2018 Quail Motorcycle Gathering – The Winners

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This is not my usual recap – that will have to wait until I get back home and have time to go through all of Nathan’s photos – but for now I just wanted to share the winning bikes from the 10th Annual Quail Motorcycle Gathering. As always, the show was wonderful and I hope those of you that were able to attend had as good of a time as I did! There were over 350 bikes, 3,000 attendees, and a surprising amount of dogs! In total, 29 awards were given out – let’s see what bikes earned them!


Photos by Paulo Rosas. Feature Image by Nathan May.


Unfortunately, I wasn’t provided with photos of every single winner, but there still should be enough here to give you a good idea of the quality of motorcycles at the Quail!

Best of Show
1913 Flying Merkel Twin
Douglas & Marian McKenzie – California
Antique Class

Spirit of The Quail Award
1920 Indian Streamliner
Clyde Crouch – Texas
Competition On Road Class

25th Anniversary of the Ducati Monster Award
2010 Ducati Monster
Isaac Villanueva – California

Café Racers Award
1961 BSA DBD-34 Gold Star
Craig Steggall – Washington

Electric Motorcycles Award
1974 Corbin Bonneville Partial Streamliner Salt Racer
Mike Corbin – California

Industry Award
1960 Harley-Davidson Super 10
Jackson Burrows – Canada
Custom/Modified Class

Innovation Award
2020 Curtiss Zeus
Curtiss Motorcycles – Alabama

Design and Style Award
1968 Ducati 250 Narrow Case
Analog Motorcycles – Illinois
Custom/Modified Class

AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Heritage Award
1971 Honda CT-70
Steve Mast – California
Japanese Class

HVA Preservation Award
1920 Indian Streamliner
Clyde Crouch – Texas
Competition On Road Class

Significance in Racing Award
1981 Freddie Spencer’s Factory Honda Racing NS-750 Flat Tracker
Anthony Giammanco – California
Competition Off Road Class

Why We Ride Award
1970 Indian Little Indian
Clive Belvoir – California
American Class 1936-1979

Extraordinary Bicycles/Scooter Award
1969 Lambretta Vega
Siobhan Ellis – California
Extraordinary Bicycles & Scooters Class

Antique 1st Place
1913 Flying Merkel Twin
Douglas & Marian McKenzie – California
Antique Class 1935 & Earlier

Antique 2nd Place
1929 BMW R63
Eugene Garcin – California
Antique Class 1935 & Earlier

American 1st Place
1954 Harley-Davidson ST165
Dan Derby – California
American Class 1936-1979

American 2nd Place
1958 Harley-Davidson Hummer
Sheila Hummer-Derby – California
American Class 1936-1979

PHOTO NOT AVAILABLE

British 1st Place
1953 BSA BD 1 Bantam
Craig Steggall – Washington
British Class 1936-1979

British 2nd Place
1970 Triumph T120
Kenneth Morris – California
British Class 1936-1979

Italian 1st Place
1956 Moto Guzzi Cardellino
Vincent Schardt – California
Italian Class 1936-1979

Italian 2nd Place
1974 MV Agusta 750S
Lee Hoffseth – California
Italian Class 1936-1979

Japanese 1st Place
1972 Honda CB750 K2
Clay Baker – California
Japanese Class 1936-1979

Japanese 2nd Place
1968 Yamaha YAS1C
Owen Bishop – California
Japanese Class 1936-1979

Other European 1st Place
1974 BMW R90S
Mike Maloney – California
Other European Class 1936-1979

Other European 2nd Place
1974 BMW R90S
Mark Francois – California
Other European Class 1936-1979

Competition On Road 1st Place
1980 Honda CB750F
Kevin McKee – California
Competition On Road Class

Competition Off Road 1st Place
1956 BSA BB34R Flat Tracker
Chris Carter – California
Competition Off Road Class

Custom/Modified 1st Place
1960 Harley-Davidson Super 10
Jackson Burrows – Canada
Custom/Modified Class

Custom/Modified 2nd Place
1970 Triumph TR7
Michael Inglis – California
Custom/Modified Class


Stay tuned for my usual personal recap of how the Quail was!