I know it’s incredibly short notice but if anyone is in the Durham area this Labor Day weekend there is a spectacular vintage motorcycle show that will be on Main Street. There will be LOTS of bikes from manufacturers all over the world. There is even going to be a wall of death this year.

BIKE SHOW CATEGORIES INCLUDE:

Vintage British (up to 1979)
Vintage European (BMW, Guzzi, Ducatti etc. up to 1979)
Vintage Japanese (up to 1979)
Vintage American (up to 1979)
Post Vintage (Older sport bikes)
Retro Modern i.e. Modern Bonnie, Guzzi V7 Classic, Kaw w650 etc.
Competition (vintage dirt/road race bikes)
Vintage Scooter/Moped
Vintage Choppers (all makes)
New-Vintage Bobber (all makes)
New-Vintage Brat (all makes)
New - Best Cafe Racer (all makes)
All entries must run.

Link to the Bull City Rumble’s website for more info





Pics from a previous Bull City Rumble

Have fun! (A little far for me.)

flashguy

Cool! Bit far for me tho .

I'm going down to Owl's Head Transportation Museum (just south of Rockland) tomorrow for their vintage motorcycle show. It's usually a pretty good show.

OHTM

With the hurricane I shoulda planned to ride up..

In the first pic I see a CB 1100 F (closest right side). That was my first bike but I had the Hondaline fairing with matching paint scheme. That was one very fun bike. Good at the track (for its time) and a more than adequate touring ride.

Hope everyone who goes has a great time!

For a super-quick side trip from downtown Main Street, the famous 11'8" truck-eating "Can-Opener" bridge is about a mile from downtown Durham where that picture was taken. 201 Gregson St - link to Google maps

Too many great restaurants and watering holes in Durham/Chapel Hill/Raleigh to list. As one idea, the Raleigh Beer Garden (about 30 minutes from downtown Durham) has the largest number of beers on tap of any single premises in the US. Just a thought!

Made it to the Vintage Motorcycle show at Owl's Head. Couple hundred bikes, took some pictures of the ones that stood out for one reason or another.



Kawasaki GPz550. Not terribly unusual, but immaculate.



Nice old Beemer with a sidehack.



Honda Hawk



Jawa 2-smoker.



Morini (Moto Morini?) I'm thinking the 3-1/2 means a 350?



850 Commando...slobber...drool...



RD350. Had a '73 back in the day. Quick little thang.



Appears to be an inline 2 cylinder 2 stroke. Guy had loaded up and was leaving before I could ask.



Nice little Suzuki trials bike.

Great pics PHPaul!! Looks like that was a fun show!

I had a blast at the rumble. I will post up some pics soon.

Tons of Triumphs, probably more British bikes and Honda’s than anything else. I saw a VERY cool HIGHLY modified BMW R series cafe style bike and a RD400 that was arguably the most amazing and wildly customized minimalist machine I’ve ever seen. Custom frame, custom exhaust, custom just about everything and the build quality and welds were good enough to be in a modern art museum. It was amazing. It also looked light enough to pick up. I wish I could have located its owner and discussed its design and find out who did those welds.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:
Made it to the Vintage Motorcycle show at Owl's Head. Couple hundred bikes, took some pictures of the ones that stood out for one reason or another.



Kawasaki GPz550. Not terribly unusual, but immaculate.

Actually pretty unusual. I'm rebuilding one as we speak. Finding "stock" parts is major bitch. I loved the GPz models, fast as hell for their day. Thanks for posting!