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11-11-2009, 09:53 AM
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National Motorcycle Museum Birmingham UK Pics
Went on a pilgrimage to the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham (UK) last weekend. Here are a few pics,mainly Triumphs but a couple of other machines that I liked.
http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/c...ingham%202009/
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11-11-2009, 10:16 AM
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Tut tut you should've told us.  We only live just down the road! |
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11-11-2009, 11:01 AM
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Tut tut you should've told us. We only live just down the road! |
Sorry Nickwiz, Shame, had to buy my own cuppa at the museum 
Your lucky to live so close to the museum, I've got nearly a 3 hour drive\ride, depending on the traffic on the A14/M6/M42.
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11-11-2009, 11:36 AM
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Exceptional photos! Looks like a great place to visit.
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11-11-2009, 11:53 AM
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Nice pics, had a couple of those bikes over the years.
G ; )
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11-11-2009, 12:09 PM
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Exceptional photos! Looks like a great place to visit.
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Yes, well worth a visit if you come to the UK anytime. 4 halls packed tight with British Bikes (and a few from other parts of the world). A bit mind boggling to be honest, need to visit more than once to really look at everything.
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11-11-2009, 09:06 PM
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Museum bikes!
Over in the colonies (Hammondsport,New York) we have the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum with a lot of neat old bikes and Aircraft......But as in England the bloody curators must move those rope barriers to allow for decent photos.......That would be art!!!!!! Nice shots , thanks for sharing...Dave
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11-12-2009, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by barneys
Your lucky to live so close to the museum, I've got nearly a 3 hour drive\ride, depending on the traffic on the A14/M6/M42.
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I know. My folks live in Hadleigh and I grew up round there.
As for the Rope barriers. They don't mind if you carefully move them to get your shot as long as you put em back after. |
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11-12-2009, 01:56 PM
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Sorry Nickwiz, Shame, had to buy my own cuppa at the museum
Your lucky to live so close to the museum, I've got nearly a 3 hour drive\ride, depending on the traffic on the A14/M6/M42. |
I live about 10 minutes from Barber http://www.barbermuseum.org/ and I try to get out there at least a few times a year. Not only to support it, but they rotate the collection, so you always see something new. When you live close to something like that it is easy to take it for granted.
One of the first dates my wife and I went on was to the museum. I knew I had the right gal when iI was ready to leave and she wanted to stay longer and look at more bikes. |
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11-13-2009, 04:31 PM
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I can't believe I overlooked this thread; I guess I was arguing politics too much with HiD...I was fortunate enough to have the Nickwizes give me a tour of the museum on our trip to the B'ham and my camera was literally smoking by the time we left. I am in the process of getting all these pictures over to photobucket but I will start throwing some up to share.
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