2:30-10:00 pm: Northern California Ducati Bike Nights at Benissimo (one of Marin's finest Italian Restaurants), 18 Tamalpias Dr, Corte Madera. NorCalDoc.com

6:00 pm: American Sport Bike Night at Dick's Restaurant and Cocktails, 3188 Alvarado Street, San Leandro. Bring your Buell and hang out with like-minded riders. All brands welcome! Our meeting of Buell and Motorcycle enthusiasts has been happening the first Monday of the month for the last 12 years, without ever missing a meeting. We have had many local and national celebrities from the motorcycle world grace our meetings. It has been fun and exciting. americansportbikenight.net

6:00 pm: California (Northern, East Bay) NORCAL Guzzi Bike Night at Applebee's at McCarthy Ranch Mall, off 880, in Milpitas, California. All MGNOC members, interested Guzzi riders, and all other motorcycle riders always welcome. More information, contact Pierre at: 408/710-4886 or pierredacunha@yahoo.com.

6:30 pm to 10:00 pm: East Bay Ducati Bike Night at Pizza Antica (3600 Mount Diablo Blvd., Lafayette, 925/299-0500) Bike parking on the street right in front of the restaurant, indoor and heated outdoor seating, excellent wine list. All moto brands welcome. Bring your appetite and a smile, be prepared to make new friends.

5:00 pm: Primetime Classic Autorama show (1551 Sycamore Ave, Hercules: Home Depot parking lot) Always FREE to show/attend. Bring all your classic rides: cars/ trucks / motorcycles / big rigs / military. ALL ARE WELCOME! BBQ / vendors / and a raffle. Call Professor J at 510/455-3093 or hit professorj.biz

Mission Motorcycles (6292 Mission St. Daly City, missionmotorcycles.com 650/992-1234) has Brown Bag Saturdays: 15% off all parts and accessories you can stuff into a brown paper sack.

9:00 am: California (Northern) Moto Guzzi National Owners Club (MGNOC) breakfast at Putah Creek Cafe in picturesque Winters, California (Highways 505/128) MGNOC members and interested Guzzi riders meet for breakfast and a good time. The Putah Creek Cafe is located at Railroad Avenue. More information contact: Northern California MGNOC Rep, Don Van Zandt at 707-557-5199.

Evenings: Moto-Sketch at Tosca Cafe: come and sketch a live model draped over a custom bike. $7 to sketch, free to just watch. Tosca Cafe, 242 Columbus Ave. in S.F.

Moto Bellissima Exhibit at SFO
The Italian propensity for artistic design, historically demonstrated in a wide range of manufactured goods, has perhaps never been better exemplified than in the beautiful motorcycles that graced Italy's racetracks and roadways in the 1950s and 1960s. Over the course of two decades, an unprecedented number of Italian firms, many of them lost to history, produced a dizzying array of small-sized motorcycles for a country with a desperate need for mobility after World War II. These machines were created at a time of impoverished resources, but consistent with a characteristically Italian insistence on producing, and demanding, objects of extraordinary design and beauty. Nineteen motorcycles, ranging from singularly produced racers such as Carlo Ubbiali's 1951 Mondial 125cc Bialbero Grand Prix to 50cc production bikes from the late 1960s, demonstrate that while necessity breeds invention, the results can be truly stunning.

Moto Bellissima: Italian Motorcycles from the 1950s and 1960s is located pre-security in the International Terminal Main Hall Departures Lobby, San Francisco International Airport. The exhibition is on view to all Airport visitors until July, 2012. There is no charge to view the exhibition. For more information, please visit flysfo.com/museum.

The Dainese D-Store San Francisco will be partnering up with Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this 2012 MotoGP season, giving local fans a place to purchase tickets directly. The D-Store hosts race viewing parties on its big multi-screen video wall for the entire season and Mazda Raceway will be present at the store on specific race viewing days to sell general admission tickets.

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca will sell tickets at the D-Store from noon-3:00 pm on the following dates: May 6th, June 3rd and 17th, July 8th and 15th and you'll save $20 over paying at the gate.
 • 3-day (Fri/Sat/Sun) General Admission: $80
 • 2-day (Sat/Sun) General Admission: $75
 • Friday General Admission: $35
 • Saturday General Admission: $45
 • Sunday General Admission: $55

1:00 pm to 7:00 pm: International Female Ride Day San Francisco Ride and Party at Moto Shop (325 South Maple #20, South San Francisco, 650/873-1600, bayareamotoshop.com) Group ride from 1:00-4:00 pm, then party at the Moto Shop in South City. The fun will include door prizes for some lucky ladies, including a set of Kriega hardbag liners and passes to the upcoming Adventure Ride and Rendezvous in Tahoe (including lodging for two!) and passes to the Bonneville Speed Trials. Check out facebook.com/IFRDSF for more info.

6:30 - 7:30 pm: Meet Josh Herrin and celebrate Mojotown's 3rd Anniversary (Mojotown Motorcycle Gear Shop, 1345 E. Francisco Blvd. San Rafael, 415/457-6656 or mojotowngearshop.com) Come meet AMA Superbike Rider #2 Josh Herrin and AMA Supersport Rider Zach Herrin. Bring your swag in to get signed by the Herrin Brothers and help celebrate our gear shop's 3rd year of business!

Take advantage of storewide discounts and enjoy refreshments courtesy of Mojotown and Stang's Hotdogs of San Rafael. Open House hours 12:00 pm 'till closing.

11:00 am-3:30 pm: Quail Motorcycle Gathering (Quail Lodge Resort, 8205 Valley Greens Drive, Carmel 888/828-8787, quaillodgeevents.com) The 4th annual Quail Motorcycle Gathering will celebrate The Evolution of the Motorcycle featuring Indian Motorcycles.

Building on the success of its Automobile counterpart, The Quail Motorcycle Gathering will offer a spectacular display of classic sports and racing bikes lined up on the pristine lawn of the Driving Range at Quail Lodge Golf Club.

This year's event showcases the finest motorcycles from the past, present and future. As always, to enhance your experience the Quail Lodge Culinary Team will serve an irresistible BBQ lunch prepared with the most fresh and savorful ingredients from our local farms and purveyors. Tickets to The Motorcycle Gathering are $65 per person, $15 for children 12 and under, and inclusive of a complimentary gourmet lunch and live music. More info: thequail@quaillodge.com.

AMA Pro Road Racing West Coast Moto Jam at Infineon Raceway (Highways 37 and 121 Sonoma) The two-wheel excitement of AMA Pro Road Racing returns to Infineon Raceway for the West Coast Moto Jam, May 4-6. Celebrate your Cinco de Mayo weekend with the ultimate motorcycle fiesta! In addition to six AMA Pro Road Racing main events on the road course, you'll be treated to Supermoto USA on the karting track and the return of the TTXGP Electric Motorcycles. And, don't miss free demo rides in the expanded Motorsports Midway, appearances by the Infineon Raceway Girls, autograph sessions and more!

CityBike Magazine's Ride to the Races: Ride with CityBike contributors, staffers and members of the major Bay Area motorcycle clubs to the West Coast Moto Jam at Infineon Raceway, featuring the best in AMA Pro Road Racing and Supermoto USA.

Meet us at 9:00 am on your insured, street-legal motorcycle at the Fort Mason gates (across the street from the Marina Safeway in San Francisco) for an individual ride/mutual destination caravan to the Infineon Raceway front gate. This is an individual ride with group destinations, so you bear your own risk and will ride your own ride. Purchase your Race and Ride Ticket now and save $15, call (800) 870-7223 ext. 161 or visit infineonraceway.com/citybikeride.

9:00 am-4:00 pm Ascot Flat-Track Reunion (NHRA Motorsports Museum at the Pomona Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave. Building 3A, Pomona, CA) First-ever reunion of riders, tuners, fans to commemorate those wild-ass dirt track racing days at Ascot Park in Gardena, CA, from 1957 to 1990.

Lots of NorCal riders are coming to the Reunion, including legendary Joe Leonard, the first AMA Grand National Champion.Big show with Dirt Track bikes and memorabilia on display. ALL proceeds benefit Aid to Injured Riders a 501(C)(3) nonprofit for injured pro Dirt Track racers.

Autograph session, memorabilia raffle, limited edition posters, tee shirts, hats, decals,six hours of unearthed Ascot race footage will be shown for the first time ever, and an 80 page souvenir Rider Program with 250 original Dan Mahony Ascot racing photos. See our Facebook page, ascotflattrack.com, or call Jerry Greer: 805/927-5697. Admission $10 at the gate. See ya there!

10:00 am-3:00 pm: Livermore Motorcycle Safety Event (Carnegie Park, Fourth St. at S. K St. in Livermore). Take your Saturday ride to Downtown Livermore! Stop by Carnegie Park and check out the local Vendors, Dealers and Displays! Try out our Civilian Rider Course and watch Livermore P.D. Motor Officers show off their riding skills! This event is free to the public. Slow Race, Free Inspections (no citations) and more. For further information please contact Livermore Police Officer Justin Lash at 925/371-4847

7:00 pm: Big Time Speedway Hang'em National Night Races at Prairie City SVRA-OHV (13300 White Rock Road Rancho Cordova). Methanol-burning madness as top-ranked national racers battle it out on these fast, light machines with no brakes or suspension, under the lights! Adult Tickets are $20 -- go to bigtimespeedway.com or call 925/786-3263 for more information.

9:00 am-7:00 pm Friday, 9-6 Saturday, 10-5 Sunday: Road Rider Motorcycle Accessories 34th Anniversary Weekend (2897 Monterey Highway, San Jose, CA 95111, roadridermca.com, 800/331-6684). Road Rider is turning 34! Join us for great savings on new and closeout items. Swing by on Saturday and you can pick up a free hotdog and hobnob with manufacturers and industry specialists.

FREE Cycle Swap Meet in Sacramento (Hwy 50 at Bradshaw Road, 9616 Oats Dr. Sacramento 800/762-9785 sacramentocycleswapmeet.com)

The Sacramento Cycle Swap Meet, held at the West Wind Drive In, is an •All Brands• event with over 100 vendors and over 500 bikes for show and sale. Riders and collectors from all ends of the bike hobby, including Harley, cruisers, choppers, vintage, British, race, Off-Road, Japanese, Euro, and bicycles get together to buy, sell, trade, show off, and talk about new, used, and vintage parts and accessories. From professional shops and manufacturers liquidating excess inventory to the hobbyist selling off leftovers from his latest project, you can find smokin' deals on hard-to-find parts and accessories. Ride out and park your Bike in the FREE Bike Corral to sell it, swap it or just show it off or get a vendor space and unload those old parts from your garage.

River City Beemers Spring Ridefest: (Gold Country Fairgrounds, Auburn, CA) Daily poker runs, door prizes, camping, food, nightly entertainment, event pin, 50/50 drawings, daily dual-sport rides and BMW rally-like event. The event includes camping at the Gold Country Fairgrounds in Auburn (off-site hotel options exist for the non-camping set), breakfast and dinner each day, plenty of self-directed riding (both road and off-road routes available), optional entertainment each evening, and opportunities to win awards and prizes.

Participants will pay $85/person and receive a commemorative pin. T-Shirts are available for an extra cost. More information at rcb.org/ridefest.

9:00 am-3:00 pm: Primetime Classic Autorama show at Infineon Raceway (Hwy 37 & 116, Sonoma) Always FREE to show/attend. Bring all your classic rides: cars/ trucks / motorcycles / big rigs / military. All are welcome! BBQ / vendors / and a raffle. Call Professor J at 510/455-3093 or hit professorj.biz

Both Days: Fort Sutter Chapter of the AMCA National Antique Motorcycle Swap Meet and Show (Dixon Fairgrounds, 655 S. 1st Street, Dixon, CA)

Activities include-Friday: Swap Meet, Vending, Technical Seminars, Bike Corral and an evening Banquet. Saturday: Swap Meet, Vending, Technical Seminars, Bike Corral, Field Meet and National Judging with Awards. Food, T-Shirts, Commemorative Pins, Camping and RV hook ups also available at the event.

NOTE- National AMCA Judging, All entries must be 35 years old or older. Vendors must be AMCA members. Public invited to attend. Spectators free, donations accepted.

For complete details please visit amcafortsutter.org or call 209/368-7259 or 916/452-9847

21st Annual Motorcycle and Scooter Ride To Work Day
To encourage record setting numbers of riders to participate in the 2012 Ride To Work Day, spread the word by every means possible -- word of mouth, print ads, web banners ads, blog posts, news and magazine articles, press coverage, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube...Together we can make this the largest, most impactful Ride To Work Day to date!

Public service ads, web banners, posters and other free downloadable propaganda material is available at: ridetowork.org/ride-to-work-day-ads.

Pease help spread the word. Thank you and safe riding!

9:00 am-4:00 pm: Bikes on the Bay, Capitola (Capitola Mall Parking Lot off 41st Avenue in Capitola) Bring the family and check out hundreds of pre-1988 American, British, European and Japanese motorcycles and scooters. Find the part you've been looking for at the Motorcycle Swap Meet or purchase your dream motorcycle in the Bike Corral where used motorcycles and scooters will be for sale. Vendors showcase the latest in bike accessories, clothing, parts and services. Enjoy entertainment, food and awards. Admission is FREE! More info: bikesonthebay.com or call 831/475-6522.

17th Annual Classic Japanese Motorcycle Swap and Show At the Gold Country Fairgrounds, Auburn (Hwy. 80, between Sacramento and Reno). Enjoy food, fun and the fantastic bikes at the West coast's largest strictly Japanese motorcycle event. Presented by the Classic Japanese Motorcycle Club. Details at cjmc.org (see our calendar section).

Saturday: The Swap Meet: (starts at 7:00 am and continues through Sunday): Find the parts you need Bikes for sale at the Corral Hear the sweet sounds of Japanese horsepower (new event) Learn at the afternoon tech sessions (new event) Don't miss the sunset group ride. Swap info: Chal at chal@sbbmail.com or 530/559-0350.

Sunday: The Bike Show (10.30 am - 2:00 pm): See Vintage, Classic, Race, Cafe', Custom, Off-Road, Future Classic and other bike categories (people's choice voting with awards to follow). This year we will feature Bridgestone Motorcycles. Pre-register and get a gift bag filled with moto-goodies!

Bike Show entry forms: Roger at rogere830@comcast.net or 408/933-8784

2012 NATA Rally at Mt. Madonna County Park in Watsonville (Mt. Madonna County Park Manzanita Camp Site 7850 Pole Line Rd Watsonville, 408/842-2341)

The 2012 NATA-RALLY is a non-profit Not-A-Rally gathering of motorcycle enthusiasts organized by a group of mature and experienced Moto Guzzi riders and enthusiasts. There will be plenty of motorcycle rides and camping surrounded by the local redwoods. All proceeds will be benefiting the Children's Hospices & Palliative Care Coalition located in Watsonville. All proceeds will be benefiting the Children's Hospices & Palliative Care Coalition located in Watsonville.

Pricing is $18 per motorcycle each night (Friday and Saturday). Due to limited space, camping is by pre-registration only. Please register for camping at the Manzanita camp site by emailing: registration@nata-rally.org. Day visit is $6 per motorcycle each day (Friday, Saturday, and/or Sunday). Day use visitors are very welcome all days. RV and/or Yurt camping also available, go to gooutsideandplay.org to make reservations. We will be adding more information about guided rides, activities, games and food as it becomes available: nata-rally.org.

10:00 am to 5:00 pm: NorCal Knockout (Solano County Fairgrounds, Vallejo, just by I-80 and CA-37). A nostalgic rock'n'roll bike and car show. Pre '70 American-made hot rods, customs, race cars, bombs. '40s to 60s traditionally styled motorcycles. Displays, exhibitions, lots of vendors, hot food, cold drinks, tattoo artists, pinstripers, live garage rock'n'roll and rockabilly. Moustache contest, speedboats, trophies, food vendors, more! Kick back among the many shaded tree areas, enjoy live music from the stage and great dj's.

Entrance for walk-ins is $10, Pre-registrered vehicles, $20, at-the-gate fee $25. More info: norcalknockout.com

9:30 pm: Oakland Motorcycle Club Three-Bridge Run -- All riders and guests welcome to OMC's big social event of the year! Barbequed burgers, live band, 50/50 raffle, trophies, poker run! $20 ticket includes food and music. Sign-in starts at 3:30 at the OMC HQ: 742 45th Avenue, Oakland. Call 510/537-5392 for more info or email lstewart39@aol.com for more info.

CityBike's 2nd Annual CityBike Day at the Junction, our regular excuse to ride Mines Road and meet our readers. Food, music, trivia contests, bike show, questionable prizes, seminars, bad jokes, seminars and much more. Check citybike.com/events.html for more information as it's posted.

CityBike says if you haven't done a Doc Wong clinic, go do one ASAP. It's fun, free and will make you a better/safer/happier rider. Register by emailing docwong@aol.com or call Full Motion Chiropractic at 650/365-7775.
 • Friday and Sunday April 27-29, 2012 "Dual Sport Adventure Riding Clinic" 7:15 pm Friday, 9:00 am Sunday
 • Friday night May 11 "Basic Suspension Part 2" 7:15pm
 • Friday, May 18 "Riding Position and Ergonomics Workshop" Fri 7:15 pm
 • Sunday, May 20 "Cornering Confidence - Lines of Travel (2 Step)" 9:00 am-2:30 pm
 • Friday night June 8 "Basic Suspension Part 1" 7:15pm
 • Sunday June 10 "CPR and First Aid for Motorcyclists Class" 9:00 am-3:00 pm
 • Friday June 15 "Riding Position and Ergonomics Workshop" 7:15 pm
 • Sunday June 17 "Smooth Riding - Body English-Weight Transfer" 9:00 am-2:30 pm
 • Friday 7:15 pm and Sunday 9:00 am June 22-24 "Dual Sport Adventure Riding Clinic"

More info: docwong.com

Take it to the track! Catch some of the best, most varied, most competitive roadracing anywhere with our local racing club, the American Federation of Motorcyclists.

For racetrack and spectator info orto find out about corner-working opportunities or how to get your race license, go to afmracing.org or call 510/796-7005.
 • May 12 and 13: Thunderhill
 • June 2 and 3: Thunderhill
 • June 30 and July 1: Infineon
 • August 4 and 5: Thunderhill
 • September 1 and 2: Infineon
 • October 6 and 7: Thunderhill