If you end up strolling by means of the City of Angels inside the subsequent two years, swing by the Petersen Automotive Museum for an eclectic exhibit of bikes.
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Around the World on Two Wheels: Highlights from the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum
Featuring bikes from the world’s largest assortment, the unique exhibit highlights their growth, from early origins as a easy means of private transportation to their modern-day international prominence
WHAT: Select bikes from probably the most complete and internationally acknowledged motorbike collections on the planet is now on show on the Petersen Automotive Museum. Founded in 1995 by former racing driver and car collector George Barber, the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, primarily based in Birmingham, Alabama, options bikes constructed by almost 200 completely different producers from 20 international locations across the globe. It represents almost each side of motorbike historical past, from common manufacturing avenue bikes to uncommon one-off Grand Prix racers.
This exhibit, which is held within the Richard Varner Family Gallery and situated on the museum’s second ground, attracts from the Barber Museum’s intensive holdings to focus on the motorbike’s growth, from its early origins as a method of private transportation to its modern-day prominence all over the world as a car whose model, reputation and utility parallel these of its four-wheeled counterparts.
Motorcycles on show embrace the 1928 Sunbeam Model 80 TT (pictured above), the 1961 Yamaha RR250 “Yellow Tanker,” the 2008 Honda CBR600RR raced by Jake Zemke and the 1905 Indian Single.
WHEN: Now Open till March 2, 2025
WHERE:
Petersen Automotive Museum
6060 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, Calif. 90036
Source: weblog.motorbike.com