Claremont’s Village Grill Cruise Night

Saturday night Steve and I went to the Village Grill’s Cruise Night in Claremont, California.  This night was sort of special, as it was billed as the last Claremont Cruise Night ever.   I don’t know if that’s really the case, but I’ve been going to these things for years and I didn’t want to miss this one.  There were some great cars and a few bikes there, and here are the photos I grabbed…

Our California Scooters parked outside the Village Grill, right behind a Packard

A couple of days ago I posted a shot of Roger Lamb’s gorgeous Cushman 1959 Iron Eagle, and I promised a few more, so here we go…

Roger Lamb on his 1959 Cushman Iron Eagle at the Claremont Cruise Night

Roger has done an absolutely outstanding job on his Cushman, and it has a few custom touches as well.   The cylinder head, for example, is machined from titanium.    It doesn’t get much more exotic than that!

A titanium cylinder head...wow!

Cushman scooters are pretty cool bikes, and there are a few of them that we see around here.   We don’t make a bike that looks like the Cushman (yet), but the thought of doing so is intriguing.  The original Cushmans had 8 or 9 hp (depending on the model), and the idea of coming out with a modernized version is intriguing.  It could be either a twist-and-go, or a manual shift model like our current Scooter.  What do you guys think?

Okay, enough tantalizing thoughts about potential future models….check out some of these gorgeous cars!

A beautiful old Chrysler

A Packard hood ornament

A Cobra replicar, with a '56 T-Bird right next to it

This fellow needs a California Scooter Greaser to match his car

A '58 Chevy coupe with lake pipes

A '68 GTO....I used to own a '68, and Steve had a '69

A gorgeous T-bucket

A bathtub Porsche...another beautiful car

A '54 Ford...the white-haired guy in this photo is our family physician, and he restored this car to look exactly like the one he owned in 1954!

A Woody...another Wow! car

The grill on a '69 El Camino...big block Chevys ruled the world in those days

A turquoise '57 Chevy convertible...this would be a perfect match for our Beach Cruiser bike!

A stunning '55 Chevy...a very elegant car...and this one would match my red Classic perfectly!

A '63 split-window Stingray, the first year of production for the Corvette Stingray...when I first saw these on a TV commercial (I was 11 at the time), I knew I'd own a silver Corvette someday...and that '04 Z-06 in the inset photo is mine!

After the Cruise Night, I rolled toward home on my red California Scooter Classic (the same one I’d just been to Cabo San Lucas on), and it occurred to me I was hungry.  One of the great things about riding a motorcycle on a cool California night are the magnificent aromas from the different restaurants, and when I picked up on the grilled onions and fries, I decided I had to stop and have one of the best burgers in the world…

In-N-Out, the best hamburgers in the world!

My good buddy TK is pretty excited about a bike the guys are putting together for our friend Jim in Lakewood, California.   I’ll grab a photo or two of it and post it on the next blog!