Updated: News and views from the NEC

With launches, bargains, racers and babes, the International Motorcycle and Scooter Show is one of biggest events of the year for motorcycling in the UK.

You’ll find news on two big launches and the winners of the 2002 Motorcycle Design Awards by clicking on the appropriate links on the right. Plus your guide to what to see and do when you get there.

Updated: Your pictures from the NEC show can be seen by clicking on the link on the right, titled ” NEC Babes ”

But we also want something from you when you visit the NEC…

Best bike of the show:

We want to know the bike you rate above all others on display at the NEC. It can be anything from a Harley trike to a Yamaha M1. Email your choice to daniel.thornton@emap.com with ” NEC Best Bike ” in the subject line, and we’ll publish the results next week.

Babes of the show:

If you find yourself distracted from the bikes by the scantily-clad young ladies, then take a picture and email it to us. We’ll post the best on the site for everyone to admire your camerawork. Please email them to daniel.thornton@emap.com with ” NEC Babes ” in the subject line.

What you think about the NEC

We want to know what you liked, and what you didn’t. Whether it’s been the best day of your life, or you got your foot crushed by a model’s high heels, post your thoughts and opinions on the NEC show on the News board on the thread titled ” Your thoughts on the NEC ” . A new thread with that title will be posted daily to make it easier for you to find, and the most amusing/interesting ones will be collected together and published on the site next week. If you have any pictures to send, follow the instructions above for NEC babes.