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I don’t post often, but I thought it might be of interest to provide an overview of the AMCA Europe Meet held April 19th to 21st.
I recently relocated from Phoenixville, PA to Nürnberg, Germany, so after attending several AMCA meets in America, this was my first European Meet.
The meet was in Geldrop, the Netherlands, which is just across the border from Germany - about 550 kilometers from Nürnberg.
I took my two Triumphs (’68 Bonneville and ’68 TR6C). The Bonneville was judged and received 99-3/4 points (it was judged at 99 points at Jefferson, PA meet last Oct.), which is pretty fabulous (thanks to a lot of help from David Schostkewitz of Classic Cycles Ltd.). The TR6C was not judged, but did take home a 1st place trophy for Period Modified. So at the end of the day I was a happy guy.
A total of 24 bikes were judged. The age range was 1912 to 1968. The European Chapter is very heavily into American bikes, mostly H-D's. There were a couple of Excelsior's as well. The quality of the bikes was really excellent. Not a dog in the bunch, plus several original and unmolested bikes that were super. Amazing to see so many fabulous vintage Harley-Davidsons in Europe.
The vendor scene was pretty small unfortunately, but this is really a very small meet with a narrow focus, so I guess this is to be expected.
I think England, Germany and Holland were the countries with biggest representation, along with 2 or 3 folks from France. There was a modest spectator turnout, and several of the spectators rode in on some great bikes.
The venue itself was a real nice park - outside of Geldrop in some farm & horse country. Very pretty.
The highlight for me was a trio of "Attic Find" bikes brought by a gentleman from the Netherlands. If I understood the story correctly, he was given a hint that there were some old motorcycles in the attic of a Dutch farmhouse. He went to the farmhouse to find out and what he found was pretty amazing - four motorcycles had been hidden in 1939 behind a brick wall to keep the Nazi's from confiscating them. They had been behind the brick wall up until just a few months ago when Garret (do not recall his last name) retrieved them. There were two Harley-Davidsons (a circa 1920 V-Twin (20 J?) and a circa 1919 Model W Sport 584 cc Flat Twin Engine), a circa 1927 MB1 Motobecane and a very rare Eysink (manufactured in the Netherlands). The Eysink went to a museum, but the other three were at the meet.
I have attached a link to photos of an overview of the meet. Double click the thumbnails and you’ll get a larger picture with captions (you might need to click on "More" in the lower right to see the entire caption).
http://s1353.photobucket.com/user/di...02013%20Europe
Password: amca2013
Hope you enjoy.
I recently relocated from Phoenixville, PA to Nürnberg, Germany, so after attending several AMCA meets in America, this was my first European Meet.
The meet was in Geldrop, the Netherlands, which is just across the border from Germany - about 550 kilometers from Nürnberg.
I took my two Triumphs (’68 Bonneville and ’68 TR6C). The Bonneville was judged and received 99-3/4 points (it was judged at 99 points at Jefferson, PA meet last Oct.), which is pretty fabulous (thanks to a lot of help from David Schostkewitz of Classic Cycles Ltd.). The TR6C was not judged, but did take home a 1st place trophy for Period Modified. So at the end of the day I was a happy guy.
A total of 24 bikes were judged. The age range was 1912 to 1968. The European Chapter is very heavily into American bikes, mostly H-D's. There were a couple of Excelsior's as well. The quality of the bikes was really excellent. Not a dog in the bunch, plus several original and unmolested bikes that were super. Amazing to see so many fabulous vintage Harley-Davidsons in Europe.
The vendor scene was pretty small unfortunately, but this is really a very small meet with a narrow focus, so I guess this is to be expected.
I think England, Germany and Holland were the countries with biggest representation, along with 2 or 3 folks from France. There was a modest spectator turnout, and several of the spectators rode in on some great bikes.
The venue itself was a real nice park - outside of Geldrop in some farm & horse country. Very pretty.
The highlight for me was a trio of "Attic Find" bikes brought by a gentleman from the Netherlands. If I understood the story correctly, he was given a hint that there were some old motorcycles in the attic of a Dutch farmhouse. He went to the farmhouse to find out and what he found was pretty amazing - four motorcycles had been hidden in 1939 behind a brick wall to keep the Nazi's from confiscating them. They had been behind the brick wall up until just a few months ago when Garret (do not recall his last name) retrieved them. There were two Harley-Davidsons (a circa 1920 V-Twin (20 J?) and a circa 1919 Model W Sport 584 cc Flat Twin Engine), a circa 1927 MB1 Motobecane and a very rare Eysink (manufactured in the Netherlands). The Eysink went to a museum, but the other three were at the meet.
I have attached a link to photos of an overview of the meet. Double click the thumbnails and you’ll get a larger picture with captions (you might need to click on "More" in the lower right to see the entire caption).
http://s1353.photobucket.com/user/di...02013%20Europe
Password: amca2013
Hope you enjoy.
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