Pre 1916 Rallies in California in the 1970s

[c.o.]

For those of you that don't blog surf.... Pete has got a pretty good one and posts some pretty awesome stuff....

http://occhiolungo.wordpress.com/2013/11/24/pre-1916-rallies-in-california-in-the-1970s-part-1/

http://occhiolungo.wordpress.com/2013/11/26/pre-1916-rallies-in-california-in-the-1970s-part-2/

[jellywrestler]

looks like you'd be scorned at for turning up on an unrestored bike!!!
with all due respect wonder how good a lot of these bikes were before they restored them , probably on their second resto now too.
thanks for sharing tham

[pem]

Thanks for the link Cory. Those are awesome photos.

Dick

[Chris Haynes]

I am all for a new rally in Volcano. Volcano is less than two miles down the road from my place in Pine Grove, CA. ;-)

[exeric]

looks like you'd be scorned at for turning up on an unrestored bike!!!
with all due respect wonder how good a lot of these bikes were before they restored them , probably on their second resto now too.
thanks for sharing tham

Those men had the foresight to rescue those bikes from the junk man. Without them, there wouldn't be anything left to piss and moan about, or restore.

[pete @ occhiolungo]

Hey Cory. Thanks for the shout out. If you guys are into this stuff, then stay tuned. I have 3-4 dozen old photos that I'm getting ready to post next week (of varying quality unfortunately). The whole purpose of the website is to get more people excited by early machines, and to get them on the road where they belong. We've made some progress on that in the past 4 years, with a few friends selling post WWII bikes and buying early ones for the tours. If y'all haven't tried it before, beg a ride on an early belt drive machine. More smiles per mile!

regards,
Pete

[c.o.]

Pete! The early bikes are where it's at!! That's why I dig your blog. Very cool stuff.