A Guest Post by Todd Trumbore Sixth Annual Das Motorrad Vintage Fescht 2012 Unfavorable weather conditions found us rescheduling this event for the first time. […]
Getting It Right Part B
Sometimes when I ride out to one of our local gathering places, my bike looks like a pretty good example. The swirls and scratches are […]
Getting It Right Part A
I have only ever entered a Concours D’Elegance once. At a show about 7 years ago, I paid to park in what i thought was […]
The Rare and the Rusty
Researchers rely on a technique called sampling to create a manageable research project, from which they can then extrapolate the results or the findings to […]
Ride Long, Ride Strong
The very premise of the BMW motorcycle owners is that they ride. Very few people purchase one of these machines unless they plan to ride […]
German Immersion 2
The Deutsche Classic has been around for a while and has been covered here before (see German Immersion). It started out a a predominantly VW […]
Britalia Weekend
Not far away from me is a place where the regional MG club has held an annual car show for years (see The British are […]
Proper Procrastination
I had been planning to go for a few years now, but I was not planning to go anywhere. It was a long weekend and […]
Carlisle Import 2012
The beautiful thing about the Carlisle Import event is that it’s very eclectic. If you are a regular reader, then you know it always has […]
Oh Oley
The event season is officially underway, with something every weekend, and more than one thing on many. Among the rites of spring is The annual […]
Confronting Your Parts
Patient: Doc, it happened again. Doctor: Relax on the couch and tell me all about it. Patient: Well, first I had a few restless nights […]
Norton Gathering 2012
This winter has been unusually mild in the northeast, so there has been a fair amount of riding so far this year already. This has […]
NY International Motorcycle Show 2012
This winter has been relatively mild so far in these parts. In some ways, it makes the normal “cabin fever” escapes seem a little less […]
2nd Non-Annual Rallye Report
It is often said that the best part of any vintage iron gathering are the personal interactions. It’s about the cars, but it’s really about […]
Limerock 2011 The Race Cars
The Vintage Festival at Limerock is built around the competitive cars. It begins and ends with a celebration of the racecar, which is fitting because […]
Limerock 2011
Labor day is the symbolic end of summer, and is a great last long weekend to spend at the beach. However, if you do so, […]
Rallying the Trailers
The 2011 BMW MOA International Rally was a good way to spend some quality time with 7500 of your closest friends…during a heatwave. In fact, […]
German Immersion
The past few weeks have been good ones around here if you like German cars. And I do. The car show season is packed into […]
Air-Cooled Cool
One of my earliest and most formative automotive memories, is standing on the seatbacks of my uncle’s early 60s ragtop Beetle with my torso sticking […]
NYAS 2011
The New York Auto Show is more often than not an annual trip into Manhattan to spend time in the non-vintage world. 2011 was not […]