over the 4th of july weekend a few riding buddies and i took off for a weekend of motorcycling-
1st stop- solvang for a quick lunch and drinks
our appointment time was coming up so we walked across the street to the museum to begin our tour
up first is the 1962 CZ 320 DOHC, one of the most siginificant cafe racers in history
next, the harley-davidson vr1000, the superbike harley produced. 25 were made
if you saw the movie "the fastest indian" this is that bike, 1949 vincent black lightening
the owner also collected model cars, motorcycles and engines
1920 sopwith, by the makers of the sopwith camel
a suzuki rotary powered bike, suzuki bet their future on this bike and failed, they almost went under at that time
1952 mv 350, the 1st year for chain drive and telescopic forks
1957 maico typhoon- check the bodywork, and engine case, cast to blend into the tins
1945 125cc cz, these bikes became illegal to race due to crosswinds blowing them off the track
1932 brough superior, laurence of arabia was killed on the same bike.
early 1990s Britten, handmade of carbon fiber.
BMW r12, this bike was so reliable that the army had Harley-Davidson copy it
a couple pics from the races
the corkscrew- the most technical turn in motorsports. that's a 6 story drop!
1st stop- solvang for a quick lunch and drinks
our appointment time was coming up so we walked across the street to the museum to begin our tour
up first is the 1962 CZ 320 DOHC, one of the most siginificant cafe racers in history
next, the harley-davidson vr1000, the superbike harley produced. 25 were made
if you saw the movie "the fastest indian" this is that bike, 1949 vincent black lightening
the owner also collected model cars, motorcycles and engines
1920 sopwith, by the makers of the sopwith camel
a suzuki rotary powered bike, suzuki bet their future on this bike and failed, they almost went under at that time
1952 mv 350, the 1st year for chain drive and telescopic forks
1957 maico typhoon- check the bodywork, and engine case, cast to blend into the tins
1945 125cc cz, these bikes became illegal to race due to crosswinds blowing them off the track
1932 brough superior, laurence of arabia was killed on the same bike.
early 1990s Britten, handmade of carbon fiber.
BMW r12, this bike was so reliable that the army had Harley-Davidson copy it
a couple pics from the races
the corkscrew- the most technical turn in motorsports. that's a 6 story drop!
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