Excitement, beautiful bikes and girls, and a record turnout highlight the13th annual FastDates.com and Performance Machine presents the2004 Los Angeles Calendar Motorcycle Show Jardine Dyno Shootout Shatters World Record, World's Top Custom Bike Builders withfree Seminars, The West Coast's premier Bike Contest, Rockin' Concerts, Iron & Lace Calendar Saturday Night Party, Purrfect Angelz gone wild, Beautiful FastDates.com Calendar Girls Premier Calendars, Bandit's Bikernet.com and much more!
Long Beach, CA, July 17-18th -The Los Angeles Calendar Motorcycle Show Weekend presented by Performance Machine at the Queen Mary Event Park in Long Beach, CA, continued to grow again this year as the most popular consumer street bike show in America catering to custom, cruiser, classic and sportbike enthusiasts. Always the 3rd weekend of July, it featured a huge weekend of activities with sold out participation by 167 major motorcycle and product manufacturers, exhibitors and vendors, together with leading custom bike builders from across America and the world, together with a 2-day capacity crowd of some 15,000 motorcycle enthusiasts.
The Show is produced by Jim Gianatsis of Gianatsis Design Associates, also producer of the renown FastDates.com Motorcycle Pinup Calendars and Website. The Bike Show always marks the premier of the new FastDates Calendar season.
The Show weekend included an incredible lineup of activities including the Jardine Performance West Coast Horsepower Dyno Shootout – now an exclusive feature attraction at the Show.
Noonan surpassed the current world record by 31 hp!
The LA Calendar Motorcycle Show again supported an important charity, the Iron Works magazine Readers Ride to benefit Olive Crest Children's Shelters – the biggest shelter for orphans, abused children and families in Southern California), as its ride-to destination. On Saturday morning riders started at the Olive Crest Children's main facility in Santa Ana, CA, and then rode to the Calendar Bike Show in Long Beach, just 25 miles away, where for the Ride's $35 charity donation, participants got to enjoy all the Show's weekend's activities and be treated to lunch and VIP up front parking.
As always the LA Calendar Show offers one of America's premier Custom, Sportbike and Classic Bike Contests featuring many of top bike Pro and Amateur builders in America. More recently builders from around the world builder vie for the prestigious Performance Machine Best of Show Trophy. Winning the coveted top spot this year was Shinya Kimura founder of Zero Engineering of Japan (now with a 2nd shop in Las Vegas), flew to America to compete.
Zero has a 4-year customer waiting list for their highly regarded retro rods which actually use new replica components like the engines. Upon accepting the Best of Show trophy from Performance Machine's Ted and Roland Sands, Shinya posed with FastDates.com Calendar Angel 2005 cover girls Miss Great Britain Nicki Lane and Laura Niles, then fired up the bike with just one kick to ride off into the sunset.
In contention for winning Best of Show for the 3rd year running was Jesse Rooke, now sponsored by Rock Star energy drink, who still took home 1st place Pro Builder in the LA Calendar Bike Show's premier feature class against some 30 other professional builder bikes including bikes from Mitch Bergeron, Jesse James' West Coast Choppers. Rooke's winning bike was a development from his last year's highly innovative Best of Show winning Kali Kruiser bicycle concept which had been rushed to completion for the '03 Show and hadn't yet been wired to run, drawing complaints from some “sour grape”competitors. As Jesse accepted this year Pro Builder trophy to become the Show's first ever 3-time winner and confirm his status as one of the world's best custom builders, hecklers in the audience began calling out “Start it Up!” Jesse paid them no mind for a moment and looked ready to push away another non-running bike, but then he nonchalantly reached under the tank and pushed the starter button and the Rock Star Kruiser roared to life.
The Show's title sponsor Performance Machine bolstered the already huge $60,000 Bike Show awards purse with an additional $5,000 Award for the Best PM Equipped Bike at the Show. Sean Gibbs of Wild West Choppers, with an all new special construction chopper featuring all Performance Machine Components, took the prize.
Fans got to meet many Discovery Channel and Speed TV featured builders including Mitch Bergeron, Paul Yaffe, Mike Stafford, Harold Pontarelli plus West Coast superstars Mike Powers showcasing their latest rolling hardware. Also making their first ever motorcycle show appearance just on Saturday were builders Larry Nagal and Paul Yang of DreamcaftStudios.com with their industry shattering hi-tech chopper that would have been a contender for Best of Show they weren't forced to put in a press appearance at the Pasadena Art Center of Design on Sunday.
Other exciting new bike premiers at the Show included MotoCreations.com's production oriented Ducati Chopper and the Italian Poggipolini Group's $160,000 NCR Macchia Nera naked superbike and the $60.000 Millona 1000NE. Flown in from Italy for the Show. The exotic titanium and magnesium NCR Nera took Best Sportbike in Sunday's Bike show Contest.
Exciting new attractions this year included the free Iron & Lace Calendar Bike Builder's Seminars held hourly throughout the weekend in a midway tent located in the center of the Show Park conducted by the leading custom bike builders in America as featured in the Iron & Lace calendar. Featured builders included Harold Pontarelli, Russell Mitchell, and Cyril Huze who made the 4-day drive from his shop in Florida, Jesse Rooke and Paul Yaffe, each explaining their own personal style for building world class custom bikes, and then they answered questions from enthusiastic fans. This was probably the first ever opportunity for fans to discuss bike building techniques with top celebrity builders in an open forum. The Iron & Lace Calendar Bike Builder Seminars was a big hit among fans and will remain a regular feature at future Shows.
On Saturday night Show producer and calendar photographer Jim Gianatsis hosted the Iron & Lace Calendar Builders Night Party from 9pm to 1am aboard the historic Queen Mary ocean liner in the ship's Observation Room Bar. Many of the top Iron & Lace Calendar bike builders were there to party with the Show staff, exhibitors, venders and fans And what would the Iron & Lace calendar builders party be without the beautiful FastDates.com Calendar Angels who were also in attendance with the Purrfect Angelez. Live musical entertainment was provided at the party by the beautiful country rock band Elle3.com featuring sisters Allison, Ashley and Lauren Lawry.
This year's the LA Calendar Bike Bike show featured different musical themes each day by incredible bands that played all day long. Saturday featured an all day Mini Blues Festival headlined by 2000 lbs of Blues, one of Los Angeles' most popular blues bands, together with special guests Lynwood Slim on hermonica and beautiful vocalist Taryn Donath. Other acts scheduled to appear throughout the afternoon and into the evening to fit the beautiful pinup calendar girl theme of the Show included Francesa of Francesca & the Flames, Huston Orkide, Mama's Boys with Lisa Cee, and Jessie Payo from Jessie and the Raindogs. Then on Sunday the Show shifted to a Classic Rock 'n' Roll Festival with the hugely popular Unauthorized Rolling Stones out of San Francisco, together with the Janis Joplin style rock/blues vocals of the beautiful Boudeeka.
But really bringing down the house both days and jamming fans to the park's main Stage were the the beautiful Purrfect Angelz with their sizzlin'' Las Vegas style stage shows.
The guys still managed to smile and grin throughout the whole ordeal. And for sportbike fans the Las Vegas Extremes sportbike stunt riding team of heart throb Pauly Sherer and sexy Jolleen “JoJo” Farmer with their wild tire smookin' antics tore up the parking lot on Saturday.
Showcasing the Calendar Girls theme of the Calendar Bike Show will be the premier of the 2005 FastDates.com Calendars with the beautiful SBK World Superbike Calendar Angels in attendance including Miss Great Britain Nicki Lane and beautiful new Calendar Angels Andra Cobb and Laura Niles. Plus the beautiful Corona Extra and Archie's Ice Cream Girls,
Associate Sponsorship support for the premier streetbike event weekend in America is provided by Iron Works magazine, Jardine Performance, BikerNet.com, Corona Extra, Trader Publications, FastDates.com Calendars & Website, The Los Angeles Times / ReCycler / Cycle Buys, Quick Throttle and SPEED TV's American Thunder. The 2005 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show is scheduled for July 16-17th. Spectators and Exhibitors can find out more about The Show, the Bike Contest and all the available weekend activities online at http://www.FastDates.com.
Shinya Kimura founder of Zero Engineering of Japan celebrates with the Performance Machine Best of Show Trophy for the 2004 LA Calendr Motorcycle Show, flanked by Roland and Ted sands from PM, plus FastDates.com Calendar Girls Nicki Lane and Laura Niles.
Best of Show:
Katsuhi Kumagi, Zero Engineering “Masamune”.
Pro Builder:
1. Jesse Rooke, Jesse Rooke Custom “Rock Star Kruiser”
2. Rick Bedford, Y2K Chopper
3. Gordon's Motorcycle Madness, Pro Street Custom.
Street Custom:
1. Rick Kyker, Special Construction
2. Rick Moran, Diamond Softail
3. Rick Wahlberg, 2003 CFL.
Street Performance:
1. Mike Cook, American Cafe Racers Super Manx
2. Keith Drum, KD Kustoms, 115ci Pro Street Drag Bike @8.62 sec.
3. Keith Drum, KD Customs 1952 Panhead blown.
Classic Early Twin:
1. Bob Carrillo, 1952 H-D Panhead
2. Mike Dunn, stock 1936 BMW R12 750cc Wehrmacht WW2
3. Larry Ramos, stock 1954 H-D FL.
Classic Late Twin:
1. JR Keeble, 2003 H-D FLHT Standard Glide
2. Dave Reichman , 2002 H-D Road king
3. Chris Stabb, 1979 H-D FL.
Sportster:
1. Bob Neff, 1967 stock Sportster XLCH
2. Dave Arnold, rigid Sportster chopper
3. Larry Winkleman, performance modified 2000 Sportster.
Sportbike:
1. Poggipolini Macchia Nera
2. Eddie McCoy, Kawasaki ZX12
3. Glenn Castro, Suzuki GSXR1000.
Best PM Equipped Bike at the Show:
Sean Gibbs of Wild West Choppers with an all new special construction bike featuring all Performance Machine Components
Jardine West Coast Horsepower Dyno Shootout Winner:
John Noonan, J&E Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa land speed bike, new World Record at 545 horsepower.
