Showing posts with label Motorcycle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Motorcycle. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

World's largest motorcycle museum, way cool!

http://www.izoom.com/classic.aspx?article=barber%20museum.htm
The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum was built to showcase the world's largest motorcycle collection, near Birmginham, Alabama.

Friday, June 3, 2011

Bella Italia car show, Spanish Landing park, San Diego 2008... larger and better than last years, it had bikes this year... and a Muira




















Interesting design


Von Dutch, expert mechanic

These first 5 images are from http://www.arielmotorcycles.com/vond.htm




above and below from http://showandgo.blogspot.com/2009/10/von-dutch-engine-designs.html

the next three I've had since before I kept track of the sources of images



These are Harley's. Go figure, it was the 60's


How fun would it be to have a pair of '68 Yamaha Enduro trail bikes?





Pacific Beach dealership,

Black and yellow plates, now that would be something to enjoy.

You'll never see it again, but these were for sale on Craigslist 2wice. For 500 bucks, both times. Flipping for profit doesn't work out every time, sadly.

Dublin Mob Chopper... now on display at the San Diego Auto Museum!





Old Harley's are cool, El Cajon car show

Cool idea

Thursday, June 2, 2011

He's got the look, confident and cool, a hot rodder of talent and grit

Man Rides Cross of Car and Motorcycle
a cross between a Model T and motorcycle scrap parts, it can carry three persons. The whole thing cost only $18 and is the work of Gayle Lockhart.
Via: http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/Enlargement.aspx?id=VV3180&ext=1&wdid=ceac4b9907e44a15b77fc2d954cd6ad5

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

More about the Megola, 5 cylinder radial engine front wheel drive cycle

This one was found in a basement in New Hyde Park New Jersey, where it had been for decades, and they bough tit for 100 dollars. It took 7 years to restore



It looks like there is a lot on the web about it: http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&rlz=1T4GGLL_enUS326US327&q=megola&um=1&resnum=5&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

One is in a Swiss Museum, the collection of Joe Hilti, for the eye candy large format up close hi res hi def in color:http://gespannreise.regina-vetter.ch/wp-content/uploads/megola1b-1024x768.jpg