Visual Gratification - LoTM show pictures Bonanza!

For motorcycling freaks, especially those who are more into classic and vintage bikes, there is no greater event than the newly launched Legend of The Motorcycle show. Just 4 years old and probably no show of vintage and classic motorcycles on earth can match up to this. The first show was held on May 6, 2006 at Half Moon Bay, CA. You would find hordes of obsessed bikers and photographers and then some biker photographers clicking away to glory. One such individual is Mr. Craig Howell and I am sure you have seen a lot of pictures taken by him in some forum or blog or even his website. My post on Curtiss got me to know Pete and his blog and when I made a post on Pete's blog yesterday, I received a mail from Mr. Craig Howell where he had mentioned that I could use photos from his website and when I was just done thanking, the gentleman that he is sent me another link. And... I must tell you, what a collection this man has. I have posted links to all of his 3 mentioned sites including 1 from Flickr and rest assured, you need some quality time to enjoy the websites. Here are his mails and of course below are the photos from his collection. You are amazing Mr. Howell, not only you have a huge collection of photos, but the photos are of high quality and well taken. And did I mention something about you I am envious about? For the record, this event was organized for three years in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The 2009 show was postponed as there was a change in the venue and was scheduled for 2010 May, but it didn't happen.
There are 316 pictures from the 2006 show and 247 pictures from the 2007 show with not only bike pictures but also famous personalities and of the venue. There are just too many pictures on his Flickr account and so I am not even going to count. Of course I couldn't have posted all his pictures here, so in case you want to see all of them, which I suspect you do, you have the links below. For any queries, you can contact Mr. Craig Howell.
2006 LoTM show / 2007 LoTM show / Craig's Flickr account
Hi,I'm good friends with both Pete Young and Red Fred, and I enjoyed your blog entry about the Legend shows and the Pope, and wanted to mention that I have a large photo set online for both the 2006 and 2007 shows that you're welcome to use or link to.
Legend of the Motorcycle 2006 http://craig.howell.net/legend06/
Legend of the Motorcycle 2007 http://www.thecreeper.net/legend07/
Cheers!
Thanks Paul! Feel free to use anything of mine that you'd like, I just shoot for fun, for exactly this sort of use. I am happy to have people enjoy them. There's also a large group of sets on my flickr page as well: http://www.flickr.com/photos/seat850/collections/
Cheers!
Enjoy the Show!!!
P.S - I am posting pictures of the rarest bikes or pictures of bikes which are not very common at the blog or forum arena, so you might find your favoirate Pope motorcycle or HD or MV Agusta or any of the British brands missing in this post, but it is there in the website. Also you won't see a lot of legends like Vincent or Rudge or AJS since you have already seen them, but you will get to see a Parila and a Bernard Li created Vincent and a J.A. Prestwitch (JAP) and a Sears among others. Anyway, any bike, you name it and Mr. Craig Howell has it clicked!
The beautiful venue at Ritz, Half Moon Bay

The 2006 Show Stoppers

The 2007 Show Stoppers

Mailbag - Some awesome Vintage stuff

I received a mail from a fellow blogger, Pete Young who has his blog Occhio Lungo filled up with so so many vintage bikes articles and photos that you can spend an entire day there. Actually he liked a post I made on the Curtiss Motorcycle and accordingly as he mentioned, it seems there is more on the motorcycle then what I thought I knew. I am digging up his inputs and one link from his blog directing to a post which featured vintage motorcycles from the 1st Legend of The Motorcycle event has photos taken by one Mr. Red Fred Johansen. A google search on Red Fred gave me a link to a pdf document from Legend of The Motorcycle website and in the very first cover page, I saw a different Curtiss Motorcycle. Click here for the pdf document. So one thing lead to another and till I get more info and make another post, enjoy the pictures of some vintage bikes from Legend of The Motorcycle, taken by R. F Johansen.
The link, as mentioned was from Pete's website, Occhio Lungo and the images at Pete's blog are much much bigger.
Thanks Pete.
All photos copyrighted by R. F. Johansen, 2010. Would really appreciate if Pete or anyone can provide me a link to Mr. Johansen's website.
This is the Curtiss I was talking about. Looks a lot like the Pope and Pete has mentioned as 'Jim Lattin’s Curtiss'. Let me dig us what more information Pete has. Standing next to the Curtiss is the Militaire and the MARS in white.

Henderson 4 cylinder racer and a 'Twindian'. Just look at that engine

Cleveland 4 racer with a AJS OHC single in the background
Super X, Cyclone, Henderson, HD, Pope, Burt Munro’s streamliner (well, half of it), This is just too amazing. Blessed are those sould who saw these bikes in flesh and blood (read metal and leather) and that too at one gathering. Amazing!

A Morbidelli V8 and an Indian (don’t know which model)

Lots of Broughs and lots of Crockers

In The News - Ninja400 in Canada, Ducati cruiser spied and others

Kawasaki Ninja 650R too big? Ninja 250R too small? Then the 2011 Kawasaki Ninja 400R should be juuussst right. Mechanically identical to the 650R with the exception of a smaller 399cc engine, the second littlest Ninja brings a useful price and performance drop which combines with the slick styling and reasonably high mechanical spec to create exactly the sort of appealing, unintimidating, affordable, broadly capable bike. The Ninja 400R was released in Canada where it's priced at $7,499 (CAD). Looking at the numbers, it's the torque to weight ratio that most separates the 400 and Kawasaki Ninja 250R, the larger bike will be less work to ride and less high-strung as a result. It also comes with a higher level of mechanical specification, namely two petal front brake discs, nicer suspension and a GP-style underslung exhaust. Visit the official Canadian Kawasaki Ninja 400 website.
Source: HELL FOR LEATHER

For those that think the standard P120 FIGHTER isn't quite macho enough, American motorcycle manufacturer Confederate has just released an all-black version of the muscle-bound 160bhp brute. Dubbed the 'Black Flag, Confederate's stealth-like machine is mechanically identical to the standard P120, using the same 160bhp engine and aircraft-grade aluminum monocoque backbone chassis.Other top-notch stuff includes carbon ceramic brakes, carbon wheels, fully adjustable suspension and a hand-built close-ratio five-speed gearbox. View the limited edition P120 Fighter in the Confederate website
Source: VISOR DOWN
News of the Vyper first emerged a year ago, with a clay styling model appearing in MCN. That model appeared to adopt styling cues straight from the Monster. Recently, a radical new Ducati has been spotted prowling the streets of Italy, complete with dual-stacked exhaust and super-fat rear tyre. Complete with trellis frame, chunky single-sided swingarm and upside down forks, the covert machine is decked out in Ducati's not-so-covert tiger-stripe 'undercover' paint scheme. Could this be Ducati's much-rumoured big bore cruiser, or possibly a Desmosedici-engined Monster? It's a pity the driver didn't have the nouse to get alongside for a better look.
Source: MOTO BLOG
THIS DUCATI Hypermono concept has been produced by Italian design house, Sak Art in the hope that it will gain popularity and Ducati will seriously consider a modern day Supermono.Inspired by the road-legal Supermono Strada by Alistair Wager and the original Supermono designed by Pierre Terblanche in 1993. This modern concept is based around the original Supermono engine with a desmodromic four-valve cylinder head with a 549cc capacity pushing out 80bhp in a 130kg package. Essentially the Hypermono is based on the chassis of a Monster. Sak Art say their mission: 'is to create a harsh, challenging, stimulating bike designed to give the rider the nearest thing possible to a genuine motorcycle racer.'Sak have created the Hypermono concept with five different paint-schemes.
Source: VISOR DOWN
Strange name, but this is the 165bhp Brutale Cannonball, from Italian motorcycle manufacturer MV Agusta. The naked 1098cc, which is being touted by MV as 'exclusively for racing', produces 20bhp more wallop than the standard Brutale 1090RR, thanks to various engine mods (new ECU, cylinder heads, hotter cams) as well as the nifty handmade titanium exhaust. No word on price but expect the new naked to cost a healthy dose more than the standard £13,950 Brutale 1090RR.
More horses, and of course less weight with components specifically designed for this bike to create the kit Cannonball: magazine unit, as tested, valves, cams and exhaust, now completely titanium with low output. Dynamically can not only increase the already high sporting abilities of the model, note that the engine is derived from the sporty F4. The goal was t have a supernaked sport bike. Attention to detail is remarkable and the bike has a very high quality finish.
Source: MOTO BLOG

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