The second annual Vintage Motorcycle Festival at the LeMay Museum in Tacoma, Washington was held on August 24 and 25. The show and swap meet is held on Saturday and there is a vintage motorycle ride to Mount Rainier on Sunday. Any vintage motorcycle 1980 or older can enter and there is judging and awards in 17 classes.
This year's show had about twice as many motorcycles as the inaugural event last year. Not only were there more motorcycles but the overall quality seemed much better this year. There was lots to see and plenty of interesting and knowlegeable people to talk to.
Here are some pictures and descriptions of some of the more interesting motorcycles there ...
This very well restored and very valuable Flying Merkel was a real attraction
Terry Clark's beautiful 1938 Triumph Tiger 90 ....
Terry Clark's 1938 Triumph Speed Twin was there. The restoration of this motorcycle was finished just three weeks ago. It's restoration was the subject of a multi-part posting on this website.
Terry Clark snagged this terrific 1936 Triumph Tiger 80 on EBay just a couple of weeks ago ... rare bike and very historic as Edward Turner's redo of Val Page's design until his all new models came out in 1937.
Gary Ginter's terrific 1962 Triumph T120 Bonneville ...
1955 Triumph Blackbird ... rare rigid frame model with sprung hub produced in early 1955 before the swing arm version was introduced ...
Our original 1976 Honda CB550K ... yes, we have a collection of Hondas as well as Triumphs. Oh, if only we could find some original 4 into 4 silencers for this machine .....
Lots of Triumphs at this show ....
Puget Sound Trials riders put on several shows ...
Seattle Cossacks precision motorcycle acrobatics team takes a break betwen show ...
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