Won second in class at the "Battle of the Brits" meet ...on my Guzzi

[LeRoy]

The annual Battle of the Brits bike and car show took place this past Sunday here in southeast Michigan; Milford, to be exact. Since I'm temporarily out of the British bike business, I took my 1986 Le Mans 1000 and accompanied a friend on his Norton. And, since entering a bike in the show wasn't much more costly than entering the park, I entered my Guzzi in the catch-all Italian class.

Overall, there were close to 200 bikes (and just as many - if not more - cars) and we enjoyed wandering through and reminiscing on the bikes and cars we'd owned, sold, enjoyed and regretted. It's a great event and a Sunday well spent if you're in the area. On a sad note, this was the first year in ages that we couldn't visit with Larry Klein at his GT Motors stand. RIP Larry.

We left the event before the class judging was announced and I joked to my friend that the organizers would probably just mail me my award. Well, whaddaknow? Today in the mail there came a nice wooden plaque with my 2nd in class award. OK, it wasn't a really big class, but there were at least a handful of Italian bikes that didn't show as well. Imagine what I might have won if I'd washed, waxed and detailed the bike!

[Lotsahorses]

Good for you!  Let that Goose shine.....

[Noguzznoglory]

Never tell how many are entered. First kart race I entered years ago the family asked me the next day how i did. " I finished 3rd" was my response. Took Em a while to getting around to asking how many were in the race and I had to tell Em 3

Congrats

[Guzzistajohn]

Cool! At least they had an Italian class. Around here bike shows have a dozen classes for Harley's and a metric class. Seems pretty ignorant to me.

[injundave]

Washed, waxed and detailed? Bah. humbug. Some years ago I put my 1929 Indian Scout in a bike show in Auckland, entered in the "Best Original American" class. I knew it would be up against hordes of gleaming, polished, chromed Harleys. I took it to a patch of waste ground, parked it in the middle of the biggest mud puddle I could find and threw handfuls of mud all over it. I let it dry and put it on display. Took first place.

[Vince in Milwaukee]

Never tell how many are entered. First kart race I entered years ago the family asked me the next day how i did. " I finished 3rd" was my response. Took Em a while to getting around to asking how many were in the race and I had to tell Em 3

Congrats

Took my LeMans to a car / motorcycle show a while back (mostly cars).  I parked my bike in the European section next to a beautiful Norton Atlas (we were the only two).  The Norton got first place (I even voted for it!) and I wound up with second.  Still have the plaque in my garage.   

[hooah54]

congrats,

steve

[Lannis]

Took my LeMans to a car / motorcycle show a while back (mostly cars).  I parked my bike in the European section next to a beautiful Norton Atlas (we were the only two).  The Norton got first place (I even voted for it!) and I wound up with second.  Still have the plaque in my garage.

Heck, yeah, the trophy doesn't say "Second Place out of Two", it says "Second Place".

Sort of like the fact that you just write down your golf score, you don't have to draw pictures of bunkers and rough.

Or like the special title they give the man at the bottom of his class at medical school.   "Doctor"!

I won First Place in "European Class" at the Ohio Valley BSA Owner's Club Rally, riding "Isabella", back in 2005.   Don't remember how many there were, but I have the plaque ....

Lannis