TRACKER 88 - 1st Place at Warrs Custom Night

Thursday, 25 July

Ace Cafe / Warrs Harley Night

I only heard about the event because a friend of mine (Steve Skaar) had mentioned that

there was a Harley night at the Ace Cafe on Thursday evening.  I don't normally go to many
events but I hadn't been to the Ace in ages and as the weather looked particularly amazing I
decided to hop on the Tracker 88 and go down.

Before arriving I decided to check what time the event started and realised that it was a
WARRS Harley night and there would be a prize for the Best HD Customised Harley.
I thought - 'hmmmm . . . now THAT would be cool if the first bike that
JAPMotorcycles built won a prize' - but that wasn't my objective for going
as I never thought I'd even place!

I arrived and to my absolute joy, standing in the retro 50's Ace Cafe were Neil Sparks and the
lovely Karla Dunnett. We were all pretty early so we sat down and watched all the bikes
slowly roll in. I explained to them that tonight was a competition for the best custom Harley.
We joked and said WE had No chance!! :)

Custom bike after custom bike rolled into the Ace Cafe and Nosh (Neil Sparks . . . I'll explain later!!)
and I put together our list of winners which changed by the minute!

Steve Skaar and Chaz arrived a little into the night and we all had a good gander at the bikes.
I also enjoyed a fantastic Cuban Cigar from my quickly depleting stocks!!  The night drew to a close
and we all said our goodbyes and as I headed back to my bike there was a yellow Post-It note
on my tank saying:

"Please come and see us at the Warrs Van"

As I walked over to the van I slowly started to realise that I had possibly won a place in
the competition. As I was walking to my left I saw a fimiliar face walking towards the van too.

It was only NOSH!!!

As I approached the van Rob Warr was standing there.

He looked at me strangley as I said:

"I had this Post-It note on my bike"

"Which one is yours?" he said.

"It's the TRACKER 88!"

"We love that bike . . . You've come FIRST!!

I didn't know that was YOUR bike!"

At first I was totally shocked and speechless . . . I didn't expect my bike to win
anything at all so it was a fantastic surprise to learn that I'd placed and actually WON!!

And, not only that, NOSH had come 2nd!!!

What a great ending to a fab night!!

Thanks to WARRS and the Ace Cafe!!!!

I look forward to spending my £250 voucher on some tasty parts!!

Pictures Supplied by Charlie Stockwell from Warrs Harley Davidson.