This weekend kick-started what may become an annual tradition.

Motorcycles of all styles were on display Saturday at the West New Castle Street Plaza for the Butler Bike Bash, presented by Cycle Warehouse.

About a dozen bikes were on display in the plaza. It followed the motorcycle themed art show at the AABC Art Center on Main Street Friday night.

Paul Danik of Mars displayed Penton bikes from 1971 and 1973. The bikes had 125cc and 175cc two-stroke engines, respectively.

Today, Penton bikes are sold as KTM, a popular brand in the off road racing world. But Danik, president of the Penton Owners Group, always will see them by their original name.

“I've been riding them since I was 13,” he said. “It's been a long time.”

Danik twice raced Penton bikes at the International Six Day Trial tournaments in 1973 and 1974, the latter year being in Italy.

Danik said his dedication to Penton bikes stems from the dedication the company's original owner had to them.

“I like the input that John Penton put into his motorcycles,” he said.

Danik said the idea of a motorcycle display downtown was a perfect fit for Butler.

“It's wonderful,” he said. “Back in the '60s and '70s, Butler County was a hotbed for motorcycle racing.”

Micky Ezatoff, owner of Micky's Tattoo Studio in Franklin Township, showed off two bikes he painted.

Ezatoff said there's not much of a difference in tattooing or airbrushing a bike.

“They're both the same to me,” he said. “I've been airbrushing since I was 14.”

Ezatoff said he spent 200 hours painting one of the Harley-Davidson bikes on display. In addition to painting, Ezatoff said he also likes working the mechanical side of motorcycles.

“I fix everything myself,” he said.

Gena Kopnicky, a manager at the Cycle Warehouse, said she hopes the event can be held yearly.

“I hope so,” she said. “We're kind of playing it by ear.”

Kopnicky said the motorcycle shop on Main Street has been planning the show since March, adding its employee Brittany Rohr of Evans City and the Art Center in Butler led the way in organizing the show.

“The idea was people could go to the art show Friday night then come here (Saturday),” Kopnicky said. “People would spend a night in Butler.”

The show at the Art Center includes vintage motorcycles and motorcycle-themed art such as posters. It will continue through Sept. 6.

Bikes at the bike bash Saturday were judged in categories of custom, vintage, sport, rat and best of show.

Proceeds from the event went to a kidney transplant for Maryjo Brown of Butler, a friend of the warehouse.

The show also promoted another motorcycle event next weekend.

Paula Gould of Butler was promoting a motorcycle ride to help a child.

The seventh annual Saeler-Solkovy Memorial Poker Run will be Saturday, beginning at the Rock Ann Haven.

“They always raise a lot of money,” Gould said of the ride. “It's great.”

This year the ride will benefit 2-year-old Avery Sue Cooper of Butler. Avery was born with a rare chromosome disorder and has spent much of her young life at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Gould said the ride typically draws several hundred riders and raised thousands of dollars.

Registration for it is at 9 a.m.