1914 Yale, one of the non-winners at Pebble Beach

Now that the 2010 Pebble Beach Concours winners have been announced and featured in numerous automotive and motorcycle publications, we asked editor Matt Litwin for some photos of the bikes that didn’t win. Most of these are just as pretty as the class winners and, like all of the winners, have to be able to start up and drive to the podium to receive their awards.

1914 Yale, one of the non-winners at Pebble Beach
1936 Crocker Twin
1916 Excelsior board track racer
1915 Henderson Long Tank
1915 Excelsior V-Twin
1908 Indian Torpedo Tank
1913 Flying Merkel Twin
1909 Reading Standard V-Twin
1909 Thor Road Model
1914 Yale Board Track Racer

One of the interesting stories of the day involved the third place winner in the X-1 class, the 1936 Crocker. Apparently when Dale Walksler was lining up to receive his award for third place in the X-2 class for the Harley DAR board track racer, the bike would not start. Brian Bossier, the owner of the Crocker backed up to Dale’s bike to give him a tire-to-tire bump start, so they could both ride to the stand and receive their awards. Who says bike owners are mean old cusses?