VINTAGE BIKE OC NEWS

Huntington Beach, Calif. - We had some more hot weather today, but a good turnout with 67 bikes. A small but nice tight competition for Bike of the Month This month most of the votes going to the top three.

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Bike of the Month - Larry Horn

Larry Horn of Huntington Beach with his 1961 BSA D1 Bantam

Congratulations to Larry Horn of Huntington Beach for winning Bike of the Month with his 1961 BSA D1 Bantam.

Larry won the Bike of the Month plaque provided by Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys. www.RussBrown.com.

This is the seventh time he has won Bike of the Month.
Here's the run down:
August 2014 - 1954 Jawa 500 OHC
April 2014 - 1948 Norvin
March 2013 - 1957 Ariel Square Four Mk II
December 2011 - 1950/52 Norvin
May 2011 - 1955 Velocette MSS
His daughter's bike:
January 2013 - 1959 Triumph Tiger Cub 200

Read all about Larry's 1961 BSA D1 Bantam on our Bike of the Month page.

Second Place - Steve Cooks

Steve Cooks of Bellflower with his 1941 Harley Davidson EL.

Steve always gathers some votes when he rides down from Bellflower on his Harley. He has owned the bike for 10 years. He probably would always win with bigger HD crowd. He also had some very tough competition today with Larry Horn's BSA.

Third Place - Bill McClennen

Bill McClennen of Placentia with his 1966 Honda C100 Rally Boss Package.

In order to promote the 50cc C100 in 1966, Honda produce four different Rally packages. This bike has the Boss Package.

Bill has been around Honda Motorcycles for a long time and is active in promoting Japanese motorcycles with www.AllJapaneseMC.org.

He has won Bike of the Month once before in February 2022 - 1967 Honda CL125A

Thanks to everyone for showing up and making this another great event. A special thanks to John Zindler for helping out with the voting. I'll see you at next month's meet, December 10, 2023.

Keep On Ridin',
Joe Kagerer