This weekend is the annual Calaveras County Frog Jumping Jubilee. We didn’t see any frogs (we were too busy with our friends at Jamestown HD), but we sure could hear them…even above the roar of thousands of Harleys.
I grabbed a bunch of photos and a lot of video. Here are the photos from yesterday…I’ll post a few more photos and the video in another day or two. I wanted to share these with you before I finish processing the rest of this good stuff. A warning up front…I’ve got quite a few Harley photos here (it’s not just about California Scooter in today’s post). The Harleys we saw up here are beautiful bikes, and I want to share the fun we had seeing them with you.
One of the first Harleys we noticed was a gorgeous 103-cubic-inch Harley up on a lift in front of the Jamestown HD dealership. It was beautiful and TK and I both talked about buying it during the day and again at dinner. I had Susie to act as a governor for me (she’s kept me in line for close to 30 years now), so my risk of parting with well over $20K was small. TK came a lot closer to pulling the trigger. At the end of the weekend, though, we went home without it. But it sure was pretty…
Up on a lift...a beautiful green-and-black 103-cubic-inch Harley
I liked the green Harley so much I grabbed a shot from the other side, too
A big part of the fun for me was people watching. The motorcycles that show up at any Harley event are interesting, and so are the people who ride them.
We saw a lot of Harleys this weekend
That’s Highway 49 in the background, named after the California Gold Rush of 1849. Jamestown is a historic town in the heart of California’s Gold Rush country. It’s a beautiful area.
The Harley crowd fell in love with the California Scooter concept, and quite a few folks took advantage of the opportunity to ride them through downtown Jamestown.
An ape-hanger-equipped Greaser test ride
A young lady on a Babydoll test ride
A leather shop in Jamestown
The Hamsters showed up in large numbers…they’re a club of well-to-do riders who ride extensively-customized baggers (full-dress Harleys). They wear yellow T-shirts. Arlen Ness, one of the better known Hamsters, even showed up at the Jamestown HD store yesterday. Quite a few of the Hamsters checked out our bikes, including our good friend Grady…
Our good buddy Grady, a bona fide Hamster, on a California Scooter
We saw (and heard) lots and lots of custom bikes. The paint work on many of these bikes was awesome. Some of these paint jobs cost more than a new California Scooter.
A custom Harley paint job
I enjoyed seeing the custom Harleys, but I enjoyed watching the action on our California Scooters even more. As always, the Sarge was a hugely popular bike, but all of the California Scooters attracted a lot of attention.
Checking out the Sarge
Honore preparing for a Babydoll test ride
This custom Harley grabbed my attention. It was coated with the same stuff used on pickup truck beds, and it had semi-knobby tires. It was a different look for a Harley, and it worked.
A custom Rhino'd Harley
The California Scooters were in near-constant use. We led a lot of test rides through Jamestown.
Getting ready for a CSC test ride
The California Scooter test fleet saw a lot of action this weekend
Our custom red Classic was a huge hit
Seat time on a California Scooter
Near the end of the day yesterday, a fellow named Don sat down in the California Scooter area and told me about the Cushmans and Mustangs he owns, along with several other modern bikes. TK pointed out a magnificently-engineered supercharged big twin Harley, and it turns out it was one of Don’s bikes. Check this out…
My last shot of the day...Don's supercharged Harley!
That’s it for now, folks. I have a few more photos and a lot of video footage I grabbed today, and I’ll post it in another day or two.
Stay tuned!
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