My vote for the most bitchin' bike hauler.Evan Wilcox hood on there [Evan is the expert alloy basher... pd'o].
Several club displays from Northern California.
Malcolm Barber auctions off Steve McQueen's driver's FIM license. $35,000 + 17% buyers premium.
About 110 bikes on display in all capacities.
A lot of people didn't give this Honda street CR-93 (one of 30) a second look. [They should have; I wrote a passionate description in the catalog - pd'o..] It was sold for $43,000.00
One of 16 Vincent "White Shadows". In essence a Black Shadow that was not enameled.This one had some Lightning goodies.There was debate as to whether it was red originally.It was sold after the sale for $95,000.00
Derek Minter's Manx was sold for $33,000. The fine print pointed out that it was not the motor as fitted at the factory and raced.Plus, it was "loosely assembled for inspection".
The partial line up for the sale
Tim Stafford takes off on the ride to Big Sur on his award winning BMW.
This was a nice venue.The event had to be a well kept secret.Most of the publicity I found was through Bonhams.The weather was quite agreeable. A ride to Big Sur had twelve people on it.The $250 fee probably didn't help things.The $125 dinner was good.
There was room for three times as many bikes on the field.When the final awards were given for five bikes,three were vintage. The most deserved was Tim Stafford's restored /2 BMW.He restored it ,rode it and then sold it for good money in the auction.
Several people I spoke to said this would be a good "club" event. They agreed that with the peer judging of bikes, that you probably wouldn't be able to attract "world class" bikes. You could probably be able to draw from the region though.
Thanks Somer!