AFTER overwhelming demand, an ever popular mass motorcycle event – raising money for Lye’s Midlands Air Ambulance Charity – is now open for registration.

The 2017 Bike4Life Ride Out and Festival, organised in association with the Safer Roads Partnership, will be the air ambulance charity’s seventh annual biking fundraiser and is now established as one of the best motorbike experiences in the country.

Last year’s ride out was attended by more than 3,500 bikers travel the 23 miles to RAF Cosford airfield, home to the charity’s Bike4Life Festival, where more than 6,000 people were entertained by live music, breath-taking displays, exhibitions, stalls and refreshments.

Jason Levy, the charity’s fundraising and marketing director and chair of the Bike4Life organising committee, said: “We created Bike4Life with the Safer Roads Partnership to give our supportive motorbike fans a really fantastic day out, and to also raise awareness of biker safety as sadly we tend to and airlift motorcyclists from road traffic collisions regularly.

“Each year more and more people attend Bike4Life, and due to increasing demand, we launch registration for the Ride Out earlier every year.

“It’s fast become one of the biggest motorbike events to kick start the motorcycle season, so if you’re interested in getting involved.”

Tickets for the ride out cost £10 per biker (pillions ride for free), which includes free entry to the Bike4Life Festival. Tickets for the festival alone cost £5 per person with children under 16 getting in for free.

For more information, or to register for the ride out, visit www.bike4lifefest.com