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April’s Vintage Venice Motorcycle ride

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I attended the Venice Vintage Motorcycle ride last month. Finally downloaded the photos. Nice guys (and gals). Nice ride. Nice bikes. As the weather gets better, the rides should get more eventful…

Enjoy the photos –

BSA with a nice vintage helmet

Completely naked Ducati. All the covering and plastic has been removed and the owner made some additional mods.

Check out the exposed guts of this Ducati. Looks pretty robotic.

This paint job has been hiding out for 25 years. On the fairing it says Honda CB - X tra - Get it? ha ha...

Check out the dirtbike with the sidecar

clubmans are all the rage.

more clubman bars...

cafe helmet and goggles.

It's never a bad thing to follow a chick on a triumph.

I had to swing by one of my favorite surf shops after the ride. Mollusk is a great shop with some tasty boards.

’71 Triumph T25ss Trail Blazer

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One of my old bikes. I sold it so i could rebuild a 77 BMW R100S. I wish i kept it. One of those bikes that got away….



1971 Triumph T25 SS Trail Blazer



Triumph T25ss



I guess it was a bike that BSA made for a few years prior. Then Triumph acquired BSA and made the same bike with the Triumph badge on it. I like that it has a Norton style tank to round out the British bike theme.

More Willow Springs

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Gotta Love Old Farts Racing

Another Fast Beemer

Ladies Discount!?! I'll wear a skirt if i have to.

Thor Antique Motorcycle. Looked as if it sat in a garage of grease for the past 100 years. i'd love to hear the history of this motorcycle. Note the vent holes on the cylinder. I'm sure that caused a nice mess.

Triumph making a pass.

Another leaning vintage BMW race bike shot.

Willow Springs

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Vintage Motorcycle Race weekend and Swap meet. April 23rd, 2011.

Great place to score some cheap projects or bikes in need or a re-birth.  It was hard to not bring home a $75 complete rust bucket… or the $500 honda…
Also a great place for some inspiration.  British, Japanese, Italian, German, Spanish… they had it all.

 

I wonder if he's got an engine for that bike in his fanny pack?

This is why you bring friends to the races.

wheeeeee!!!!

Eeeny meeny miney moe....

 

Great little honda

A lesson in centrifical force. Anybody who says the cylinders scrape on BMW's when cornering is wrong. Mike is the rider and he's sunk into a nice deep lean. I'm Jealous. (OK, he did raise the engine a bit)

More photos to come……..