Ah, what a difference a year makes. It’s taken us nearly all seven months since our last Reader’s Ride-In Custom Bike Show to both recover from the 2017 event and to launch a plan for this year’s rally. Come Saturday, August 11, we’ll once again throw open the gates of Sewickley’s War Memorial Park for the cafe racer faithful, and this event should be the most fun of all. Since moving our annual custom show to our hometown a few years back, the enthusiasm and crowds have only grown for this, the nation’s only outdoor cafe racer judged event. The number of top-level entries has neared 100 bikes in each of the past two years and with even larger prize packages on offer, the 2018 event should bring the low-bars/high-performance crowd in from all corners of the country.
Among the highlights to look forward to are:
A walloping $500 cash prize for Best in Show winner
A display of new machines from sponsor Royal Enfield
A Riding Leather Giveaway from Joe Rocket
A Swap meet and Custom Bike Sales Corral
Over $30,000 in total prizes given away in the following judged classes:
Best British Cafe Racer
Best European/American Cafe Racer
Best Japanese Cafe Racer
Best Bobber
Wildest Engineering
Best in Show
People’s Choice
It all starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 11. Check out more details at www.caferacermag.com/shows
