Vintage Rally June 4, 2016 Recap

Rally Recap
The sixth annual Vintage Rally at the National Motorcycle Museum was a supreme mix of people and motorcycles. We had gorgeous weather and the largest turn out of Bike Show entries and the most vendors ever. It was a great day at the National Motorcycle Museum!
Vintage Rally also treated visitors to the first showing of a new Museum exhibit. This year the special exhibit theme is Land Speed Record competition, and Allstate Motorcycle STREAMLINERS presented by J&P Cycles is the exhibition. About 18 bikes and memorabilia tell the story of LSR competition even back into the 1930s. They have the famous Cal Rayborn/Denis Manning Harley-Davidson streamliner that set a record of 265 miles per hour in 1970. And there are various open bikes, some Vincents that prowled the salt but also an outrageous stretched Henderson frame with a Plymouth flathead six that ran 160+ at Bonneville in the mid-1930’s.


Vintage Rally Bike Show Winners
BEST IN SHOW
Russ Bees – 1955 Nimbus Model C
BEST PRESERVED AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE
Roger Eliase – 1976 Harley-Davidson FXE
BEST PRESERVED BRITISH MOTORCYCLE
Ron KIngsley – 1963 BSA Bantam
BEST PRESERVED EUROPEAN MOTORCYCLE
Joe Rybeck – 1973 Motoguzzi Eldorado
BEST PRESERVED JAPANESE MOTORCYCLE
Tim Kach – 1984 Kawasaki ZX750

BEST AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE
Tracy Hover – 1963 Harley-Davidson FL
BEST BRITISH MOTORCYCLE
Danny Selman – 1961 Triumph TR5
BEST CHOPPER
David Jensen – 2015 Special Construction
BEST EUROPEAN MOTORCYCLE
Mark Gardner – 1982 Bimota HB-2
BEST JAPANES MOTORCYCLE
Donald Trunko – 1973 Honda CB750
BEST CAFE RACER
Steve Rondeau – 1981 Suzuki GS750
SPECIAL INTEREST CLASS
Bob Anderson – 1986 Clipper
Check out some of the bike show winners and other shots from the fun-filled day!