Brighouse firm to hold third annual monkey bike charity ride for Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Jul 1 2009 Huddersfield Daily Examiner

RIDERS will get back on their bikes again this year for an annual motorcycle challenge run by a Brighouse firm.

Brighouse insurance company Bankstone will host its Monkey Bike Charity Event for the third year running in July.

A total of 17 riders will travel hundreds of miles on monkey bikes through Yorkshire, navigating a route around famous film locations to raise money for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Monkey bikes are low-powered motorcycles first made popular by Honda in the 1970s. They are usually about 50 to 90cc and have a seat height of 24 inches or less, giving the rider a crouched appearance.

The riders will mount their monkey bikes in Brighouse on July 11 and will visit the Piece Hall in Halifax – location for the hit film Brassed Off, then move to on to the Cow and Calf Rocks at Ilkley, used in Calendar Girls.

They will then move on to Aysgarth Falls – a location for Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves, then progress to the Golden Lion at Northallerton, featured in The Way To The Stars.

The riders will make their way to the World of James Herriot Museum at Thirsk, to see the location for TV series All Creatures Great And Small.