VINTAGE BIKE OC NEWS

Huntington Beach, Calif. - It was a great day in Huntington Beach today and a great day for vintage motorcycles in Orange County. Lyon's Air Museum had their First Annual Bike's & Bombers event and 106 people showed up at our meet afterwards.

Bike of the Month Contest
We had a great contest for Bike of the Month. Frank Colver of Costa Mesa won by a slim margin with his 1941 Indian 741 Military Scout. The top four bikes only differed by three votes each.

Frank was awarded a $20.00 gift certificate to Beach Burgers, provided by Beach Burgers and The Scooter Solution.

Second place went to Mike Jongblood with his purple 1958 Triumph Tiger Cub 200. I joked with Mike about not bringing the whole engine...

There was a tie for third place between "Hobo" John Hoeinghause of Costa Mesa and Mark Compton of Los Alamitos. John rode his 1931 Indian 101 Scout and Mark rode his 1974 Ducati 350 Desmo. These two bikes almost couldn't be further apart from each other.

John's Indian Scout was featured in the 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Brad Pitt rode the Indian in the film.

All three of these bikes could easily win next month.

Thanks to everyone for showing up and making this another great event. A special thanks to Debbie and Tom Hopkins for their help with the voting, and Brian Tinkler for shooting photos. I'll see you again on July 8, 2012.

Keep On Ridin',
Joe Kagerer