Bike Museum November 2007 – Piccies!!

[Radar]

I actually set out to go to the Classic car Show with Thumper, but I wound at the National Motorcycle Museum instead.

A few piccies from my day there

X75, one of my favourite bikes

Sheene’s last race bike

No wonder they leak oil

Check out that steering arangement

Outboard rear disc – odd

The Norton rotary racing bikes of the 1990s. Wouldn’t it be great to see Norton rise again like Triumph has?

I love Vincents

Wild exhausts

Makes you feel proud

BSA Fury and its Triumph Bandit brother behind. 350cc four strokes from the early 1970’s abandonned in the pre-production phase. Hundreds were scrapped. what a missed opportunity. Honda sold 26,000 Superdreams in the UK alone. These bikes could of faced that sales challenge with ease

Prototype Triumph 1000cc four. Could of taken on the Z1 and CB750

Just exquisite

Finely crafted, what wonderful workmanship

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Some great pics bud, that’s what it is (was) all about.

[Radar]

Cheers ID, it is a really interesting place but I come away with a sense of frustration at all the opportunities we missed in the UK. The Fury/Bandit and 1,000cc four cylinder Triumphs are just a couple of examples

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