Location: Griffith Park, CA


Yesterday, on something of a whim, we jumped in the truck and headed south to check out the Griffith Park Sidecar Show.   We knew where Griffith Park was, but had only a vague idea of the whereabouts of the show.  Fate was kind t because as we neared the exit for the park a motorcycle with attached sidecar appeared in front of us.
Not a hard guess where they were going.  Sure enough the old game of "follow that sidecar" soon led us to the Crystal Springs Picnic Area and a sea of classic, unusual, and just downright bizarre sidecar rigs.

The show was started almost  by accident by Doug Bingham 36 years ago.  Bingham is owner of Side Strider, Inc.  and the first event was held just on the suggestion that he and his customers get together for a picnic.  When over 40 rigs showed up Bingham knew he was on to something.

Since then the show has grown to include 300-400 entries and thousands of visitors each year.




Richard Williams poses with his Vintage BMW sidecar rig which has original paint and stripes.





Some entries were wilder than others..."calling Buck Rogers."

Please see the photo gallery for many more pix of the event