Archive for January, 2011

February Ride

Monday, January 24th, 2011

For the February ride, we will once again join the So Cal Norton Owners Club for the Ojai Pilgrimage, on Sunday the 13th. Meet at the Cactus Patch in Moorpark, 197 High St in the old “downtown” section of the city. Ride leaves at 10 am to Santa Paula and Ojai for our annual visit to the Guy Webster and Mike Taggert collections of Italian exotica, British race bikes and sports cars. Lunch at Bocalli’s at the foot of the Dennison Grade.

February Meeting

Monday, January 24th, 2011

The February section meeting will be on Saturday, Feb 12th at 1 PM, at Rob Arnott’s home in Corona Del Mar.  Please RSVP to Rob.  Details in K17.

Sonny Angel and Willow Springs, late 1950s

Sunday, January 9th, 2011

The man on the far right in the photo in the Red Rapides entry, Don Mathews, is a long time friend of my father, Frank Doherty. Don recently started to send me copies of some of his old Vincent photos, and he sent a set taken in the late ’50s at Willow Springs. Lo and behold, one photo has Sonny Angel’s support truck in the background. Sonny still has his motorcycle shop down in National City, near San Diego, and has been going to Bonneville each year along with his brother Don to help support Max Lambky with the Vincent Streamliner effort.  Nice dustbin fairing on the bike.

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