Meet the likes of Team Suzuki Australia’s Wayne Maxwell, Robbie Bugden and Phil Tainton prior to the Hidden Valley weekend. Image: Toby Lynch.

Suzuki Motorcycles is hosting a rider ‘Meet and Greet’ event on the eve of the bumper Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) and Australian Supercross Championship (ASX) meeting at Darwin’s Hidden Valley next month.

On Thursday, 12 September, Suzuki riders from both road and dirt bike disciplines will gather to meet fans at the NT Motorcycle Centre.

The event will run from 6:00pm-8:00pm and allow fans to interact with riders and source advice and tips to improve their own riding.

Attending riders will include Team Suzuki’s Wayne Maxwell and Team Volvo Group Suzuki’s Robbie Bugden, CM Racing’s Chase Hern and Hudson Pitt, Racers Edge Performance’s Beau Beaton and Mitch Levy and Cube Racing’s Ben Henry.

Also in attendance will be Team Suzuki manager and renowned GSX-R tuner Phil Tainton, along with select members of the brand’s Supercross teams.

Suzuki is encouraging interested fans to RSVP attendance by contacting the NT Motorcycle Centre on (08) 8939 0380. The venue is located at 1-1143 Stuart Highway, Pinelands, Northern Territory.

The Hidden Valley event is the penultimate round of the ASBK season, and the opening round of the ASX season.

The Friday, 13 September ASBK practice sessions are free to view, with event ticketing provided for the weekend of Saturday, 14 September and Sunday, 15 September.