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"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle) 08/13/2020 at 13:48 • Filed to: TBOBAT, that belongs on bring a trailer, whats cars and bids

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when you see something too cheap on craigslist/FB marketplace that the seller doesn’t know is actually kinda cool or #quirky (should I make a cars&bids version?)

way2blu does a rev update > MonkeePuzzle 08/13/2020 at 13:56

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Me in a few years when told that about my bright blue MR2:

(2nd gen MR2 prices are way higher now than when I got mine, and show no signs of getting lower)

For Sweden > MonkeePuzzle 08/13/2020 at 13:56

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Museums are for nerds though

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 08/13/2020 at 14:12

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Guilty as charged.

onlytwowheels > For Sweden 08/13/2020 at 14:37

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Yes they are :)

https://www.barbermuseum.org

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > onlytwowheels 08/13/2020 at 14:43

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Barber is for motorcyclists what the Vatican is for devout Catholics.

I’ve paid my respects a couple times, but not since the Vintage Festival was still new. 

ranwhenparked > MonkeePuzzle 08/13/2020 at 15:12

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You could also change it too "that belongs on a trailer", the reaction of many people Harrison Ford's age when they see a nice car being driven and used for its intended purpose.

onlytwowheels > Dead_Elvis, Inc. 08/13/2020 at 15:17

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I went to his much smaller original museum and it was amazing. The curator even gave my step dad and I a backroom tour. T here were several hundred more motorcycles in various condition. Some were under restoration, other wa iting for their day to come.  I asked if it would be okay if I moved in, it was heaven.

Ten years later, I was able to go to this mega facility. Now the bulk of Mt. Barber’s collection can be seen. It i s an amazing facility. Once again I got the VIP treatment from the curator.  Truly magnificent.

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > onlytwowheels 08/13/2020 at 15:27

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It’s nuts. They run a peerless, world-class facility, and yet every employee & volunteer (most of the docents are volunteers, IIRC) I’ve interacted with* are humble & genuinely delighted that people love the place. My first visit was in late October, one of very few visitors that day, and I ended up wandering around the shop areas with one of the mechanics employed there, looking at recent acquisitions that weren’t quite ready for display.

The collection is so big, they only have about 1/3rd of it on display at any time, or that was the case when I was last there (‘09). A portion of it tends to be out on loan to places like the Peterson (or the Guggenheim locations, when The Art of The Motorcycle was happening).

*including George Barber himself. Absolute joy of a guy to talk with.

onlytwowheels > Dead_Elvis, Inc. 08/13/2020 at 16:01

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This wall in the museum, and the track side of the museum pay homa ge to the original display cases in the first museum.

Original display cases from first museum :

I believe the original museum had 200 or so motorcycles on display. I was told at that time, and saw, that there were 700 in the collection. I can only imagine how many more there are now.

There is more than motorcycles, for those that are interested in motorcycles (???) . His Lotus an d other vintage race cars collection is extensive, as is the vintage boat motors. Then there is the racing and swap meet events too.

I’ve done two of the G uggenheim Art of the Motorcycle shows, NYC and Vegas. Also fantastic.