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First it was the addition of the LeMons class to Pebble Beach, and now comes the first ever motorcycle class at the Pebble Beach Concours.
"International interest in collecting classic motorcycles is on the rise, and we want to celebrate them and do all we can to support their preservation and restoration," said Sandra Kasky Button, Chairman of the Pebble Beach Concours.
This year's class will focus on British-built motorcycles built before 1959. Two legendary Vincent HRD V-Twins are expected to show up -- the famed 1947 works racing machine known as "Gunga Din" and a 1948 bike built for US sportsman John Edgar and often nicknamed the "Bathing Suit Bike" due to the scant attire of its primary rider, Roland "Rollie" Free.
The Pebble Beach Concours is scheduled to run Aug. 16th at the Pebble Pebble Beach golf course on the Monterey Peninsula.
rick8365 says:
10:17 AM, 04/15/09
What a picture.
Imagine how it would feel to encounter a high speed wobble in this position....and then the salt at speed, sans leathers.
altimadude00 says:
10:29 AM, 04/15/09
Exfoliation is the key to good skin health.
desmolicious says:
04:33 PM, 04/15/09
Rollie did that to maximize his aero efficiency to break the speed record at the time.
He did break the record. But man, what cojones to do that!
rick8365 says:
08:01 AM, 04/16/09
salt in his wounds....in one painfully easy step..