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

For those of you have been following this bike  rebuilding saga



Yesterday the BMW cavalry showed up.

It wasn't pretty but it had to be done. Could the scattered piles of BMW parts populating my garage ever be a bike again?

To answer that burning question required calling in the experts....they came from the north and from the south and wrenched and puzzled and wrenched and puzzled.



At the end of the day the one proud Black Beauty was running again but has now been transformed into Bride of Frankenbike. There were other names proposed, but the less said about that the better!



Here Richard aka Benecia RT performs the brain transplant.



Having a couple of other bikes to refer to was enormously helpful too.

Of course some hidden secrets were revealed








BeneciaRT revealed that he is the Dog Whisperer



And here Jamie reveal his need for a chocolate intervention.

I will keep you posted as the story progresses.

Cameron