Weekly Events
Bar Matchless in Brooklyn has a motorcycle night every Monday. During race season they show video from Moto GP and Superbike, or they have classic motorcycle movies playing.
Tuesday nights is the Ear Inn, which is one of the oldest pubs in the city. Located at 326 Spring St way over on the west side there is not much around that part of town so its not too hard to park your bike. However, on warm summer nights over a hundred bikes will show up so try to get there by 8pm to get a prime spot.
Wednesday is Cine Meccanica at Lady Jay’s 633 Grand St between Leonard & Manhattan, Brooklyn. Films start at 8pm and check the website to see what’s playing.
Coffee Sunday mornings at Union Garage. Located at 103 Union St. Brooklyn, right next door to Moto Borgotaro and Scooter Bottega.
Annual Events
Every September is the Annual Antique Motorcycle Show at the Queens County Farm museum. This show will include a display of various makes and models of motorcycles that have been out of production 10 years or more. Music, farmhouse tours, hayrides, petting zoo and food with provide fun for the entire family.
Every January the International Motorcycle Show comes to the Javits center for a few days. Its a great event with all major manufacturers attending and lots of vendors selling gear.
Also late in the summer is the New York Vintage Motorcycle Show, aka Detonation vintage motor cycle show and live music extravaganza! Its held at the Works Engineering garage and is also sponsored by NYC Vin Moto.
In the fall is the Motorcycle Film Festival bring short and feature length narratives as well as documentaries and experimental films to NYC motorcyclist. See the site for the schedule.
The Isle of Man(hattan) ride is on new year’s day of every year. It starts at High noon at the Sidewalk cafe, 6th Street and Ave A.
Event Calendars
We are in AMA District 34. If you join their group on yahoo you can look though the event calendar and its not a bad idea to join the AMA!!!
Or you can see what comes up on MotoNYC!
Dead Events
The Gotham Motorcycle Classic takes place at the Intrepid Museum on Pier 86 on the west side of Manhattan. This event showcases Custom and Classic bikes. Its an open event so check their website on how to register your bike!
If you are into scooters the Gotham Rally has a yearly event. The rally lasts for a full week with events planned for every day: midnight rides, dinners, bar crawls.
The Marcus dairy started off as just meeting place for people out on a Sunday ride in Ct. It is now one of the largest gatherings in the area.
