The California Automobile Museum's upcoming motorcycle exhibit.  Born to
Ride; Motorbikes Past and Present which will open January 2, 2010 and run
through March 12, 2010.  The exhibit will commemorate the evolution of the
Motorcycle, and we will showcase everything from vintage motorcycles to
contemporary concept bikes.

      Currently, we are looking for rare vintage bikes, preferably foreign brands
or rare American brands/models. In addition, we are seeking contemporary customs
and concept bikes for exhibit.
We are open anything that would help us tell the story of the evolution of the
motorcycle.

So if any of your members have bikes that they believe are significant to the
history of the motorcycle please encourage them to e-mail photos of the bike(s)
accompanied with information about each bike to me.  I am looking to finalize
the list of bikes for exhibit by December 4, 2009.  Attached is our call for
bikes should you wish to forward this to your members.

Best Regards,
Amanda Moss
Museum Curator
California Automobile Museum
2200 Front Street
Sacramento, CA 95818
www.CalAutoMuseum.org

916.442.6802 office

916.442.2646 fax

916.743.2342 cell

This last weekend was the IMS Cycle World Show at the San Mateo County
Fairgrounds in San Mateo California. The show is always a big hit in the area
and pulls attendees from all over the Northern State.
This year the manufactures displays were fewer and that's somewhat
understandable. The vintage bikes and club displays were exceptional, and over
all attendance was up.

I'd like to thank all the clubs for coming and bringing such cool bikes. 
Especially the Antique Motorcycle Club / Yerba Buena Chapter for loaning a
beautiful 1947 Harley Davidson "Knuckle Head" on short notice for the Quail
Lodge Motorcycle Gathering booth.
The Northern California Norton Owner's Club had a wonderful display showing club
life, the riders, meetings and fun they have, along with a 1951 International
500cc, a Seeley Norton 750, and two club rider Commando's a 1975 Interstate and
a 1970 "S" type.
The Vintage Triumph Riders Group was celebrating the 50th anniversary of the
Triumph Bonneville with a display of Bonne's and a slide show of the actually
photos from 1954-55 and 56 of the actual event at the Bonneville Salt Flats
where the speed record was won for Triumph in 1956. Fantastic bits of history
there.
The Nor-Cal BSA club had there "Clubman's" show raffle bike on display and were
selling tickets as well as displaying an assortment of bikes covering 4 decades
of motorcycling.

Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club was there with an 8-bike display of early dual
sport bikes and some of the pre-import bikes of the Japanese Heritage Museum
collection; also the huge attraction was the legendary TZ700/750 that Kenny
Roberts rode at INDY early this year. Bike owner Ray Abrams of A&A Racing
Service was on hand to talk about the bike and its history and the Indy run.
Classic Japanese Motorcycle Club had a display of assorted club bikes that
included a Suzuki Titan and CBX; the hit though was a very clean early 450
Honda.

In all it was a fantastic showing of local clubs, bikes and the enthusiasm we
have for the vintage bikes. Many coming through said the vintage display was the
best of the whole show. I happen to agree.

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