Second Annual “Legend Of The Motorcycle” A Success

Second Annual “Legend Of The Motorcycle” A Success

© 2007, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

San Francisco — 6 May 2007 — The second annual Legend of the Motorcycle Concours d’Elegance, the world-class event exclusively for motorcycles, enjoyed its second year with resounding success. In attendance at the Saturday, May 5th Concours were nearly 6,000 attendees, 185 entrants, judges from seven countries, and participants from five continents, admiring more than 300 of the world’s best motorcycles and raising thousands of dollars for charity. The featured marques were Excelsior, Henderson and Vincent, with just about every Vincent of historical significance in attendance, making for a record assembly. From an 1898 MMC brought from England, to the only NKB motorcycle in the world (a pre-War Japanese make), to a chopper built for Brad Pitt by Paul Cox, to the pre-production 2008 Ducati Hypermotard, every facet of motorcycle sport and culture was represented. Willie G. Davidson received the Lifetime Achievement Award, conferred by a panel consisting of co-founder Jared Zaugg, actor and rider Charley Boorman, legends Mert Lawwill, Marty Dickerson, and Bud Ekins, fourth generation Harley dealer Chris Perkins, and industry executives Erik Buell, Pierre Terblanche of Ducati, Dirk Biehler of BMW, and Mark Kennedy of Triumph. Chad McQueen and Bud Ekins presented the Steve McQueen award for the bike that best represented the King of Cool, while Lucky Brand Jeans sponsored the Elvis Presley award for the bike best representing the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Peter Coyote presented the People’s Choice award, and Best of Show went to a 1915 Henderson Long Tank. A private ride from Los Angeles to Half Moon Bay with guests Peter Fonda and Charley Boorman united executives from Confederate, Ducati, MV Agusta and Triumph for a first-ever trip, and Triumph donated the motorcycle used in the just-released movie Lucky You, starring Eric Bana and Drew Barrymore, for the charity auction. From racers to builders, celebrities to owners, enthusiasts to the curious, Legend of the Motorcycle brought together a unique combination of people for a weekend world event celebrating the two-wheeled machine.

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