LEGENDS ATTIRE

Two more pix from the Legends Concours. Top pic is Alfredo Orzi from Milan, who is touching a Brough Superior SS100! More importantly, his outfit; he told me it was bespoke, made from an old design, for motorcycling. Love the socks! He is a delightul character, who had flown from Italy just to attend/participate in the event.
Lower pic shows Jared Zaugg, who with wife Brooke organized the Legends, two years in the planning, and financially guaranteed with his personal credit cards! That's committment. He's wearing a great vintage-y outfit with those spectator shoes, and looking pretty darn good for a guy who hadn't slept in a couple of days. I'm wearing a vintage Dunhill coat, one of the few items of clothing I've bought on ebay, but I needed a blue jacket for judging duties. A polka-dotted necktie is doing double-duty as my pocket square, which matches my ca 1970 Sears polyester shirt. Yes!

SHINYA KIMURA - 2006 LEGEND OF THE MOTORCYCLE

Shinya Kimura and one of his creations at the Legends concours. There's a story behind the skeleton; Kiehl's is a big sponsor of this event, and Susan Towers, a VP, threw a reception two months before the event at Kiehl's in SF. My wife noted a skeleton on display, and asked Susan if she had any extras, for Darcy's school. Susan said yes, then we forgot all about it until the Legends, when suddenly a skeleton was waiting to be wheeled 400 yards from the Kiehl's booth at the show to our room. Shinya hijacked the prop for some pix; one was published in Old Bike magazine.

2006 LEGEND OF THE MOTORCYCLE

The Legends of the Motorcycle Concours, May 2006.
Pictured from the left; me, Brooke Roner and Jared Zaugg (organizers of the event), Gwen White, Darcy Campbell, and Peter Fonda.

Amongst this august group, I was fascinated by Gwen, who was a factory trials rider for Francis-Barnett in the 1950's, and quite a motorcyclist apparently. Look beyond that sweet veneer and you might find... a competitor!
Great event; can't wait until next May.