Stafford spotlight on Slight

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Aaron Slight, the flamboyant Kiwi World Superbike star, will be guest of honour at The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show at Stafford County Showground, over October 14/15. Slightโ€™s name will be familiar to many, mainly as he was from the era when world Superbike racing was on terrestrial TV and with Carl Fogarty support running high, a real battle between all the Japanese โ€˜big fourโ€™ 750cc screamers and Ducatiโ€™s big booming 1000cc V-twins made for compulsive viewing.

Slightโ€™s aggressive riding, outspoken views and outlandish haircuts made him somewhat of a cult (and divisive) figure. Heโ€™ll be on stage through the weekend.

Elsewhere, itโ€™s business as usual for the fabulous show โ€“ though the focus is Japanese-accented, thereโ€™s a huge diversity of machinery to be found.

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