Quail Motorcycle Gathering: Now five years old, The Quail Motorcycle Gathering is arguably America’s best bike show. But you have to move fast to see it all.

2013 Quail Motorcycle Gathering: So Many Bikes, So Little Time Now five years old, The Quail Motorcycle Gathering is arguably America’s best bike show. But you have to move fast to see it all.

May 10, 2013 By John L. Stein 1 Comment
Photographer : Bob Stokstad

Eurotrash? Not hardly. The breadth and quality of the Quail event is sweeping – and you “apply” to enter your bike. It’s not a slam-dunk that you’ll get in.

It is just eight acres, that neatly mown lawn by the Quail Lodge clubhouse in Carmel, California. You could run across it in 60 seconds or whack a Titleist clear overhead, given a decent swing. But it’s plenty big enough to contain almost the entire history of motorcycling, yours to savor for – just $65? [...]

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Quail Motorcycle Gathering Honors Wayne Rainey

April 12, 2013 By The Wire 2 Comments

Quail Lodge Press Release: Quail Lodge & Golf Club presents the 2013 The Quail Motorcycle Gathering, a day-long event celebrating motorcycling heritage and performance to be held on Saturday, May 4th. Less than a month away, the event will feature special guest and racing legend Wayne Rainey. Organized by The Peninsula Signature Events, a division [...]

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Class on the Grass How to improve a golf club: Add hundreds of vintage bikes and a few of motorcycling’s stars.

June 11, 2012 By Mark Hoyer Leave a Comment
Photographer : Andrew Wheeler, Mark Hoyer

Quail Motorcycle Gathering at the Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley, CA

Nothing against golf, but lush green lawns look significantly better decorated with fantastic machinery than by a bunch of white plastic balls. The fourth annual Quail Motorcycle Gathering at the Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley, California, matured this year, with a larger crowd than ever, a broader, bigger selection of machinery and a better-than-ever overall [...]

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Filed Under: Bike Shows, Features Tagged With: Bike Shows, Crocker, Dan Gurney, Ducati, Indian, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, motorcycle shows, MV Agusta, Norton, Quail Motorcycle Gathering, Quail Ride, Vincent, vintage motorcycle photos, vintage motorcycles

Crocker Motorcycle Company Resurrected There’s even an actual motorcycle, you’ll just have to wait for your T-shirt.

May 4, 2012 By Paul d'Orleans 1 Comment

After nearly twelve years of hassles, legal setbacks, a change of countries, and one nasty recession, a brand-new Crocker Big-Tank motorcycle has emerged from a hangar in SoCal. Michael Schacht is at no loss for words in describing the ordeal he’s overcome to reach the point of turning a key, kicking over the 80 cubic-inch [...]

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2012 Quail Motorcycle Gathering – Event Preview Motorcyling’s class act, upscale and affordable.

April 23, 2012 By Bob Stokstad Leave a Comment

Bikes on the grass, ready for the opening of the 2011 Quail Gathering.

The Monterey Peninsula is home to the finest events in automotive sports and culture. The biggest attractions, the Quail Motorsports Gathering, the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and Historic Racing at Laguna Seca during Classic Car Week in August, are world renowned. We motorcyclists have a history and cultural heritage on par with the cars and, [...]

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