The annual Quail Motorcycle Gathering’s 11th edition wrapped this past weekend on the fabulous grounds of the Quail Lodge & Golf Club, and even if you normally think of ascots and cigars when you think “golf club,” the party turned out to be more inclusive and diverse than ever. Sure, you had your century-old vintage machines and specialty classes for 50 Years of the Honda CB750 and 100th Anniversary of the Brough Superior, but among the more than 300 bikes spread out over the lush lawns you could still find a good amount of funk and modern engineering if you looked hard enough.
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We’re not even gonna try to name the best bikes we saw or anything like that; we’ll just get right into the funkiest and coolest finds we came across. Some of them happened to win an award and some of them weren’t even entered (or probably even meant to be seen), but all were pretty dang original.

1981 Honda XL500

2016 Arch KRGT-1

Curtiss Zeus Bobber

1969 Honda CB750 Chopper

Revival Cycles Moto Guzzi V9 Chopper

1970 Harley-Davidson Sprint 350SS

2015 Yamaha Bolt R-Spec

2018 SnoMoChop

1968 Honda Z50 K0

1962 Mustang Stallion

2019 BMW DIY R32E

1977 Suzuki GS550

1978 BMW R80

2018 Curtiss Warhawk
All winners listed below.
2019 The Quail Awards |
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Best of Show |
1969 Honda CB750 Sandcast |
50 Years of the Honda CB750 |
Spirit of the Quail Award |
Chad Castle Family Private Collection |
Private Collection |
The Quail Ride Award |
1986 Bimota DB1R |
Adam Cecchini |
50 Years of the Honda CB750 Award |
1969 Honda CB750 Sandcast |
Sam Roberts |
Off-Road Wonders Through the ’90s Award |
1969 Cheney/Triumph 750cc Scrambler/MX |
Scott Dunlavey |
100th Anniversary of the Brough Superior Award |
1925 Brough Superior SS100 |
Larry Bowman |
Spirit of the Scrambler Award Presented by Ducati |
2016 Scrambler by Ducati |
Tom Zipprian |
Industry Award |
2019 BMW prototype BMW boxer |
Revival Cycles |
(Custom/Modified) |
Innovation Award |
1989 Norton F1 preproduction prototype |
Stephen Haddad |
(British 1936–1979) |
Significance in Racing Award |
1967 Honda 450 Daytona Racer |
Ron Mousoris |
(Competition on Road) |
Design and Style Award |
1981 Honda XL500 |
Niki Smart |
(Custom/Modified) |
Why We Ride Award |
1962 Mustang Stallion |
Jim Taylor |
(American 1936–1979) |
HVA Preservation Award |
1929 Brough Superior 680 OHV |
Bryan L. Bossier, Sr. |
100th Anniversary of the Brough Superior |
AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Heritage Award |
1970 Jawa 652 |
Chris Carter |
Antique 1st Place |
1929 Douglas 4 ¼ |
Bill Wheeler |
Antique 2nd place |
1918 BSA Model H |
Budd Schwab |
American 1st Place |
1953 Indian Chief |
Matt Blake |
American 2nd Place |
1970 Indian Little Indian |
Clive Belvoir |
British 1st Place |
1964 BSA Lightning Rocket |
Robert Ives |
British 2nd Place |
1962 Triumph T6 Thunderbird |
TSW Collection |
Italian 1st Place |
1972 Ducati 750 GT |
Stewart and Renee Garrison |
Italian 2nd Place |
1961 Ducati Bronco 125 |
Kenneth Davis |
Japanese 1st Place |
1974 Kawasaki HIE |
Owen Bishop |
Japanese 2nd Place |
1978 Kawasaki Z1R |
Trace St. Germain |
Other European 1st Place |
1976 BMW R90/S |
Mark Francois |
Other European 2nd Place |
1968 BMW R60/2 |
Kenneth Morris |
Competition on Road 1st Place |
1979 Kawasaki AMA Superbike |
Kevin McKee |
Custom/Modified 1st Place |
1981 Honda XL500 |
Niki Smart |
Custom/Modified 2nd Place |
1966 Honda S90 |
Dustin Kott |
Extraordinary Bicycles/Scooter Award |
1957 Lambretta LD150 MK3 |
Eric Lussier |