Tour of the Legends V4 sportbike

Man, the sound. Rolling thunder coming down Skyline, the smell of hot oil and the bark of a bunch of exhaust tubes. Five or six dozen bikes, ranging from a 1930ish Velocette with exposed valves, springs and actuators, ridden by a young woman who appeared to be in her twenties, to Dave Edwards (Cycle World editor) T100 desert sled, a half-dozen Vincents, including 3 Egli's, one of which had a belt primary and dry clutch, way cool. Two of the new turbine bikes, which you have to hear to believe. A tribute to Indian Larry which was the most ornate chopper I've ever seen, parked close to a '37 Harley rat rod, which was not far from a pristine '37 BMW boxer. Moto Morini, Bantam, Indian, Moto Guzzi, Norton, BSA, a very long list of manufacturers. So it turns out I'm just too cheap to pay to admire other people's toys. Therefore I did not make the Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay motor bike show on Saturday which had somewhere around 200 bikes. No problem, the next day, Sunday the 6th, a bunch of these folks rode down to Alice's (corner of 35 and 84 in Woodside, CA) to have coffee. If you were there by 9:30 or so you got the audio-visual experience of a lifetime and the chance to talk with people who out and out love their machines. This was so worth the time and effort to make it there. Hopefully they will do this again next year. Coolest bike for the vifferisti had to be the AJS V4, I'm guessing it was mid to late 30's, just a way cool period sportbike.

Lee in Monterey Bay
'01 RC46
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