Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum

When a former Porsche racing car driver retires, what does he do? He begins to acquire and restore old bikes. George Barber won 63 races. Then he chose to channel some of his enthusiasm into creating a museum for future speed aficionados.

Instead of vehicles, he began collecting motorbikes. He founded the museum in 1995, and his stunning, restored-to-racing-condition vehicles were included in the Guggenheim The Art of the Motorcycle exhibition. They also compete in several classic motorcycle races and continue to win. This is the world's largest motorbike collection and

The museum has around 1,400 motorbikes, with approximately 650 on exhibit.

They represent 200 producers from around 20 different nations. Any motorcycle aficionado would experience goose bumps just looking at the vintage Harley-Davidson, Indian, Honda, Showa, Cagiva, and DSK motorcycles glistening on the museum floor.