Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker Paul d'Orleans riding Gene Brown's Best in Show 1932 Vincent HRD Python Sport at the Quail Motorcycle Gathering in Carmel, California. This year's show featured some of the most notable bikes from the history of motorsports.

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker The J.A.P. 1,000 cc OHV twin motor in Herb Harris' award-winning 1924 Brough Superior SS 100.

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker The Vincent HRD Black Lighting on which Rollie Free set a land speed record of 150.313 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1948. Chip Connor is the bike's current owner.

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker One of the Ducati 750 Desmos on which Paul Smart, et al., won the 1972 Imola 200 miles race. The bike's current owner, John Stein, received top honors at the Quail.

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker The nose section of the award-winning 1964 Triumph Gyronaut X-1 on which Robert Leppan set a land speed record of 245.60 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1966. The 2013 Triumph - Castrol Rocket can be seen in the background.

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker The cockpit of Peter Hageman's 1959 Ducati Formula III.

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker Mike Begley's award-winning 1951 Vincent Black Shadow.

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker The star of the Quail, Paul d'Orleans, sporting his Vintagent jacket painted by Maxwell Paternoster.