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A step into the re-opened BMW museum equals a step in the maker’s amazing history

BMW has recently re-opened its Museum after renewing it and rearranging all the exhibitions that attract so many people each year. Situated right next to the BMW Group Headquarters in Munich, the Museum is composed of 125 original exhibits and 25 exhibition areas that reflect the pure quality and dedication work put in every single BMW product, car or motorcycle. Motor heads used to travel to Germany especially for visiting the BMW Museum and now that another page was written in its (...)
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Harley-Davidson Museum announces Grand Opening date

Nearly 105 years in the making, the Harley-Davidson Museum, located near downtown Milwaukee, will open its doors to the public on Saturday, July 12. Grand Opening festivities will kick off with a Harley-Davidson-style ceremony at 10 a.m. and will continue throughout the weekend. The 130,000-square-foot Museum will add a whole new dimension to the Harley-Davidson experience. Visitors will get a feel for the freedom, camaraderie and pride that Harley-Davidson riders experience every time (...)
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Harley-Davidson Museum rolls out invitation to adventure

Harley-Davidson is inviting people worldwide to become a part of the Harley-Davidson Museum family through its new Membership program. Opening its doors in July 2008, the Harley-Davidson Museum is offering several membership levels, and those who join the Museum by June 1, 2008 will be invited to a pre-grand opening preview of the Museum, subject to capacity. All who have signed up in 2008 will forever be known as "Founding Members." Museum members will receive exclusive (...)
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Bmw Museum opens on June 19, 2008

After a construction period of around two and a half years, BMW will once again be opening the doors to the BMW Museum on 19 th June 2008. A major architectural and design redevelopment has extended the exhibition space fivefold to more than 5,000 sq. m. Following this new-concept rebuild, its trademark remains the so-called "museum bowl" - the unique, world-famous construction by Viennese architect Karl Schwanzer that dates back to 1973. Along with the BMW Welt Experience and (...)
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World’s only 100 % wood 1941 Indian motorcycle

This 1941 Indian motorcycle was sculpted piece by piece, process which makes it a real work of art. The incredible attention to details and the awesome fit and finish show that ambition and perseverance always pays off and, in this case, result into a real museum piece.

Harley-Davidson Museum installs first exhibit

With its summer 2008 opening on the horizon, construction at the Harley-Davidson Museum has moved inside. Most recently, workers began assembling the replica 1920s board track, the first exhibit to be installed in the museum. A popular pastime, board track racing was quickly outlawed because of its dangers. Racers traveled around oil-slicked tracks banking 45-degree angled curves at 120 miles per hour on brakeless motorcycles. The Museum will bring Harley-Davidson passion alive (...)
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Choppers and Pizza

It seems that the look of a chopper inspires artists to create useful daily objects that remind a rider of its passion even when….it slices a pizza. Or should I say rides on a pizza? Let’s not exaggerate here! Frankie Flood is an innovative artist with a taste for amazing thinks so as a source of inspiration for the design of simple Pizza-Cutters it choose choppers, going as far as it could imagine and designing these small Chopper-Inspired Pizza-Cutters which depending on (...)
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Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum’s new exhibit: ’MotoStars: Celebrities + Motorcycles’

The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum, the country’s premier showcase of motorcycling heritage and history, will spotlight over a hundred of the world’s most recognizable enthusiasts in its new exhibit, "MotoStars: Celebrities + Motorcycles." Scheduled to open in late March 2008, the 8,000-square-foot exhibit will feature many priceless machines, exclusive memorabilia and tales from celebrities’ favorite two-wheel adventures. A dedication ceremony for "MotoStars: Celebrities (...)
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Riding the Curves with MV Agusta (part II)

The Motorcycle, Italian Style: Riding the Curves with MV Agusta, sponsored by Cliff’s Cycle Revolution, has opened at the Stamford Museum & Nature Center on Saturday, Sept. 8 and it will run through the Bendel Mansion Museum Galleries until Jan. 6, 2008. This vintage motorcycle exhibition, from the Gary & Connie Kohs Collection, represents the MV Agusta brand history from the beginning of the second World War to nowadays, with more than 30 bikes, most from the Classic era (...)
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Harley shop visiting

It is a great occasion for every rider to visit the place where the world’s best cruisers are manufactured as Labor Day weekend will open for free visiting of the assembly line and viewing 2008 models during the third Thunder in the Rockies motorcycle rally which will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 1-2. The event, sponsored by Thunder Mountain Harley Davidson and The Ranch, will cost $10 per day or $15 for the weekend and it will again be set at The Ranch in Loveland on (...)
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