Barber Museum Pics. 56K stay away!

[vw151]

I sorted through some pictures and put up the one's I like. Sorry if the page load is long but there is some cool shit in here.

So..... favorites? The supermono is really cool. I actually thought the old school buells were really neat, the cushman scooters were unique. That Gilera 2 stroke with the single sided fork and swing arm was bad assed. For some reason though, I think the 2 stroke 499cc Bimoto might have been my favorite. That was a really cool bike and made me really curious about what it would be like to ride. I was also intrigued by the Yamaha R7. Basically Yamaha's version of the GSX-R750 but only 50 were imported to make it race legal.

The super bad assed 1000cc MV agusta was also cool and well the Britten Goes with out saying. The CF body on the 1125RR buell was neat too. It was even cool to see the 50th anniversary R1 that came with Ohlins from the factory. There were rotary engined bikes, big touring bikes, old harley's, military bikes, a sort of tree of bikes that spanned 3 floors, some old F1 cars, drag racing bikes, old antique boat motors, race cars.

There were tons of cool Ducatis as well but I suppose I'm spoiled as I actually know about and have seen many of those, honestly the supermono was the coolest ducati of them all.

Overall though, the museum is amazing. I know it's been said a million times before but the way the bikes are displayed, the way the museum overlooks the track and the breadth of motorcycles from age to rarity to commonality to type was just amazing. There were more bikes I had never seen or heard of in there than I could even mention and for each of those there were tons of common bikes. Mr. Barber does not discriminate. He has represented. I'd gladly pay to go in there again when we go back in March. It was just cool to take a break and watch the advanced track riders out the window occassionally. Mike or steven, what was the AMA guy we were watching school everyone? He was crazy fast. 1:28.6 on the day we were in the museum apparently. Basically he was passing the other advanced guys like they were trucks on the highway. He was lapping them about 2 times per session. Anyway..... enjoy!

[exSRAaron]

Fuggin' awesome pics!! The John Britten bike is of course my favorite, but wow what a great collection. I need to get down there sometime.

Aaron

[4DAIVI PAI2K5]

nice!

what is that yamaha r1?

[jbctown]

Great Photos.

[vw151]

nice!

what is that yamaha r1?

If you are talking about the red and white yamaha. It's an R7. Yes that's right a 750 yamaha!

[Disclaimer]

Neat photos. Thanks for sharing.

[Strictly Street]

Nice pics!

[max power]

Cant wait to finally make it down there. Thanks for the pics.

[yotaman88210]

Very Cool, thanks Joe!

[4DAIVI PAI2K5]

awesome! so thats what haga rode his first year in wsbk. always wondered what those looked like thanks!

[V4junkie]

Thanks for taking so many pics, what a beautiful place . . .

[Kosmo]

props and thanks for sharing

[ltsrunm]

I spent six months last year and early this year living about 20 miles from there. Spent a lot of time in the museum. It is a must see for anyone interested in bikes.

[JonS]

Nice pics!

[vw151]

props and thanks for sharing

Thanks, The place is amazing!

[APCh8r]

Glad you guys got to experience it, I have been there three times now and still am amazed each time I go back.

[oldschoolsdime92]

amazing photos. I think that'd be a great place to visit!

[Uncle Punk]

Great pics, thanks for sharing. Britten FTW

[e-flores]

very nice. that just makes me want to trackday it up at barber even more...

[swingset]

Those pictures makes me tingle in my Underoos.

[kawi kid]

very sweet. i think im gonna try to hit that up next year. gf's parents live in that area.

[warpspeed]

I want that suit, it will def fit me.

FORIZZLE!!

[chevysoldier]

Those are some sweet motorcycles. I've got to get there someday. Thanks for sharing.

[gamma]

Nice place I was able to get a tour of some of the bike they have in storage. They have bikes in storage racks handlebar to handlebar lets just say what you see is maybe 1/3 of the collection.

[twisted12]

I got to get there