The Barber Vintage festival will take place over the October 8-9-10 weekend near BIrmingham, Alabama.  This is a stellar 3-day weekend filled with tons of classic bikes (dirt and pavement) , vintage racing (trials, roadracing, MX, etc), a spectacular location to hang about, good local roads for riding,  a world-class museum, and dirt-cheap admission to all of the above.   There were also stunt shows by vintage aircraft and  tons of spectators on unusual machinery all taking place at a world-class facility that caters to bikes first and foremost.

The plan is, we just attend the vintage festival, and use that as an excuse to get together with our Gammas,  RZ500s,  and whatever 2-strokes we can muster.  There will be no shortage of things to see at the gorgeous track or museum (one of the best motorcycle museums in the world), there are all sorts of good riding destinations in Alabama,  and if you are bent on riding around Barber you could even do the promoter's practice on Friday.   Or take a parade lap during the weekend.   I went to the vintage fest this past October and it was GREAT.   It would be a perfect venue to get together with our cool bikes. in an atmosphere that actually appreciates vintage machinery! 

There is even an exhibition "open 2-stroke GP" class that will be run on Saturday and Sunday, and Gamma owners so inclined could even take to the racetrack to lay down some blue smoke over the weekend.   Licensed racers only, alas.  

If nothing else,  drag yourself and your Gamma or RZ down to Barber for 3 days of benchracing, oogling bikes, and hanging about with the rest of the 2-stroke gang.  You will suffer an overdose of cool hardware exposure and probably go home with a strained jaw from chattering for 3 days, but other than that I think we'd have a blast own there.   

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more info on barber vintage festival:

http://www.barbervintagefestival.org/

barber museum:   http://barbermuseum.org/

AHRMA (vintage racing):   http://www.ahrma.org/