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After the bike show on Saturday 60 vintage bikes took part in the Rolling Concours. This was the first year for this event. It was open to all street legal motorcycles at least 30-years old. Entrants were required to complete a 28 mile road course to be eligible. A certification stop was setup half way through the ride where riders received a medallion certifying that they rode the course. A chase vehicle was positioned at the check point to pick up any non-finishers. It was only needed once. The eligible bikes were parked in an impound area for judging. There was no wiping or polishing allowed once in the impound area. We want to see rare bikes in riding condition, so bugs and dirt from the ride are considered a plus! Only one bike failed to complete the course and rode the trailer back to the rallye site. Better luck next year for the '63 Harley Sprint. Another bike finished but needed to stop for roadside repairs prior to hwy 726. The '76 Triumph Rickman C/R looked good even while temporarily parked for repairs. The judge for this event was our Grand Marshal Denis Manning, owner of the World’s Fastest Motorcycle until 9/26/08.
Up N Smoke was the
Corporate Sponsor for this event. Phil Dansby presented
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This year's Rallye Raffle Bike was a 1979 T140V Triumph Bonneville Special won by Bruce Davidson. It's street legal and runs great. The bike was purchased from Big D Cycle in January. Bid D replaced the front brake master cylinder, fork seals and tuned the engine. David Lyles did a fantastic job polishing the carbs, and engine cases. Dave has a great website at http://seedavidlyles.com. Jason Small, owner of Lonestar Vintage Motorcycle Restoration painted the gas tank and provided brand new side panels. Mike Poteet donated the seat and spare parts. The club purchased a new front fender and muffler.
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Other Lake O' the
Pines Rally Recaps:
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| Lee Schultz (www.riderview.net)
took photos at the LOP Rallye this year. He has photos of the Rallye
for sale. The thumbnails and ordering instructions are located at
www.riderview.net/NTNOA-08-NDX.pdf Lee has also put together a free slide show for NTNOA members. The exe file is 47 megabytes. It will take about a minute to download even with broadband. Folks with dial-up may want to take a nap while it downloads. The slide show can be downloaded at www.riderview.net/rv-login.htm. You will need the User Name which is NTNOA (all caps) and the Password which is 2008. |