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Antique Motorcycle Club of America
Big Sandbar Chapter Summer 2013
Issue 13: 2
Long Island
New York
Son of the Monster Mash
Sandbar and South Shore Motorcycle Club
Vintage Motorcycle Show & Swap Meet
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Co-Director
Keith “Mudfish” Moser
Co-Director
Ronnie Wilson
Treasurer
Alice Moser
Secretary
Karen St. John
Membership
Kevin LoBasso
Newsletter
Layla Ferrante
Board Members Artie Gould
Jim Pederson
Doug St. John
Pip Sarser
www.thebigsandbar.com
Big Sandbar Club Officers
32nd Annual
Dinosaur Show The Oldest and Largest Antique Motorcycle Show in New York City
September 15, 2013
11:00am to 4:00pm
Admission: $5.00 All Proceeds to Benefit the Farm Museum
Info for Judged Bikes
Bikes to be judged should arrive by 10:30am,
should be stock (unmodified) and that model must
be out of production for at least 10 years.
Call Steve Eftimiades for classifications.
Vendors Wanted: Space Only $25!
Must call Steve to reserve space (a must).
Free Space for clubs setting up booths.
Activities Include
Judged Show of over 100 antique bikes
with over 25 trophies awarded
Live Music, Food, Vendors,
Swap Meet, Bikes for Sale
Kids’ Activities Include
Farm Animals, Hayrides, Greenhouse
and Farmhouse Tours, Petting Zoo
Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park, NY
[email protected] ~ for directions: Queensfarm.org
Free Parking
Amy Boncardo, Queens County Farm: 718-347-3276 ext. 13
Steve Eftimiades, Dinosaur Show: 917-501-6449
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Letter from the Co-Director RonWilson
[email protected] Hello to all Big Sandbar members. This is Ron Wilson. The Big
Sandbar has been very busy in 2013. I would like to thank all the
members who have helped out with organizing meets, runs and
other activities throughout the chapter.
A special thanks goes out to Don Spence and Mudfish for
putting in countless hours organizing, coordinating and running our
national meet in Rhinebeck, NY, at the Dutchess County
Fairgrounds. It was a huge success due to all the BSB members
there helping out. Thanks to Alice and Wendy, too, for putting up
with it all. How about that Lou “Rocket” Re? WOW!
On a local note, I would like to thank the members who have put
together runs here on the Island for us to enjoy. Joe and Laura
Manicozzi for the Son of the Monster Mash redo, Doug and Karen
St. John for being our liaison with the South Shore Motorcycle
Club, Steve Sorenson for organizing a run on May 19 (which will
now take place on August 4th due to rain; details to follow via e-
mail and Facebook), and Pip and Claire Sarser for organizing their
June 30th ride and picnic.
The club is humming along as summer has kicked into high
gear, and that is due to all the hard work the BSB board members
have put in. Thanks for making our job easy.
I mentioned e-mail and Facebook. I would like to remind
everyone of meetings and runs and send this great newsletter
(kudos to Layla) via e-mail. So if you are not getting my e-mails
and you have an e-mail address, please send your current email
address to [email protected]. If you are on Facebook,
look for our Big Sandbar Chapter group and request to be a
member.
Mudfish and I are looking forward to another great summer with
the BSB chapter. As our founder Penny Nickerson has said in the
past, “You join for the bikes and you stay for the people”.
Respectfully,
Ron Wilson
Updating Member Info Big Sandbar is updating our
membership contact info.
Everyone should send their correct
e-mail address and phone number to [email protected]
Thank you!
Mudfish’s
1970 Chicken
Power
Motorcycle
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Son of the Monster Mash April 21, 2013
MacArthur Airport, Ronkonkoma, NY
After being washed out by Hurricane
Sandy, the Son of the Monster Mash was
finally held on Sunday, April 21, 2013. As
Bald Hill was still unusable due to the storm,
this 16th annual car show/swap meet/flea
market/custom motorcycle show was held in
a back parking lot at MacArthur Airport in
Ronkonkoma, NY.
Despite the sun shining, it was a particu-
larly cold day. However, there were plenty of
vendors and tasty treats to keep us warm.
From bike parts found in Grandpa’s garage
to treasures from Grandma’s attic and every-
thing in between, there was something for
everyone at this eclectic meet. There was a
car show, swap meet, and flea market in ad-
dition to the custom motorcycle show.
Above: Joe and Laura
Right: Donny, Mudfish & Doug
Below: Pat and Steve on one of
his school’s
training motorcycles,
a 1995 Honda Nighthawk.
Laura and Joe Spoto worked with
Son of Monster Mash organizer Mike
Dixon to make the show finally hap-
pen. Thanks to Laura and Joe for all of
their hard work!
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On the cover, top photo, left to right:
Claire, Pip, Doug, Donny, Ronnie, Layla
Joe, Mudfish and Larry;
and (front) Karen and Laura.
Photos: Laura Manicozzi
Story: Layla Ferrante
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Son of the Monster Mash Motorcycle Show
Sandbar Member Winners
Best Stock Bike
Ron Wilson
1946 Harley Davidson EL
(right, top)
Best Antique Bike
Larry McLaughlin
1940 Harley Davidson El with sidecar
(right, center)
Best Classic Bike
Jim Pederson
1985 Harley Davidson FLHT
(below)
Karen and Mudfish
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Vintage Motorcycle Show & Swap Meet Sandbar & South Shore Motorcycle Club
Amityville, NY Photos: Bob Provencher May 5, 2013
Once again Big Sandbar and the South Shore Motorcycle Club
joined forces to put on a great vintage motorcycle show and swap
meet. The event was held at South Shore’s club house in Amityville,
NY. Thanks to Karen and Doug St. John for all their hard work as our
Sandbar liaison with the South Shore members.
This is the second time our two clubs joined forces to put on this
judged show. The trophies were made and painted by South Shore
President Rich LeGrow. Made up of various bike parts, the trophies
were pretty awesome. As you can see (bottom right on the next page),
the trophies are so cool that Lou Re had to fight members off who
were trying to get their hands on his trophy!
Doug and Karen also worked with the South Shore members on
this year’s t-shirt design, which are still available. Thanks again to
Doug, Karen and all the members of South Shore for all their hard
work putting together such a nice meet!
Larry McLaughlin’s 1965 Panhead (above)
and Steve Sorenson’s 1974 HD FLH Sidecar
Rig (below)
Lou Re’s 1974 Laverda SF2 (above)
and some rat bikes (below)
Above: Kevin LoBasso and Bob Provencher (left), and Mudfish (right)
Below: The family that vends together, stays together (left to right),
Jim, Karen and Doug St. John
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Another year goes by and the Big Sandbar Chapter
once again descended on the Rhinebeck AMCA National
Super Meet. This is our Chapter’s annual foray into the big
leagues. This year, as always, we were well represented by
our membership.
With myself and Don Spense on the board of the event,
we arrived on Tuesday evening to help organize the meet.
Wednesday saw us out on the fairgrounds chalking up the
over 700 vendor spaces for the next day’s arrival. It was a
long day, and the crew worked tirelessly to get this done.
My hat’s off to the vol-
unteers.
Thursday morning
we were back on the
grounds again to open
up for the vendors. Let
me say that in nearly
seven years of doing
this meet, this particular
Thursday was by far
my biggest challenge.
With a steady down-
pour from 7am to near-
ly 10pm this morning,
standing out at the ven-
dor gate greeting the
nearly 400 cars and
trucks that arrived was
indeed a big challenge! By 10am I was so soaked that it
didn’t matter anymore, and we ended up having a good
time with it! Jude Zimmerman and Ron Wilson were also
at the gate. They were handing out event booklets.
Friday came, and the weather was beautiful for the rest
of the weekend. Hurrah! The show was very well attended
and Big Sandbar was well at work.
With our member Louis “Rocket” Re on the grounds to
provide an amazing Evil Knievel jump show and the Evil
Knievel Museum on hand, as well as the Wall of Death,
not only was Big Sandbar well represented, but we also
raised the bar for the this world-class event.
Donny was very busy and got amazing help from
members Bill and Ali Sharpe. Ali worked the museum the
whole weekend, but we nearly lost her when we arrived on
Saturday morning. Turns out, when we arrived that morn-
ing, we found that two of the museum’s helmets were not
where they had been the night before. We were all very
nervous, to say the least. Thankfully, though, when the
owner of the helmets arrived on site from his hotel, he had
the helmets in tow. We all breathed a huge sigh of relief,
especially Ali.
Friday night we had our banquet. There were over 15
members from the chapter in attendance. The food was
great, and Donny and
Patch from the Wall
of Death entertained
us with their goofy
back and forth banter.
The judging was
again an amazing feat
with 88 bikes to be
judged. Don Spense
handled this part of
the meet with great
success.
There were over
10 members of our
chapter that pitched
in on this very diffi-
cult endeavor, includ-
ing Don, Bob Pro-
vencher, Pip Sarser, Ron Wilson and Larry Mclaughlin.
Bill and Ali Sharpe, along with Nicole Spense and her boy-
friend, worked the inside table for judging registration and
info. If you want to learn about the old bikes and how they
should be restored, this is a wonderful thing to get involved
with.
The meet is one of the highlights of our calendar
each year, and from my perspective, it was another big suc-
cess for the club. If you haven’t had the change to get to
Rhinebeck, plan on attending next year. This meet is con-
sidered to be one of the largest gatherings of antique mo-
torcycles in the world, and the venue is always top-notch.
Each year the meet grows larger and features more and
more cool stuff. It is well worth the trip.
AMCA’s 2013 Grand National Swap-Meet & Antique Motorcycle Show
Rhinebeck Fair Grounds June 14 & 15, 2013
Story and photo by Mudfish
Louis Rocket Re performing at
Our Rhinebeck National Meet
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2013 Calendar 2013
42 Linden Lane, Shirley, NY 11967
Date Event Location
July 19-21 Wauseon National Meet Wauseon, OH
August 2-3 Yankee Chapter National Meet Hebron, CT
August 5-7 Evergreen Chapter National Road Run White Pass, WA
August 12-15 Empire Chapter National Road Run Vernon, NY
August 24 Shelter Island Run & BBQ Shelter Island, NY
September 15 Dinosaur Antique Motorcycle Show Floral Park, NY
September 22-25 Fort Sutter Chapter National Road Run Sacramento, CA
October 4-5 Chesapeake Chapter National Meet Jefferson, PA
October 7-9 Neshaminy Valley/Seaboard Chapter National Road Run New Hope, PA