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lgth
Annual Elubman's
All-British
Weekend
Britain's Best!
ln what is likely the largest
premier
British-only
motorcycle show on
the
West Coast, well over 2000 enthusiasts were treated
to 105
pris-
tine
pieces
of British iron
on
display
in San.lose, California, March 25-
26. thank to the BSA Owner's Club
of Nonhern California-
Featured
were scores
of BSAs, Triumphs, Nortons, and many other
lesser-
known marques such
as Royal Enfield
and Rudge. This
year's guest
of
honor was former BSA racer Kenny
Eggars, winner of the 1954
Wil-
low Springs Road
Race National.
The People's Choice
award went to
Mickey Peters' mint 1963 BSA
Rocket Gold Star, while fuul Adams'
1952 Norton l'lanx was
voted
top 1900-
1983 road race machine. Some of the other show
favorites
included Don Harrell's
1960 BSA Spitfire Scrambler
trials bike as well
as a
pair
of 1963 and l97l BSA Gold Star's owned by
Timothy Ryan.
Since
the debut of the show
in 1988, a classic British motorcycle
has been raffled off to one
lucky attendee-
This year's
two-day
event
featured
the raffle of a
pristine
1967 BSA Spitfire
l'1K3, and
Jeff
LaMat-
tina, a BSAOCNC
member
from
Greenville,
California, was the lucky
Also
part
ofthe
event was an all-British motorcycle
ride from Los
Gatos into the Santa
Cruz Mountains.
Nearly 50 bikes made the trek,
with license
plates
spotted from as
far
away
as Oregon,
Washihgton,
and
Nevada, as well as
a huge contingent of bikes from California.
BSAOCNC's Barry
Porter offered the
following:
''The
club would like to thank Kenny
[Eggars]
for the support of
the
British bike
€ommunity with
his
participation
at the Clubman's show"
Porter said.
"We
would also
like to acknowledge
his
Sreat
racing
career, his successes
riding BSA motorcycles, and
his membershiP in
the AMA Hall of
Fame. We are very
proud
he could make the time to
be our
guest
of honor. The 20th Annual Clubman's
weekend is already
planned
for March 24-E,2OO7."
Mike Low
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