2nd annual Vintage Bike Show, A&S BMW, Roseville, CA

vintagecycle · Post by **vintagecycle** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:14 pm

Took a ride up to A&S to check out the show on Saturday. Bigger turnout than last year, some really cool bikes in attendance.
Where was PAT????

http://r1150r.smugmug.com/gallery/892111

Post by **Pat** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:03 am

Okaaaay, now I'm sorry I didn't make it. I wanted to, I tried, but there was all this JD & Coke to do in Knight's Ferry, and then there was that little Italian gal serving us our Guinness on the way home.

I made my way to an event that supported a museum playing host to the "longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi." They opened it for us to ride across, whereupon we cut off from the group to catch a drink or three in Oakdale.

The following day (after A&S' Vintage Bike Show), I sported my retro half-helmet & goggles for a spin down the river road. Imagine my surprise when I rounded into town at Al the Wop's, only to see a couple dozen Nortons, old (Cherry) Triumphs, a BMW, and a '93 Norton Wankel! In fact, many of the very same bikes Dan took pictures of at A&S were participating in a River Run put on by the Northern California Norton Owners Club (NortonClub.com).

I wish I had a camera with me, instead I had my phone with it's wannabe "camera". You might be able to make out my Bonnie' amidst a sea of snorton Nortons at the Ryde Hotel:

vintagecycle · Post by **vintagecycle** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:10 am

Egads! You probably got to hear a bunch of them running! Sweet music to the ears indeed.

I did get to hear the Kawasaki triples running, as everyone kept asking the dude to fire up the H2.

Post by **Pat** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:05 pm

Dan,

That's what I was waiting (anxiously) for, to hear 'em fire up!!!!
- BUT -
Seems they were all stock exhausts??????

The only bike that sounded cool was an old Bonnie'.....

My D&D equipped 800cc BlackBonnie sounded better/louder than the whold gaggle of quiet/stock exhausts on the Nortons.... GO FIGURE???!???

Post by **arkline** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:04 pm

Dan,

Great pictures. Must have been quite an event. There are some really choice pieces stuck in there in those pictures. And way expensive too. Thanks for posting these.

Post by **DJ Downunder** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:46 pm

Thanks Dan...just looked through all your pic's...gees there's some real classic's there.

DJ

mnnden · Post by **mnnden** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:30 pm

Dan, Very nice, Thanks for posting. Den

vintagecycle · Post by **vintagecycle** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:44 pm

Glad you guys enjoyed the pictures! I love vintage bikes..(as if you couldn't tell from my screen name)

Pat, quiet??? You mean no "snortin' Nortons"??? I thought things were loud back in the day.....sissys! Shouldn't they have Dunstall and Toga pipes installed?
I gotta hear your bike. Have any sound clips uploaded yet?

Post by **Pat** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:13 am

Oooh BOY, do I have clips!

I have a DVD of my bike and I on Hwy 36 as a result of a video camera mounted to Rich's K1200R. In addition to hearing my D&D pipes, you can hear Rich's Laser Tech can on his BeemerTechno-K.

Rich and I sent some footage in to SportBikeCam.com in the hopes of winning some big bucks for our contributions.

Oh yeah, I got clips of the little D&D's.......