VINTAGE BIKE OC NEWS

Huntington Beach, Calif. - We had a great meet today, and we couldn't have asked for better weather. A lot of new faces and first timers today and many cool bikes to check out. The official count was 62 bikes.

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Bike of the Month - Hans Peters

Hans Peters of San Clemente with his 1937 BMW R5.

Congratulations to Hans Peters of San Clemente for winning Bike of the Month with his 1937 BMW R5.

Hans has owned the BMW for over 30 years and just recently got it back on the road with the help of Jeff Moore of Vintage Sales and Restorations in Corona.

Read all about his 1937 BMW R5 on our Bike of the Month page.

Second Place Tie - Darin Smith

Darin Smith of Huntington Beach with his 1986 Suzuki GSXR 750.

Congratulations to Darin Smith of Huntington Beach for winning Second place with his 1986 Suzuki GSXR 750.

Darin is the owner of DWS Classics in Huntington Beach. He bought this one with his dad an brought it home in crates and 5 gallon Home Depot buckets.

Second Place Tie - Baird Bergenthal

Baird Bergenthal of Midway City with his 1963 Sears Allstate Compact.

Congratulations to Baird Bergenthal of Midway City for winning Second place with his 1963 Sears Allstate Compact. Baird has owned the Allstate for five weeks.

Baird has won Bike of the Month four times in the past:
December 2021 1963 Testi Grand Prix 50
August 2021 1958 Hercules K100 J-Be
May 2021 1963 Batavus Bilonet
December 2014 1957 Moto Beta

Honorable Mention - Brian Tinkler

Brian Tinkler of Westminster with his 1971 Honda CB750.

Brian has been in the top three positions for a few month now and was only one vote away from a three-way tie.

Bald Anthony

Bald Anthony's 1985 Yamaha RZ350 Restomod.

Bald Anthony showed up at 3:00 too late for a registration number and I asked him to move his bike because I thought it was new...

It is a "new build" and Bike Bound has done a nice article on it already: BikeBound/yamaha-rz350

Moto Guzzi Classics - Signal Hill

1980 Moto Guzzi V1000.

Mark Etheridge of Moto Guzzi Classics in Signal Hill showed up today for the first time with a customer's bike that he's working on in his Signal Hill shop. The bike just came out of a museum and has 301 original miles on the odometer.

Mark is the owner of Moto Guzzi Classics in Signal Hill. He heard about the meet through Rod Wiston who has been bring his Guzzi to the meet since 2007.

Thanks to everyone for showing up and making this another great event. Thanks to John Zindler for helping with the voting this month.

Next month's meet is, October 12, 2025. I'll see you all there.

Keep On Ridin',
Joe Kagerer