NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM

2019-09-05

This is a page of some photos and a bit of story. Go to the Smugmug Gallery or the Photos page if you want an overload of photos of bikes.

NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM PHOTOS - In my Smugmug Gallery

Link to PAGE OF NOTHING BUT PHOTOS And LOTS of them. I chose to make a separate page so that the few comments I had would not be burried.

nationalmotorcyclemuseum.co.uk

English Motorcycle Overload. There are so many interesting bikes here, that it is almost too much.

Just a small portion of one of the many rooms. It goes on forever.

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There was just something I liked about this one.

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1958 Indial 700cc parallel twin police bike??????

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Sure is.

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Ohhhhh, THAT's why. Weird times they were.

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And of course, T.E. Lawrence has to be mentioned.

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Along with what seems like every Brough Superior motorcycle ever.

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Some pretty unusual ones as well

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Golden Dream, a transverse (sideways) 4 cylinder 100 CC model.

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TWO Rear Wheels? Sure, is a Brough Superior.

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A stepped piston design. Brilliant, but impractical

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Piston design shown here on another model

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Just look at all the linkages and brasswork.

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I just love all this mechanical stuff.

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One of the weirder front suspensions I have seen. The rear "fork" is attached to the bike frame. The front "Fork" os attached to the wheel and moves via the arm that attaches to the first fork. Definitely looks to me to be a complicated solution to a non-existent problem.

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