pelican wrote:congrats on the win!!!

I think my fave is the blue indian, that stained glass looking windscreen is really cool too

Me too! Something about the aged look of that tank just hit me. Enfield Indian?

Just a small point of historical inaccuracy to correct; Mark Wilsmore was not one of the original founders of the Ace Cafe, the Ace was opened after WWII and was one of the popular cafes in use by the 'ton up' boys during the 50s and 60s. It closed some time in the 70s as the rocker scene lost many of it's members to marriage and Punk Rock! Mark Wilsmore is responsible for resurrecting the Ace in it's current incarnation and deserves much credit for doing so. If you get a chance drop in for a look around and a cup of tea, however I must warn that I had a spectacularly bad burger and fries in there about a year ago.

Very cool show.
I'm retiring in Sarasota in 6 years and my yellow peril is coming with me.
Hope to be part of the gulf coast riding scene
Marshal

MarshalNorton wrote:Very cool show.
I'm retiring in Sarasota in 6 years and my yellow peril is coming with me.
Hope to be part of the gulf coast riding scene
Marshal

We'll be here waitiing for you, Marshal!! Surprisingly enough, there is a pretty cool riding "scene" here in Florida. I've got a few Nortoneers that I ride with on the weekends and there's a pretty cool vintage group that gets together on weekends for lunch rides, events, etc. Depending on where in Sarasota you're going to end up, you might be only 30-45 minutes or so from the Tampa/St. Pete/Clearwater area. Lots of fun headiing north out of the Tampa Bay area on weekends up to the hilly (yes, there are hills in central FL) and twisty country roads around Brooksville. On any given weekend, there's a Hess gas station outside of Brooksville that will see 100 or so hot bikes (Triumphs, Nortons, Ducatis, Bimotas, Guzzis, etc.) hanging around...shooting the breeze...kicking tires...and screaming off to wear out their tires. Best part is....365 riding days a year!!

I'm so stoked now hearing this
I will be 45 min from Tampa so no problem making the ride
Marshal