The Meltdown Event

On Saturday, the weather was nice (it rained all day Friday and will again Sunday) so we decided to ride up the Meltdown Vintage Motorcycle Show. The drive is a little over 2 hrs for us. So around 9:45, we headed up to Hendersonville, NC.

Driving up it was cloudy and cool. Great riding weather. As we got closer, the clouds started to break up and by the time we arrived, it was a beautiful sunny day. The event was being held at the Hendesonville Airport. The traffic getting into the event was a little slow (remember to get their earlier next year) but not too bad. After we paid and got our wristband, they had us pull into a grassy area.

Lets just say it was a bit soft due to all the rain. With our bikes, it was not an issue but they were trying to limit the heavy touring bikes that had to park on the softer ground. We got everything put away and headed over the event. I did notice that my bike stand was lower than usual (sinking in the soft ground) but thought it would be fine. Kirk has a addon creating a larger footprint and did not have any issues.

We made our way to get a drink and start looking at bikes. Kirk was also meeting another biker there. After getting a beer, she showed up and wanted to see our bikes. I stayed behind to start looking at all the bikes.

We met up after about 20 minutes. Seems my bike did not like the soft ground and fell over (oh well, yet another tip over - at least I was not on it this time). Some kind folks actually picked it up and put a rock under my stand for me. Thanks to whomever they were.

What a collection. You name it, BSA, Triumph, Honda, Yamaha, Indian, Harley...totally incredible. I found the first street bike I ever bought.

I could have shot 500 pictures but decided to just take a few. Here is sampling of the bikes that were there.

I really enjoyed seeing and listening to the Royal Enfield diesel bike. The 1915 Indian was quite cool as well. And the home fashioned Yamaha. Very creative. I would guess there were about 250-300 bikes that were part of the show. There had to be at 500-600 bikes that were driven TO the show.

Overall it was  great show and a great day. After the show, we went over to Kirk's friends house and went on a quick ride on some twisties. We ended up at Lake Lure where we said our goodbyes and headed back home.

We stopped at The Hoot Nannie for dinner in Forest City and ended up getting back around 9:15pm. Not a big fan riding the interstates at night but thankfully it was uneventful. After getting home, took a picture of todays summary from the bike.

Another 300 mile day. Great mountain roads. Great event. Great food and friends. Not a bad Saturday.