Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Mods vs. Rockers, Cleveland-style

Year 2 for Cleveland's Mods vs. Rockers was a success, I'd say. Decent weather, great turnout, good events.

We, unfortunately, missed the ride. We had to run 11 miles beforehand, so getting up to POC by 11 am was impossible. In fact, getting to the Spitfire by 1 was also impossible. We got there after 3. By that time, a lot of people had left to do other Cleveland-y things (Happy Dog, vintage car show). That's okay - we stuck around for a few hours, looking at what was left, having our single beer, chatting with friends, and getting covered in rubber from burnouts.


There were a couple of cool bikes left, especially this hot tangerine Speed Four.

Cleveland Mods vs. Rockers

Speed Triple, DRZ, Speed Four:

Cleveland Mods vs. Rockers

Also loved this Ducati, although I suppose you could argue that the exhaust is quite wrong (too modern):

Cleveland Mods vs. Rockers

We also were able to present a friend with her very own "Just Let it Happen" shirt:

Cleveland Mods vs. Rockers

One thing that was nice about this year is that there were more scooters (vintage!) thanks to the Cutters and PVSC/the Pressure. Here are a few:

Cleveland Mods vs. Rockers

Cleveland Mods vs. Rockers

Recognize that kitty smallframe? The white Lambretta to its right, owned by a Pittsburgh scooterist who is also with the Pressure, won best vintage. Again. 

And no trip to the Spitfire is complete without the Beerzooka. I wish I'd caught Wally's face better - he looks like he's beaming!

Cleveland Mods vs. Rockers

It's dark, but here's the Beerzooka in action:


After the Spitfire, we hung out with some friends before heading over to Now That's Class for the evening festivities. I took no pictures by that time, which is a shame because there was some funny, some cuteness and some silliness going on that night.

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