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It's Barber Vintage Festival Time!

by Tom Kolenko, Board Member

The VJMC has been invited by the famous Barber Motorcycle Museum to again provide the major display of vintage Japanese motorcycles at the Sixth Annual Barber Vintage Festival. We have been given the same premier space as last year just inside the track entrance on the left. Everyone attending the weekend event passes by our display booths and is invited to vote in the People's choice VJMC bike show on Saturday. Our goal this year is 100 high quality original vintage Japanese motorcycle entries participating in the Saturday show.

We need your stock, original or restored vintage Japanese motorcycles for this show. Good clean, original early machines from Yamaha, Bridgestone, Tohatsu, Marusho, Yamaguchi, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Honda are sought. Variety and quality are the Barber Festival goals…and over 25 trophies will be awarded.

The Barber folks again will provide two free weekends passes ( $70 value) to each of the pre-registered VJMC members who bring display bikes. Display bikes need to be pre-registered through Tom Kolenko, tomkolenko@gmail.com, 770-427-4820 by September 11, 2010 to qualify for the free admission package.

You must email Tom with your complete contact info: mailing address, phone number, membership number, bikes you want entered, photos of them, etc….to get pre-registered. You must sent an email photo of the bikes you will bring unless you have displayed these approved bikes in years past…..all new entries must have photos. The Barber Vintage Festival folks have provided this rare and generous benefit to ours members since its start and we thank them for their continued support.

High quality "drive-in" bike show entries are not eligible for the free ticket deal, but very welcome in the show. Detailed event information can be found at www.barbermuseum.org . This is a beautiful facility and an action packed weekend filled with vintage bike shows, AHRMA road racing, motocross, trials, stunt flying & air show, big vintage swap meet, Charity VJMC Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, and a VJMC parade lap on the track on Sunday. And best of all….. the world's best and largest motorcycle museum with over 1000 fantastic motorcycles on display just 100 yards from our booth. Come and be a part of it..

Volunteers are needed to help setup, score the bike show, work the membership booth, sell regalia, and to help make this event bigger and better. Please contact Tom Kolenko to volunteer and get on the work schedule.