Motorcycle Valhalla: The Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum
Vote for your favorite bikes in the world’s largest motorcycle museum!
The Barber Vintage Festival is one of the USA’s premier vintage motorcycle events, hosted every October at the 880-acre Barber Motorsports Park outside Birmingham, Alabama — a complex designed with the help of motorsport legends John Surtees and Dan Gurney. While the festival and swap meet were canceled this year due to C-19, we were thrilled to learn that the AHRMA (American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association) road race, cross country, and trials events would still be taking place. We raced in the cross country event on Saturday, then visited the Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum on Sunday.
The museum got its start in 1988, displaying the private motorcycle collection of George Barber — the third-generation owner of Barber Dairies. Today, the five-story, 144,000 square-foot museum is home to more than 1600 motorcycles and race cars, holding the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest motorcycle museum. It is, in a word, Valhalla for motorcycles. This was our first trip, and we were simply staggered at what we found.
Just for fun, we decided to let you, our readers, vote for your three favorite bikes from the collection. Each reader gets three votes, and the winner will be announced on the evening of Sunday, October 25!
Voting ends in
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1867 Roper Steam Velocipede
1
1894 Hildebrand & Wolfmuller
0
1905 Peugeot Twin
0
1906 F.N. Light Four
0
1908 Indian
0
1909 Shaw
0
1910 Pierce Four “The Vibrationless Motorcycle”
0
1910 Royal Pioneer
0
1913 Harley-Davidson Model 9-B
0
1913 Yale h.p.
0
1915 Harley-Davidson Speed Roadster
0
1920 Mars Type A20
0
1920s Rush
0
1925 Böhmerland
0
1926 A.B.C.
0
1927 Brough Superior Model 6/80
0
1928 BMW R62
0
1929 Excelsior Super-X Hillclimber
0
1929 Harley-Davidson Peashooter
0
1929 Majestic
0
1929 Norton Model 18
0
1930 N.S.U. 501 TS
0
1933 BMW R4
0
1934 Harley-Davidson C.A.C.
0
1934 Harley-Davidson DAH Hillclimber
0
1935 Crocker Speedway
0
1935 DKW SS250
0
1938 Brough Superior SS100
0
1938 Zundapp K 800
1
1939 Indian B-Scout Hillclimber
0
1940 Harley-Davidson U.A.
0
1942 Harley-Davidson XA Military
0
1943 Harley-Davidson WLC
0
1943 Indian 741 Scout
0
1944 Harley-Davidson Model U
0
1947 Cushman Ice Cream Truck
0
1947 Sunbeam S7
0
1948 Vincent H.R.D. Rapide
0
1949 Jackson Rotrax Speedway
0
1949 Velocette KTT Mk. VIII
0
1949 Vincent H.R.D. Comet
0
1950 Vincent Grey Flash
0
1951 Vincent Black Shadow
0
1953 CZ 350 GP
0
1955 Harley-Davidson KHK
0
1957 Harley-Davidson KR
0
1958 Norton Model 30M Manx
0
1960 Vincent Black Lightning
0
1960s Honda 450 Drag Bike
0
1961 Maserati 50/T2 SS
0
1961 Parilla Wildcat Scrambler
0
1962 Norton Manx
0
1962 Pannonia
0
1966 BSA A65
0
1968 Egli-Vincent
0
1968 MV August 600/4
0
1968 Norton P11 Desert Sled
0
1970 Honda CR750
0
1970s BSA Double Engine Drag Bike
0
1970s Chevy Drag Bike
0
1971 Rickman Weslake Metisse
0
1971 Triumph Trident Production Racer
0
1971 Yamaha TD2-B
0
1972 Bultaco Alpina 250
0
1972 Kawasaki H1 RA
0
1973 Triumph X-75 Hurricane
0
1974 Harley-Davidson RR 391
0
1974 Kawasaki 1600 V8
0
1974 Yamaha TZ750 Drag Bike
0
1975 Bultaco Astro 360
0
1976 Honda CP750
0
1976 Kawasaki 850/5
0
1976 Kawasaki KR 250
0
1978 Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans
0
1979 Rumble / Yamaha
0
1980 Harley-Davidson XR750 Tracker
0
1980 Kawasaki H2750
0
1980s Harley-Davidson XR750 Nitro Hillclimber
0
1981 Indian Mini
0
1982 Honda Motocompo
0
1983 Benelli Sei
0
1983 Krauser 80 GP
0
1984 Buell RW 750
0
1984 Honda RS750D
0
1986 Buell RR 1000
0
1990 BMW R100GSPD
0
1991 Buell RSS1200
0
1996 Britten V1000
1
1996 Harley-Davidson "Captain America"
0
1996 Majestic Eagle
0
1996 Windle
0
1997 Morbidelli V8
0
1997 Wood-Rotax
0
1998 Jawa Ice Racer
0
1998 Kawasaki KZ1000P
0
1999 Harley-Davidson MT 500
0
2002 Cannondale EX 400
0
2004 Honda CRF450R Supermoto
1
2012 Kawasaki Z2300 V12
0
2016 Christini AWD 450 II-Track
0
Voting ends in
8 7 7 8 days
1 0 0 1 hours
35 34 34 35 minutes
24 23 23 24 seconds
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Vote for your favorite bikes in the world’s largest motorcycle museum!
The Barber Vintage Festival is one of the USA’s premier vintage motorcycle events, hosted every October at the 880-acre Barber Motorsports Park outside Birmingham, Alabama — a complex designed with the help of motorsport legends John Surtees and Dan Gurney. While the festival and swap meet were canceled this year due to C-19, we were thrilled to learn that the AHRMA (American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association) road race, cross country, and trials events would still be taking place. We raced in the cross country event on Saturday, then visited the Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum on Sunday.
The museum got its start in 1988, displaying the private motorcycle collection of George Barber — the third-generation owner of Barber Dairies. Today, the five-story, 144,000 square-foot museum is home to more than 1600 motorcycles and race cars, holding the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest motorcycle museum. It is, in a word, Valhalla for motorcycles. This was our first trip, and we were simply staggered at what we found.
Just for fun, we decided to let you, our readers, vote for your three favorite bikes from the collection. Each reader gets three votes, and the winner will be announced on the evening of Sunday, October 25!
Vote for 3 Favorite Bikes!
Voting ends inVote for 3 Favorite Bikes!
8 7 7 8 days
1 0 0 1 hours
35 34 34 35 minutes
24 23 23 24 seconds
1867 Roper Steam Velocipede
1
1894 Hildebrand & Wolfmuller
0
1905 Peugeot Twin
0
1906 F.N. Light Four
0
1908 Indian
0
1909 Shaw
0
1910 Pierce Four “The Vibrationless Motorcycle”
0
1910 Royal Pioneer
0
1913 Harley-Davidson Model 9-B
0
1913 Yale h.p.
0
1915 Harley-Davidson Speed Roadster
0
1920 Mars Type A20
0
1920s Rush
0
1925 Böhmerland
0
1926 A.B.C.
0
1927 Brough Superior Model 6/80
0
1928 BMW R62
0
1929 Excelsior Super-X Hillclimber
0
1929 Harley-Davidson Peashooter
0
1929 Majestic
0
1929 Norton Model 18
0
1930 N.S.U. 501 TS
0
1933 BMW R4
0
1934 Harley-Davidson C.A.C.
0
1934 Harley-Davidson DAH Hillclimber
0
1935 Crocker Speedway
0
1935 DKW SS250
0
1938 Brough Superior SS100
0
1938 Zundapp K 800
1
1939 Indian B-Scout Hillclimber
0
1940 Harley-Davidson U.A.
0
1942 Harley-Davidson XA Military
0
1943 Harley-Davidson WLC
0
1943 Indian 741 Scout
0
1944 Harley-Davidson Model U
0
1947 Cushman Ice Cream Truck
0
1947 Sunbeam S7
0
1948 Vincent H.R.D. Rapide
0
1949 Jackson Rotrax Speedway
0
1949 Velocette KTT Mk. VIII
0
1949 Vincent H.R.D. Comet
0
1950 Vincent Grey Flash
0
1951 Vincent Black Shadow
0
1953 CZ 350 GP
0
1955 Harley-Davidson KHK
0
1957 Harley-Davidson KR
0
1958 Norton Model 30M Manx
0
1960 Vincent Black Lightning
0
1960s Honda 450 Drag Bike
0
1961 Maserati 50/T2 SS
0
1961 Parilla Wildcat Scrambler
0
1962 Norton Manx
0
1962 Pannonia
0
1966 BSA A65
0
1968 Egli-Vincent
0
1968 MV August 600/4
0
1968 Norton P11 Desert Sled
0
1970 Honda CR750
0
1970s BSA Double Engine Drag Bike
0
1970s Chevy Drag Bike
0
1971 Rickman Weslake Metisse
0
1971 Triumph Trident Production Racer
0
1971 Yamaha TD2-B
0
1972 Bultaco Alpina 250
0
1972 Kawasaki H1 RA
0
1973 Triumph X-75 Hurricane
0
1974 Harley-Davidson RR 391
0
1974 Kawasaki 1600 V8
0
1974 Yamaha TZ750 Drag Bike
0
1975 Bultaco Astro 360
0
1976 Honda CP750
0
1976 Kawasaki 850/5
0
1976 Kawasaki KR 250
0
1978 Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans
0
1979 Rumble / Yamaha
0
1980 Harley-Davidson XR750 Tracker
0
1980 Kawasaki H2750
0
1980s Harley-Davidson XR750 Nitro Hillclimber
0
1981 Indian Mini
0
1982 Honda Motocompo
0
1983 Benelli Sei
0
1983 Krauser 80 GP
0
1984 Buell RW 750
0
1984 Honda RS750D
0
1986 Buell RR 1000
0
1990 BMW R100GSPD
0
1991 Buell RSS1200
0
1996 Britten V1000
1
1996 Harley-Davidson "Captain America"
0
1996 Majestic Eagle
0
1996 Windle
0
1997 Morbidelli V8
0
1997 Wood-Rotax
0
1998 Jawa Ice Racer
0
1998 Kawasaki KZ1000P
0
1999 Harley-Davidson MT 500
0
2002 Cannondale EX 400
0
2004 Honda CRF450R Supermoto
1
2012 Kawasaki Z2300 V12
0
2016 Christini AWD 450 II-Track
0
Voting ends in
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1 0 0 1 hours
35 34 34 35 minutes
24 23 23 24 seconds
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