First stop to visit my niece Susan in the same general area as the museum.
The trip was totally cool apart from the never ending road works, 50 MPH speed limits and the ubiquitous friggin traffic circles. I went round one 3 time whilst Ms. GPS figured out which way she wanted to go.
Here we are in her new pad with a little gift from Madame.
Man that hat's got a lot of miles on the clock, not to mention the guy underneath it!
Then, after a quick stop we headed for the Plage, no that's a line from a Jimmy Buffet song.
We headed for the museum.
Motorcycle Valhalla, except these are not dead heros, just resting.
Acres and acres of classic motorcycles of every possible design concept, some great some not quite so.
However, they all have one thing in common, they were all made in the UK.
In fact these are giants in the rarified air (not to mention rarified price) of classic motorcycles.
The one in the foreground is a Brough Superior 100 SS.
Made famous by of Lawrence of Ariabia. Lawrence owned seven Broughs over time was killed riding the seventh when he swerved to miss two boys on bicycles.
Lawrence named all of the bikes George, from I through VII, he should have called them Henry then he may have gone on to Henry the VIII.
Another NUT made in Newcastle. (Yeah! I know, there are lot's of NUTS from Newcastle)
About a Kazillion $ worth of Nortons of every shape, size, color, and design type you could think of.
After looking at motorcycles for a day, we set off for home with one detour planned.
To check out, you've guessed it, another mototcycle.
We stopped off in Wakefield to take a look at a Norton Dominator 88 which I had seen on a classic bike website.
This one is owned by a guy who has just retired and is making space for a diffrent toy.
The owner is a hardcore biker with a Harley Ultra Classic as his everyday ride.
This guy has ridden Route 66 from Chicago to L.A., TWICE!
More soon from the other side of the pond.
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