Motorcycle Museums

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  • The Allen Vintage Motorcycle Museum - A good sampling of classic racing and touring motorcycles from the 1950s to the current models. Located near Boston.
  • AMA Motorcycle Heritage Museum And Hall of Fame - The American Motorcyclist Association looks back on a 75 year history of motorcycling at a new museum next to the association's headquarter in Columbus, Ohio.
  • The American Classic Motorcycle Museum - Features more than six decades of American motorcycle history. Includes Harley Davidsons, from 1936 to the present.
  • The Art Of The Motorcycle - The Guggenheim Museum in New York broke all attendance records with this show of fifty of the world's finest and rarest bikes. Introduction, good pictures and descriptions.
  • The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum - Birmingham, Alabama, collection of almost 700 motorcycles includes numerous 'Bikes of the Year' and significant 'first-of' i.e. first ABS-equipped motorcycle.
  • Bassella Motorcycle Museum - Features over one hundred restored cycles. Includes a description of the collection, photos and a map to the location in Spain.
  • Bench Mark Works - This private museum in Starkville, Mississippi is dedicated to pre-1970 BMWs and provides technical information for 'Boxer' aficionados.
  • Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Museum - Displays 33 motorcycles, artifacts and memorabilia housed in the Canadian Military Heritage Museum in Brantford, Ontario. Provides details of the collection, a calendar of events, and a forum.
  • Dan Rouit Flat Track Museum - This museum in Clovis, California, pays tribute to flat track racing with great photography, honoring men and machines.
  • Ducati Museum - The museum traces fifty years of Ducati racing history - from the Cucciolo to the glory of Superbike racing today.
  • Kersting's Cycles Center - Bikes in a barn on Hwy. 39 in North Judson, Indiana. About 60 rare models, most in running condition. Good pics and description.
  • Lambretta Museum - An old English church is the place to revere over 60 different motor-scooters, mostly Lambrettas and Vespas. The scooter store's collection includes memorabilia and accessories.
  • London Motorcycle Museum - Features restored classic bikes. Includes inventory, hours, admission rates, history, events, membership and directions. Located in Middlesex, United Kingdom.
  • Lone Star Motorcycle Museum - Displays bikes from the 1910s to present. Includes hours, admission rates and directions. Located in Vanderpool, Texas.
  • Moskow Museum Of Antique Cars And Motorcycles - The site describes the dangerous struggle of what we consider a hobby. Interesting information galore!
  • Motorcycle.com : Virtual Museum - Collection of links to topics of vintage iron, racing, restoration and history.
  • Otis Chandler Vintage Museum Of Transportation - On display in Oxnard, California, are over one hundred 'milestone motorcycles', a section of a board-track and many more interesting items.
  • Owls Head Transportation Museum - This Maine museum has a number of motorbikes with good photos and historical description. Planes and cars are the major part of the collection.
  • Panhead City 's Antique Harleys - Pictures of the collection of antique Harley-Davidsons of a H.-D. dealership in Rome, Georgia.
  • Pioneer Museum of Motorcycles - Home of authentic period displays of memorabilia and vintage machines, a working restoration shop, and state-of-the-art event facilities. Includes hours, admission rates, membership details. Located in Tacoma, Washington.
  • Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum - Unlike other motorcycle museums, this one focuses on people. The names and faces of the pioneers of motorcycling and their contributions are captured in photographs and biographies throughout the museum.
  • Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum - Fascinating stories and descriptions of some of the 150 working motor bikes, including famous factory racing bikes. Located across from the Isle of Wight in Britain.
  • The Shop: American Motorcycle Museum - In California hi-tech style, the Ventura museum offers move-by-mouse surround-view of the display area. Mostly H-Ds, from 1902 to the 1970s, and good photography.
  • Solvang Motorcycle Museum - The museum, in the Danish town of Solvang, California, displays classic motorcycles from 1906 to modern six cylinder bikes. Each month a different bike is featured.
  • "The Art of the Motorcycle" at Guggenheim.com - Guggenheim.com's multimedia presentation of "The Art of the Motorcycle" features 99 of the most significant bikes in the history of motorcycle production, from the world's first motorized bike, the Michaux-perreaux Steam velocipede (1868-71), to the MV Agusta F4 (1998), widely considered to be one of the most beautiful motorcycles ever designed.


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