The Quail Gathering

[pehayes]

The Quail Motorcycle Show in Carmel, California is a big hit annually.  This year, in addition to nearly 400 show motorcycles, they had a special display dedicated to Military Motorcycles.  There were various Harley and Indian and BMW, but also a few Zundapp and Nimbus and Condor.  I was the lone Military representative from Italy with my SuperAlce.  Also the only Guzzi Single on display.



Someone else posted artistic B&W pics of my bike:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dollop/17773600446/in/pool-37996584485@N01
and
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dollop/17799861715/in/pool-37996584485@N01/
and you can follow that link for many other photos.

Some of the things at this show are VERY exotic and expensive.

An electric assist bicycle:


A second-in-class 50cc Moto Demm:


Brough Superiour S100:


??:


And then someone's creative idea of a Ducati:


Patrick  Hayes
Fremont CA

[bsanut]

It was a good time.  My friend Larry and I rode the ride the previous day, also good.  First time I've had a conversation with Gene Romero.  Yahoo.

It's a nice bunch of people and machines from all over the spectrum, we were treated very well.  Showy but not too showy.

It seems to be successful financially and I hope so.  I will be back next year.

Joe in San Jose

PS:  And CRAZY good food...

[oldbike54]

 My favorite was the ?? Was not aware of the ?? marque before , although a friend once owned a !! , '21 model if memory serves .

  Dusty

[MotoGoosy]

Too cool!!  Thanks for sharing those.

[balvenie]

Some very nice bikes there Patrick. Not so crazy about the Duc though :o ;D ;-T

[pehayes]

I knew that quality photos would start to pop up on the web this week.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2015-05-18/twelve-beautiful-and-rare-bikes-from-the-quail-motorcycle-gathering

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA