VINTAGE BIKE OC NEWS

Huntington Beach, Calif. - Another great meet in Huntington Beach. We had perfect weather today and 80 people came to enjoy the show. 35 bikes were entered in the Bike of the Month contest and we had quite a heated battle.

This was not planned, but Andrew Hopkins of Huntington Beach won Bike of the Month with his 1969 Honda Z50A K1 Mini Trail (Monkey). Andrew works for one of our sponsors, The Scooter Solution in Fountain Valley. The Scooter Solution along with Beach Burgers, provides the $20.00 gift certificate for the winner.

Andrew did not even expect to have the Monkey entered into the contest. I allow everyone to enter and let the group choose the winner. Since he works for the sponsor, he refused the prize so that we can use it next month.

Second place went to Larry Horn also of Huntington Beach for his 1950 Norvin. Larry won last month with his 1955 Velocette MSS. The Norvin is always a favorite, although he has not won since I took over the meet in 2007. The Norvin has a 1952 Norton frame wrapped around a 1950 Vincent engine. That's the kind of Hybrid that I would drive!

All our winners are from Huntington Beach this month, with the third place going to Dave Zamiska for his 1954 BSA A7-500. Dave has owned this beautifully restored bike for 6 months, but this was his first time at the meet. He has spent the last 6 months sorting out the problems from the previous owner of the bike.

Once again I had a great team helping with the event. Thank you Debbie & Tom Hopkins helping with voting and counting and Brian TINK Tinkler for shooting many great photos.

Thanks to everyone for showing up and making this another great event. Mark your calendars for our next meet on July 10, 2011.

Keep On Ridin',
Joe Kagerer