One of the coolest museums I've seen lately is the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in Birmingham, AL. I'm really not a race fan, but from a design perspective it's amazing to see. What impressed me the most are the old motorcycles that are more like hopped-up bicycles – wooden brake pads and fabric chains. Simple stuff that worked. And they go upwards of 60 mph. All the cars and bikes in the museum are working models, and from time to time they crank them up and run them around the track there.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Mmmm, The Smell of Racing Fuel
One of the coolest museums I've seen lately is the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in Birmingham, AL. I'm really not a race fan, but from a design perspective it's amazing to see. What impressed me the most are the old motorcycles that are more like hopped-up bicycles – wooden brake pads and fabric chains. Simple stuff that worked. And they go upwards of 60 mph. All the cars and bikes in the museum are working models, and from time to time they crank them up and run them around the track there.
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