Barber Museum Gallery Part 1

"Matt Nichelson" (whoismatt) 06/04/2018 at 13:00 • Filed to: None

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First off, big thanks to those of you who recommended me stopping here. I’m breaking this up into two parts since there are a lot of pictures, so do be warned!

I made the time to stop here on Friday on the way to Nashville. For those who don’t know, Barber has the largest collection of motorcycles (over 1,400 per the website) of any museum in the world. They also have cars (which will be in part 2), but bikes are definitely the main attraction. I’m not even much of a motorcycle person and I was extremely impressed.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Matt Nichelson 06/04/2018 at 13:10

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oh man... all those 80s racers... so much gib!

course then i saw this

what the?... i dont....eh screw the 80s racers just gib this... thing

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Matt Nichelson 06/04/2018 at 13:13

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I wondered if they had a Scott - figured they did with that big a collection - so went to the internets to find out.

Yep.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Matt Nichelson 06/04/2018 at 13:15

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While searching for the Scott, ran across this picture of a Douglas Dragonfly (visible in your third pic), which is the sex:

Goggles Pizzano > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/04/2018 at 13:31

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Matt Nichelson > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/04/2018 at 13:34

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So this was built by Orange County Choppers. It was on a show in season 3 of American Chopper. It’s also signed by Richard Petty.

Matt Nichelson > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 06/04/2018 at 13:36

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If you have the chance, definitely go. I wasn’t able to get pictures of everything since there were so many, but it’s an incredible place.

Matt Nichelson > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 06/04/2018 at 13:37

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There were soooo many bikes there I had never heard of or seen in real life. It was an incredible experience.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Matt Nichelson 06/04/2018 at 13:40

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lol.. ah man... being built by them kinda lowers its cool factor a little for me.... shoulda seen that coming tho

cheers :)

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Matt Nichelson 06/04/2018 at 16:22

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Your pics turned out way better than mine did! Nice job. I love that they keep it fresh. It’s changed a bit since I was there.

Matt Nichelson > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 06/04/2018 at 16:35

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Thanks! I think it helped that it was overcast for the majority of the time I was in there the lighting wasn’t too bright or too dark. I’m definitely going back to spend more time there one day.