Classic motorcycle photos

Today at Alice's Restaurant was a blue Vincent and a Vindian. You never know what you will see at Alice's Restaurant on a sunny day. []

There were about 10 Nortons (the Norton club cleans the highway north and south of the 35/84 junction once a month) up there too, but you see those things all the time so they are not all that interesting anymore. []

I saw a nice 1969 Vespa 200 Rally today. It was owned by a woman who doesn't have a motorcycle license. Her husband was riding it, with her as a passenger.

Here is a photo of an Acme (catchy brand name) 2 hp motorcycle. I don't know in what year it was made, but it looks to me like something made before 1910.

Acme...probably what Wile E. Coyote rode...

I entered my Zero in the local high school car show yesterday. Unfortunately, it couldn't compete with the display next to me. Photos with captions attached.

Here are some more interesting motorcycle photos.

Here is one of the cleanest Honda 400 Fours that I have ever seen. I had a 1975 red CB400F and I don't think it ever looked that nice when it was on the showroom floor.

I don't know how classic this mid-1980's Yamaha Fazer 700 is, but you sure don't see these things running around every day. This non-running example was just picked up by my friend to add to his 21 motorcycle collection. He has his work cut out for him to get it back on the road. Among other things, it has a rusted-out fuel tank and a leaky hydraulic clutch system. [uhoh]

Here is something a little different that I saw yesterday. It is a Morgan look-a-like reverse-trike powered by a 1978 water-cooled 500cc Honda V-twin, using its electrical system, gauges, shaft rear drive and Comstar rear wheel. But the interesting thing about the vehicle was that its thin steel tube framed body was completely covered by button-down fabric, sort of like a soft-top convertible car. Here is a photo.

It appears the the vehicle is a clone of a (or a re-manufactured) Velorex three-wheel car: http://inventory.dezercollection.com/1966-velorex-3-wheelerjawa--c-384.htm

There was a nice red Vincent sidecar rig at Alice's Restaurant today and also a 2010 Royal Enfield that looked like it came right out of the 1950's.

Here are the latest photos of this and that from the Alice's Restaurant parking lot.