January 20, 2006

Every January I go to my company's main office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for our yearly sales meeting.  Last year I had a free day so I went to Dyersville to tour the farm where they filmed "Field Of Dreams".  This year on my free day I went to Anamosa to tour The National Motorcycle Museum.  Some pretty impressive displays that took up 2 stories of a building in the middle of downtown.  Some of these manufacturers I had never heard of.

Here are just a few of the hundreds of bikes.  Most look like they were built yesterday.  Well worth the time.

http://www.nationalmcmuseum.org

1912 Henderson

1916 Thor

1915 Harley with sidecar

1906 Curtiss V-Twin

This one had a certificate signed by Peter Fonda saying it was the real deal from "Easy Rider".

1922 Ace

1925 Duncan?

One of Evil's Harleys

A record holder at one time.

Steam powered.  Would hate to be riding if the boiler blew up.

 1929 Opel Neander

Engines thru the years.

An Indian but don't know the year.

1914 Yale Twin.

View from my hotel the next day.