Alright Cafe Racer TV Fans and Dime City Speed Freaks, if you missed the awesome Cafe Racer paddock we setup at Barber’s Vintage Festival with Ace Cafe, CRTV and DOTHETON.com this is your next opportunity to get a look at some of the coolest Cafe Racer’s and custom bike builders on the block! Pack your bags and grab the family for this fun-filled weekend of racing, vintage bikes and good times with like minded folks!

Come join Dime City Cycles, Brian Fuller, Santiago Choppers and other builders featured on Cafe Racer TV while we come together to share in the one thing that we all share appreciation for, Cafe Racers! Come see various bikes such as: The Brass Cafe and The Four Hundred, two of most potent Honda’s around from Dime City Cycles, Brian Fullers CB836 custom creation that rivals any CB750 on the street and Santiago Choppers famous Norley, the V-Twin engined speed machine in a feather-bed frame. This your chance to ask questions about the builds and get a closer look at these speed machines and their builders!

In addition, Cafe Racer Magazine is bringing their on-the-road bike show to the event and is calling for all Cafe Racers to be dusted off, polished and prepped for a chance at some camera time and a cool trophy! Café Racer Magazine editor, Mike Seate, says “the custom bike shows are a chance to witness firsthand the emerging trends and high-performance technology that make today’s café racer movement so exciting. Whether we’re looking at a garage-built, $500 Japanese bike or a fully restored $50,000 Vincent, these bikes all share the passion and uniqueness that’s made cafe racers popular for over 60 years.” Checkout the classes below and be sure to bring your bike!

- Best British Café Racer 1990 and Newer
- Best British Café Racer, Pre-1990
- Best American/European Café Racer
- Best Japanese Café Racer
- Wildest Custom Café Bike

*Show registration [which is free] begins at 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 21 & Judging for the show will take place on Saturday, April 21 at 3 p.m.

Event Details:

Facebook Page [Please Check-in Here!] – http://www.facebook.com/events/247091992041647/
Official Website: http://www.m1powersports.com/big-kahuna-atlanta/
Date: April 20th – 22nd
Location: Road Atlanta Race Track, 5300 Winder Highway, Braselton, Georgia 30517 [GOOGLE MAP HERE]

Just a reminder Speed Freaks, Dime City is headed to Timonium, MD this week for the largest (North) East Coast show that takes place annually as guests of The Lowside Syndicate. If you’re around that area we hope you’ll come by and say hello and take a stab at the FREE raffle’s we have going on for Bell Custom 500 Helmets, Legendary Motorcycles Fuel Tanks and Seats and some kickin’ Gasolina Riding boots.

Details can be found at http://www.lowsidesyn.com

If you’re in the NYC area on Feb 11th this is definitley an event for you to check out. The famous “Shop” motorcycle shop, bar/grill and music venue is hosting a fashion show debuting their mechanic inspired work-wear.

Trust us, we’ve gotten a glimpse of this stuff and it’s worth a look. Designed by mechanics with real qualities that make your job easier, while looking snazzy of course. Oh, and of course there’s going to be gorgeous ladies and cool motor-bikes. Does it get any better?

It’s hard to believe it’s been almost a month already, wow, tempus fugit! Our good friend Scott Turner, local race legend and Cafe bike builder has had a few of his bikes on display at Collective Art Gallery and Tattoo in downtown St. Petersburg. If you missed the opening night you’re in luck, because this Saturday night we’re doing a closing party for the showing at the gallery.

It starts at 8PM Saturday the 4th and we hope you’ll ride (or drive) down to join us!

You can checkout Scott on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-Scott-Racing/

Alright Dime City Speed Freaks, we know you guys love free stuff, so here’s the skinny on the new “DCC Weekly SWAG Bag!”

It’s pretty simply really! Just make sure you’re plugged into Dime City on Facebook [CLICK HERE to Like Us] and Twitter [CLICK HERE to Follow Us] and watch for posts that start with “DCC Weekly SWAG Bag” and that’s your indicator that somethings about to happen. Not like, Lindsay Lohan is gonna ask you out on a date or anything…but something good never-the-less in that The Crew at DCC is gonna hook you up with some goods!

Sometimes it’ll be a random trivia question, sometimes it’ll be an Easter Egg you have to find and sometimes it’ll just be a complete wildcard. No matter what though, we can promise you it’ll be something cool like a DCC Gift Certificate, Mother-trucker hat, Tee or Cafe Racer TV merch, so be sure to stay plugged in! When you’re not twisting the throttle, of course!

*On certain weeks this promotion may NOT run.

[Vintage Ducati belonging to Louise Dutton @ Barber 2011, Photo by: Tim Burke]

What does the logo above inspire in your mind? To us, it pretty much covers the gambit… You’ve got the iconic pudding bowl helmet, infamous crossed piston all brought together by an art-deco representation of wings that inspire speed. Top if off with a cool name like COMA and you’ve got the makings for a pretty cool vintage motorcycle club.

Taken right from the COMA Website at:  http://www.comatampabay.blogspot.com/

“COMA is an informal group of motorcycle enthusiast located in the Tampa Bay Area who has a passion for all things 2 wheels. The majority of the members own classic and modern British & European motorcycles but all makes are welcome in the group. The club has regular get togethers at bay area bike events, has group rides and attends many national vintage bike meets.”

Sounds pretty good if you ask us! A club formed of vintage bikes that allows anyone the opportunity to join and get in on the fun.

Having met some of the guys in COMA we can tell you that while they might not be a “Cafe Racer” specific club there are plenty of bikes in the group that fit that category, some of them even stunning British examples the likes of Triumphs, BSA’s and all the other grand old bikes we long after here in the states. They’ve been around for roughly 5 years now and have approximately 40 members. You can checkout their member gallery of bikes (which is WILDLY IMPRESSIVE) by checking them out of Facebook RIGHT HERE.

[Skips 1962 Triumph TR6SS]

[Robs Velocette Thruxton]

While they might not have a flashy website or twitter feed, you can tell one thing when you visit their site, these guys actually go out and ride. Which is more than you can say for some of the other club websites we’ve seen… In addition, there’s a bi-weekly email list that club organizer Skip K. puts out to keep everyone in the know on what happening in the local vintage scene in the Tampa Bay/St. Pete area. It really is quite informing.

Here’s an excerpt from the most recent newsletter sent out:

Hello All, Time for another COMA update. Bike week is fast approaching and it is now a week later. March 9th to the 17th.

Lots of the vintage themed evens are no more. No more AHRMA vintage bike week races, No more vintage bike auction & swap meet at Stetson in Deland and the AMCA meet has moved from Eustis to New Symra Beach. For those who are planning on camping there is the beautiful Lake Monroe Park in Debary. http://volusia.org/parks/LkMonroe.htm

Spots are going fast so call ASAP.

I have also started a club Face Book page; http://www.facebook.com/pages/COMA-Classic-Old-Motorcycle-Association/343468545682446

I have some shots of members bikes and a event calendar. We are also rotating our Thursday night meets between Kahuna’s and Sunset Grill, both in St Pete. If anyone has a suggestion of another location, we can throw in the mix, let me know.

Skip then goes on to talk about local rides and events happening, some weekly, in the Tampa Bay/St. Pete area. Something which we think is invaluable… Everyone seems to be so busy these days; it’s hard to even find the time to ride let along just “relax” and hang out with guys (and gals) and talk about one anothers machines. DCC applauds Skip and the rest of the COMA crew for keeping the club going and promoting the lifestyle.

If you live in the Tampa Bay/St. Pete and you ride vintage or modern classic motorcycles we strongly suggest you check them out. You’ll meet a great group of folks who love the same things you do and with any luck, you’ll have some fun on a Saturday afternoon doing what we all should be doing as much as possible, feeling the wind of camaraderie on two wheels. For more information email Skip directly at flguzzi@gmail.com.

Alright Dime City Speed Freaks, we know there’s a TON of you in the San Diego area. If you haven’t already heard about it, this weekend is the 11th annual San Diego Mods Vs. Rockers and Dime City Cycles is proud to be a sponsor and partner of this years event.  We’ve sent $1,000.00 worth of killer DCC and Cafe Racer TV SWAG to be given away at the event, so if we were you, we’d get out there to get your hands on some of it!

Checkout TON-UP San Diego’s website for more details on the event and location: http://www.tonup-sd.com/