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You don't have to love old motorcycles to enjoy AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days. You can also have fun if you love oddities. Rarities. Stuff you can't even identify.
The parking lot at VMD has more diversity of motorcycles than most bike shows you could attend. Unless you're a leading motorcycle historian, you're probably going to see something at VMD that you've never seen before. This year, for me, it was this Japan-only 1954 Honda Dream that was for sale in the swap meet. Asking price? If you have to ask...
VMD, a fixture for years at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, isn't quite what it used to be. Other venues noticed its success when it peaked about a decade ago, and now competing events, like the Barber Vintage Festival at the beautiful Barber Motorsports Park, have cut into VMD's attendance. The roadracing isn't what it used to be, either, since the AMA and AHRMA parted ways.
But it's still a place you can see everything from an Ariel to a Zundapp, from a century-old hand-shift Indian to a fresh-from-the-factory KTM. Plus vintage motocross, trials and flat-track racing, the Wall of Death and — surprising to me — a swap meet that is still as big as ever, even in an era when Ebay and Craigslist are "old" technologies. The AMA says it is still North America's largest.
I pulled 30 of my favorite photos from a day of shooting at VMD for the gallery at right. It's shameless eye candy. Click away and I hope you enjoy.
