble car, the Krazy Horse stand, Langen and Norton stands, the Honda V3 prototype and the bikes on the National Motorcycle Museum stand<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n