Los Angeles Motorcycle Show & Concours d'Elegance

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Los Angeles, February 2012 – The 2012 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show sponsored by Russ Brown Attorneys continues its now 21-year tradition on Sunday July 22nd 10am-6pm as the premier outdoor streetbike event in America with top Celebrity Builders, the upscale Calendar Bike Building Championship & Concours d’ Elegance. The Show moves to beautiful new location in the tree shaded grass hills of the Santa a Mountains, to a New Show Day and Low Admission with Free Parking. The Show moves from it prior Queen Mary, Long Beach location to the exclusive Calabasas Country Club and Golf Course, located between the Sagebrush Cantina and the Rock Store at the Parkway Calabasas exit off Hwy 101, the west end of the San Fernando Valley... Read more

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South Florida's Vintage Scene

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By Rafael Tassitano, Photography by Rafael Tassitano

On a late October morning, Mods and Rockers again gathered at a seaside resort town for an epic event. But this wasn’t Brighton Beach in the 1960s; it was Fort Lauderdale 50 years later. Mods and Rockers in South Florida? Why not—it’s the second-largest motorcycle market in the country after Southern California; it’s just known more for blinged-out choppers and sportbikes than cool café racers. The annual Mods vs. Rockers Rally has proven to be a fantastic gathering of motorcycles and scooters that highlights South Florida’s nascent vintage scene... Read more


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AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days dirt track event

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The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is moving AMA Vintage Motorcycle Day's popular dirt-track event at the Ashland Co. (Ohio) Fairgrounds from Friday, July 20, to Saturday, July 21... Read more

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Drake McElroy to appear on 'Café Racer'

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The only thing Drake McElroy has in his garage that outnumbers his motorcycle collection is Post-It notes. It's those multi-colored 3-in. by 3-in. squares that harbor the sketches, doodles and designs of a guy who likes to build motorcycles that get people to say, "What is that?" McElroy, the 2002 X Games Moto X Freestyle Bronze Medalist and current XG judge, has taken a part of his collection that includes freestyle and supermoto bikes and converted them into café racer street bikes. McElroy and his creations will be featured on season three of Velocity network's 'Café Racer,' which runs in spring of 2012... Read more

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2011 A Day in the Dirt Grand Prix in Photos

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Pictures courtesy of photographer Kinney Jones

This past Thanksgiving weekend, Southern California’s Pala Raceway played host for the 14th annual A Day in the Dirt Motocross Grand Prix races. The event is a chance for motorcycle riding enthusiasts from the Hollywood and dirt bike racing communities to get together and race their bikes in a fun, relaxing environment.
By Adam Waheed, via : www.motorcycle-usa.com

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Venice Vintage Motorcycle Rally 2011

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Venice Vintage Motorcycle Rally 2011 : The whole event was great fun, interesting and it was just fantastic to see all those vintage and classic motorcycles being ridden and enjoyed. All the British bikes seemed to like the foggy morning ride to Malibu where hundreds of bikers took over PCH before returning to Venice where food, drinks, music and vendors were all gathered and the motorcycles from the rally were judged to find the best British, American, European, Japanese, Cafe, Custom, race inspired and ugliest bike at the show! ( via : www.ultimatemotorcycling.com )

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Piston + Pints

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Thursday, November 3rd · 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Location : imogene + willie

2601 12th Avenue South

Nashville, TN

Gearheads, unite! The inaugural Pistons & Pints meet is something you don’t want to miss. Bring your bike and get ready to share tales of grease, metal and the open road with motorcycle lovers just like you. It’s free and open to everyone.

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Sturgis man works on vintage motorcycles

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Craig Vechorik(left) of Bench Mark Works in Sturgis talks with Nick Jeffcoat of Florence about Vechorik's 1942 BMW R75 with a MG 34 machine gun and driven side-car wheel while exhibiting the bike at the Euro Fest in Ridgeland recently. / Barbara Gauntt/ The Clarion-Ledger

In 1967, at age 16, Craig Vechorik was given the keys to his first car - a 1958 Rambler that had more miles on it than a road map.
"I hadn't had it no time before I tore the clutch out of it," says Vechorik, 60. "My dad told me he couldn't afford to have it fixed. So he bought me a box of tools, a motor manual, the parts for it and told me to fix it myself... Read more


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Bike Museum in Nelson - NZ

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Nelson is about to get a motorcycle museum like no other.

Developed by high-flying businessman and philanthropist Tom Sturgess, the museum will display hundreds of vintage and classic motorcycles that he has collected from around the world during the last few years... Read more

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More vintage motorcycles for the BMW museum

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Via : www.clutchandchrome.com

Motorcycle history is on display at the BMW Museum in Munich in more ways than one.
In the catalogue is a 1970 ex-Georg Averbacher 500cc Rennsport outfit. This machine is an integral part of BMW’s unrivalled dominance of the World Sidecar Championship between 1954 and 1974 and is sure to attract a lot of attention... Read more

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Auctions America Expands Vintage Calendar

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 Courtesy of RM Auctions

Following its successful debut motorcycle offering in Auburn, Indiana earlier this month, Auctions America by RM is busy preparing for two new dedicated motorcycle sales – an auction at the Barber Vintage Festival in Birmingham, Alabama, October 8 and its all-new Las Vegas Premier Motorcycle Auction, January 12 – 14, 2012 in Nevada.

The two new sales are part of the company’s growing calendar of world-class vintage motorcycle events and auctions, having launched a vintage motorcycle division earlier this year to complement its collector car offerings and cater for client interests and requests... Read more


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Dates for 2012 AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid-Ohio

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Via : www.easterndirt.com

The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is pleased to announce the 2012 dates for the country’s premier annual celebration of vintage motorcycling. AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days will take place on July 20-22, 2012, at the world-class Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio... Read more


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Cafe Racer & Street Tracker Meet.

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Razorbacks Barber Shoppe  & Moto Capture 

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Barber Vintage Festival 2011

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7th Annual Barber Vintage Festival Offers More Activities for Motorcycle Fans of All Ages

Birmingham, Ala. (September 7, 2011)- The seventh annual Barber Vintage Festival returns to the Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, AL, October 7 - 9, 2011. The nation's fastest growing celebration of vintage bikes will offer on- and off-track racing, as well as many other activities dedicated to the history and preservation of motorcycles.


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Big Dog Garage Racing Team

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Jay Leno's Big Dog Garage Racing Team will be out in full force this weekend at Bike Fest at Miller Motorsports Park. The team participated in the vintage automobile race in 2008, but this time they'll also be bringing the motorcycles.

My friend Kenny Cummings from  A NYC Norton at Miller in 2006

Leno will enter a 1976 Honda Formula 500 and a 1993 Honda open two-stroke in the American Historic Racing Mtorcycle Association's Bonneville Vintage Grand Prix. Read more at : www.allaboutbikes.com


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Owls Head Transportation Museum

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If you love motorcycles, you don't want to miss the annual Labor Day weekend Vintage Motorcycle Meet at Owls Head Transportation Museum.

Antique and vintage motorcycles take center stage at the Owls Head Transportation Museum’s annual Vintage Motorcycle Meet and Antique Airplane Show on Saturday and Sunday, September 3 & 4.

Kirk Small, 11, of Brewer, rides aboard an 1898 Leon Bollee Tri-Car, which is the oldest working motorized vehicle owned by the Owls Head Transportation Museum. Driving the machine is museum ground vehicle conservateur Peter Curtis. (Bangor Daily News Photo by Chris Cousins)

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The Best Vintage Motorcycles At Pebble Beach

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By HannahElliott via : www.forbes.com

You might think Pebble Beach weekend is all about cars. It’s not.

Yesterday at The Quail Motor Show, a handful of supremely rare, expensive motorcycles were on display as well.
Included among them were a 1957 Triumph T110 Desert Sled, a 1966 BMW R69/S, and a 1987 Ducati Laguna Seca. The ultimate find was a 1940 Brough Superior 982cc SS100, the last of its kind to leave the Nottingham factory. It’s valued at $350,000 – $400,000.


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Let the good times roll

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Via : www.americanmotorcyclist.com

Motorcycle Hall of Famers Yvon Duhamel, Gary Nixon, Jimmy Weinert, Eddie Lawson, Jeff Fredette, Jeff Ward, Mike Kiedrowski. The list of riders who became famous racing Kawasaki motorcycles is long and distinguished—as is the number of regular enthusiasts who have grown to love the brand and all of its renditions, from the incredible Mach III 500cc two-stroke in 1969 to the modern Ninja sportbike.
That history will take center stage this July 22-24 at AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, where Kawasaki will be honored as this year’s Marque of the Year.

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Weird Harley-Davidson Exhibit in Milwaukee

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A new exhibit at the Harley-Davidson Museum is proof the Milwaukee motorcycle maker is about much more than its classic hogs.

An all-leather motorcycle made in Japan, rarely seen prototype bikes and a rocket engine that powered drone missiles during the Vietnam War are just a few of the items the company has dug out of its archive for "Collection X: Weird, Wild Wonders of the Harley-Davidson Museum." ... Read more

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Bikes on the Bay

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By Cathy Kelly

Capitola -- Old motorcycles found new appreciation Sunday at the Bikes on the Bay vintage show at the Capitola Mall.

The collection of old bikes drew hundreds of motorcycle enthusiasts to the Capitola Mall parking lot Sunday. Orchestrated by the Capitola-Soquel Chamber of Commerce, the sixth annual event has been at the mall for four years and is growing, chamber Director Toni Castro said.

"It's seems to be going very well," Castro said, over sounds of laughter, music and motors. The event included vendors, too, along with an impressive array of vintage motorcycles and some scooters. Ringing the event were the motorcycles of those who rode in to see the officially displayed motorcycles... Read more

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