Rules & classes for the 2008 SoCal Chop Meet Bike Show:

The Chop Meet bike show is open to anyone on any machine, so long as the bike has been ridden to the event. NO trailer queens. If you MUST trailer your bike, don't be offended if one of our judges asks you start it up and wheelie it through the parking lot just to make sure it's for real. If you don't want to risk it, don't load your bike on a trailer. There are plenty of shows out there for dudes with box vans. Because entry into the Chop Meet bike show is free with every general admission armband, we don't think this rule is out of line. Of course, if you're a vendor who's trailering in all your merch and show equipment, you're allowed to haul your bike in with the rest of your gear.

BIke Show Classes:

Custom Chop Meet trophies from Chopper Dave's Casting Company will be awarded to the first- and second-place bikes in each of the following categories:

• Knuckles & Flatheads
• Shovels
• Sportsters
• Evo's
• European
• Japanese

In addition to these classes, six celebrity judges will be picking their favorite bike among all entries. The celebrity judges confirmed so far are:

• Chopper Dave
• Mike Vallely from Revolution Mother
• Matt & Dean from DicE magazine
• Kutty Notebloom from Hippy Killer Garage
• Street Chopper magazine Editor's Choice
• One special guest judge to be announced the day of the show


If you like riding and wrenching on hand-built death traps, the 2008 Southern California Chop Meet is your kind of event. Here’s why:

• Massive swap meet and new product expo

• Rare, vintage and hard-to-find motorcycle parts and collectibles

• Epic riding in southern California’s San Gabriel Mountains

• Free bike parking and show entry for everyone who rides

• Real hand-built motorcycles—not just trailer queens

• DJ spinning classic vinyl all day

• Live punk rock from afternoon to evening

• Good food and cheap drinks at Mountain High Resort