| Thursday, October 18, 2012 | |
|---|---|
| all day, all night | no Rally events, no camping |
| Friday, October 19, 2012 | |
| 2pm-7pm | Registration Booth open |
| 4pm | 100cc Fun Run |
| Saturday, October 20, 2012 | |
| 8am-4pm | Registration Booth open |
| 8am | Harvest Classic Charity Challenge Trials Event Registration |
| 9am | Trials rider’s meeting- event begins immediately after meeting |
| 10:30am-11am | Skills Seminar |
| 10am-12pm | Harvest Classic Bike Show registration & entry of motorcycles into their classes. (Full Rally Registration required) |
| 11:30am-12pm | Special Event- topic to be announced |
| All Day | Peruse Auction Items, General Activities |
| 12pm | Bike Show registration ends. No additional entries please. |
| 12:01pm | Ballots are handed out & voting begins |
| 1pm-4pm | Live Music behind the bar |
| 1pm | Seminar- topic to be announced |
| 3pm | Bike Show Voting Ends |
| 4pm | Announcements (outside on stage) Candlelighters speech, Raffle drawing, Live Auction, Bike Show Winners announced, Closing Remarks & Thanks |
| 6pm | Killer barbecue served up in the dancehall* |
| 7:30pm | Movie in the meadow—compliments of the Alamo Drafthouse |
| Later | Campfires (if no burn ban), guitars, moto-babble, star-gazing… |
| Sunday | |
| Noon | Rally Ends-Ride Safely & see you next year! |
2012 Schedule of Events
100cc Fun Run
The 100cc Fun Run will be held on Friday afternoon at 4pm. The Fun Run is a 40 mile road ride on some of the sweet little roads surrounding Luckenbach. This ride is open to riders of street-legal bikes which are 100cc or smaller. Scooters, small motorcycles and rad mopeds are all welcome. The more diverse and funky, the better. So bring out you odd, your small, your farkled and fiddled tiddler, and let’s have some fun! All Fun Run participants will receive the rarest and most coveted rally shirts of all, the Fun Run Shirt. Wear it with pride Amigo, as you enjoy a ride you will never forget.
We tried the Fun Run a few years back, but we held it on Sunday morning, and it just never really took off. We are bringing it back as a Friday afternoon event in the hopes that folks will get into it, start building up their fun run bikes, and it will evolve into another cool niche of the Harvest Classic Rally.
This year, there is no additional charge to participate in the Fun Run. All rally registrants are welcome to join in, and the first 10 riders to show up get a rare and coveted 100cc Fun Run shirt!
The ride departs Luckenbach on Friday at 4PM- Meet up outside of the general store at 3:30, roll out at 4pm. All bikes must be street legal, and this is not a race- it’s a Fun Run!
Here’s a link to the 40 mile route.
Online advance registration now closed
You’ll be able to register at the event starting at 2pm on Friday. See you there!
Destination: Luckenbach
Legendary destination for motorcyclists and music-lovers, Luckenbach is the perfect location for the Harvest Classic. From the giant oaks, to the awesome bikes-only camping and fire rings, from the Dance Hall to General Store, the whole experience will surely be a rally to remember!
Luckenbach’s layout provides a great area for the bike show and sponsor expo area. There’s lots of room to walk around and get a good look at all the cool bikes and gear. Of course, the Hill Country provides some of the best roads in Texas, so don’t forget to leave some time to explore the area around Luckenbach while you’re here!
Nearby: Fredricksburg
Map to Luckenbach, TX
Camping & RVs
Beautiful, motorcycle only camping @ Luckenbach. There’s a very nice camping area next to the creek. This area is a car-free zone! For RVs, campers and so on, there’s a large area in the parking lot for you!
Other local camping:
Bike Show
On Saturday, the Harvest Classic Bike Show welcomes Antique & Vintage motorcycles and scooters of all origins. Show Entrants must have a full registration wristband. (Day Passes are not eligible to compete.)
Entry and registration for motorcycles into the Harvest Classic Bike Show takes place in the morning from 10 til 12. At High Noon the show is closed to any further admissions, so don’t be late!
The judging is by popular choice and goes from 12:01 until 3:00. Ballots are available during that timeframe at the Bike Show booth.
The Harvest Classic Bike Show is set up in the following classes:
- Pre-1929 (All Marques welcome)
- 1930-49 (All Marques welcome)
- 1950-59 (All Marques welcome)
- 1960-64 (All Marques welcome)
- 1965-69 (All Marques welcome)
- 1970-74 (Non-Domestic Manufacture Only)
- 1975-79 (Non-Domestic Manufacture Only)
- 1980-85 (Non-Domestic Manufacture Only)
- Modern (Non-Domestic Manufacture Only)
- Specials (Non-Domestic Manufacture Only)
- Scooter (All Marques welcome)
- Step-Through Scooter (All Marques welcome)
- Sidecar (All Marques welcome)
- Competition (All Marques welcome)
- H.C. Vintage Trials Competition (only for vintage twin shock bikes that just competed in the Trials events at the current Harvest Classic Rally. Bike Show Entry is extended to 1:00pm for entrants in this class)
- People’s Choice (Any motorcycle/scooter registered in the Bike Show is eligible)
Hand Made by Blue Moon Glassworks
Top finishers in each class win coveted “one of a kind” handmade glass trophies created and donated by one of the Rally’s Gold sponsors, Blue Moon Glassworks. We award the trophies Saturday evening during the general announcements.
2011 Harvest Classic Bike Show Results:
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Pre-`29
1st Place: Russell Brown – 1922 Hazelwood
2nd Place: Nick Rosales – 1914 Harley Davidson
1930-1949
1st Place: Peter Allen – 1937 New Imperial
2nd Place: Joe Rosson – 1941 BSA M20
1950-1959
1st Place: Billy Burnett – 1958 Triumph 21
2nd Place: Mackenzie Bernard – 1957 Parilla 175GS
1960-1969
1st Place: Danny Selman – 1961 Triumph TR5AC
2nd Place: Tim Miller – 1965 Honda CL72 (250)
1970-1974
1st Place: Frank Arnold – 1972 Kawasaki 500 (H1)
2nd Place: Mike Cassidy – 1974 Moto Guzzi Eldorado
1975-1979
1st Place: Richard McFarland – 1977 Honda CB750K
2nd Place: Matt Quinn – 1976 MV Agusta 350S (Ipotesi)
1980-1985
1st Place: Scott & Deb Justice – 1984 Honda Goldwing
2nd Place: Billy Click – 1985 Ducati F1
Modern
1st Place: B.A.S. Racecraft – 2004 Honda Dream 50R
2nd Place: Dan Sizemore – 2002 Ducati MH900E
Sidecar
1st Place: Mateo Offe – 1963 Pannonia T-1
2nd Place: John Fitzgerald – 1948 Harley Davidson 74″
Scooter
1st Place: Robert Meyers – 1971 Honda CT70
2nd Place: Larry Hubbard – 1965 Moto Morini
Step-Thru Scooter
1st Place: Martin Manucci – 1964 Vespa GS160
2nd Place: Bobby Hague – 1949 Cushman 60 Series Road King
H.C. Vintage Trials
1st Place: John Armour – 1981 Bultaco Sherpa T
2nd Place: R. Davis Wilson – 1975 Ossa
Vintage Competition
1st Place: Brid Caveney – 1974 BSA/Triumph
2nd Place: Doug Hector – 1961 Itom
Specials
1st Place: Mark Webster – 1973 Yamaha Streettracker
2nd Place: Robert Britton – 1970-T120R
BEST IN SHOW: RUSSELL BROWN – 1922 HAZELWOOD
Who’s FASTEST Now?
Thanks to Platinum Sponsors Director Mark Neale and Media-X International, we all are!!
This year, we’re proud to announce that the Harvest Classic and Alamo Drafthouse’s Rolling Roadshow will be showing FASTEST, Mark Neale’s latest documentary about MotoGP racing, as our after-dinner movie. Some of you may remember Mark’s other films we’ve featured in the past – first was “Faster”, followed soon after by “The Doctor, the Tornado, and the Kentucky Kid”. This year, we’re super-psyched to be able to bring you FASTEST.
Please note that if you’d like to join us for supper and the movie (and we’d love to have you), you’ll need to buy the full pass – available at the event starting Friday at 2pm!
Harvest Classic Trials Event
Come test your riding skills in the Harvest Classic Charity Challenge Trials Event and raise some money for a good cause! Registration for this fun event is open to all rally participants. However, this is an AMA sanctioned event and all competitors must be AMA members. If you are not currently an AMA member, you will be able to join the AMA at the event. Choose your level of difficulty—there’ll be classes for all skill levels from Rookie to Expert (Rookie, Novice, Vintage, Amateur, Intermediate, Advanced & Expert.) Awards will be given to the rider with the lowest score in each class. All event registration fees go directly to the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation. The registration fee for this event is simply a donation of your choice.
Raffle
Ducati Monster that Mike Pawlowski donated in 2010.
We raffle off a ton of cool moto-swag (including a bike!) at the Harvest Classic Raffle! Raffle tickets throughout the day from Rally staff and volunteers. Tickets are $20 for 5, or $5 each. You must be present at the drawing held Saturday afternoon.
For many years, Platinum sponsor Mike Pawlowski has donated a motorcycle to be auctioned off at the rally. In 2010, he donated a Ducati Monster, the year before that it was a pair of vintage CZ streetbikes, beforethat it was a Yamaha twin 125, a Vespa, and the list goes on………for 2011, Mike is donating a special bike. It’s a mystery bike whose identity will be revealed over the coming weeks..so keep checking to learn more about this wicked bike, plus a selection of high-quality gear that will be raffled off. And buy some tickets at the rally….You might be glad you did!
Omar and the Howlers playing Saturday!
On Saturday afternoon, enjoy the electric blues of Omar and the Howlers! With over 30 years of playing the blues, this legendary Texas musician will entertain us all with some really good music.
Auction
Auction for the Kids
2010 Auction bike, donated by Randy Voet (built with a little help from his friends)
Every year we have a live auction where we offer up helmets, jackets, art, custom knives & belt buckles, and other high quality items donated by our sponsors and friends of the rally.
For the past 3 years, Randy Voet (with support from Killeen Power Sports, A-1 Cycles, Ron Watkins, and a bunch of good friends) has donated a restored classic machine to be auctioned at the Harvest Classic European & Vintage Motorcycle Rally. This year, Randy is donating a beautiful Suzuki GS850G, which has been tastefully modified. The auction is a lot of fun, and a great way to support the Candlelighters, and go home with some cool swag. So come early, stay late, and bid loud!
Special Thanks
This year, Kevin Ware, will return as the auctioneer for the famous Harvest Classic Live Auction. The swag will be better than ever and includes helmets, jackets, gifts certificates, accessories,
