A few companies had sent showroom bikes, like EBR (whose bikes I detailed at August's First Sunday) and Eurosport, exhibiting Brammo.  There's a Zero SZF11.4 that charges outside my building, but I had never seen their main competitor's $15,000+ electric motorcycle, the Brammo Empulse R, that boasts a top speed of 110mph, and bizarrely a 6 speed transmission (but unfortunately less than a 100 mile range on a single tank).
 We bummed around for a bit, and were getting ready to roll when a rather large fellow came rolling in on a tiny Gixxer.  His gear matched this 50cc lawnmower powered GSXR, and though it looked absolutely ridiculous (see little girl for scale), I'm sure he had the actual bike at home.
 I'm not sure about this monstrosity either, though someone looked to have grafted an old Harley front end onto an old truck motor and frame.
 My riding buddies assured me that First Sunday used to be nearly ONLY European bikes, but like much of motorcycling culture, this event has been taken over by Harley Davidsons.

First Sunday in Ephrata, PA.

Recently returning to NYC from Nova Scotia, I motored down to PA this weekend for my grandmother's 90th birthday Saturday afternoon!  Sunday morning, I joined my buddy Alex to go to "First Sunday," a large impromptu motorcycle rally in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, where hundreds of local motorcyclists convene in the early hours of the first Sunday of each month


 Among the various bikes at First Sunday are always a number of vintage curios, above the Czechoslovakian-made "Jawa."  In addition to Soviet-era scooters, I later found out that Jawa was a long time manufacturer of sidecars.
 This bike was a bit of a FrankenDuc.  The owner was a Ducati-enthusiast by the name of Steve, who had dropped a 70's era Ducati 750GT round-case engine into a 80's era Darmah frame.
Looking like a yellow twin of my ST3 from the rear, the owner of this pretty Ducati ST2 was looking to sell it for $4K, a really good deal.
First Sunday in Ephrata, PA.
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