SOUTHAMPTON Bike Night has announced it will end all meets.

Today, the Southampton Bike Night team announced on Facebook that they will end all meets with "immediate effect".

The team thanked their supporters and described the end as a "personal decision".

The New Year's Day meet has been cancelled and there will be no more meets scheduled.

On Facebook, the team said: "It is with regret that the personal decision has been made to end the Southampton Bike Night meets, including the annual new years day meet with immediate effect.

"There will be no new years day meet or season restart in 2023.

"We would like to take the opportunity to thank all our sponsors over the past years who have enabled the facilitation of the event, and all the weekly turn out of support."

Southampton Bike Night was hosted at the Bargate on a Thursday evening throughout the drier months.

The meets attracted motorcycle enthusiasts of all ages and genders with hundreds attending the summer meets.

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