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"STUNNING MACHINES STEAL THE SHOW AT TELFORD OFF-ROAD EVENT"
Classic Bike Shows, the event’s new owner, enjoyed a successful debut at the Telford International Centre on February 21-22, and the winning machines typified the superb standard on offer for visitors to enjoy.
Glenn Whittock , Steve Butler, and Terry House had even more reason to celebrate as their 1981 Maico Mega 2 was selected as the best motocross bike and overall Best in Show from the category winners, despite the trio not even being aware they were eligible to claim a trophy.
“The bike is in mint condition having been recently built at Gwiz.mx and we wanted to come to the show, catch up with some old friends and then officially present the machine to Terry so he can use it in competition,” Glenn said. “We didn’t know we were officially entering it to be judged and so we were delighted to find out we’d won not only the Best Motocross award, but the overall Best in Show.”
The story was made more special given the fact one of the men responsible for the bike, Steve Butler, had previously worked as a principal Grand Prix mechanic for the Maico factory and had built the Mega 2 using original techniques he had used during his time there.
Steve said: “The bike is built and ready to go. It’s based on the engine design from the successful 1980 season when four of the bikes I worked on finished in the top 10 in the opening race in Austria.”
His long-time friend and colleague Glenn had then used modern engineering methods to refine the bike ready for use in events this year. “Glenn came to me as a young, aspiring mechanic and has become somewhat of a protégé of mine. We’ve worked on the bike together and, with the history involved in it, it’s been quite an emotional experience to bring it to the show, all topped off by winning this award,” he added.