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US National Motorbike museum liquidated

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US National Motorbike museum liquidated

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Postby 88V8 » September 20th, 2023, 12:36 pm

In case you missed the sale of some of the most collectable bikes of all time including the only bike to hold the outright world land speed record, in 1906.

He did 136mph on those tyres :shock:

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Re: US National Motorbike museum liquidated

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Postby Redmires » September 20th, 2023, 1:10 pm

Nice. When I saw the thread title I feared it was the closure of the Barber Museum. I've never been there but will make it some day.

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Re: US National Motorbike museum liquidated

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Postby bungeejumper » September 20th, 2023, 1:55 pm

88V8 wrote:of all time including the only bike to hold the outright world land speed record, in 1906.

He did 136mph on those tyres :shock:

V8 indeed. Four litres, four aircraft engines! (In case anybody missed it, as I did, it's the pic below the speed record chart.)

My grandfather was a humble bricklaying foreman, but he was a friend of George Bernard Shaw, who lived nearby. My mother used to recall the sound of his Brough Superior as he thumped and roared his way up the muddy village track.

Sounds like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mhL2ddPpcU . Eat your hearts out, e-scooterists. :twisted:

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