Re: OT - bikes

Oh man, what a loss. :(

As a bike rider for a loooong time, this is a particulary disturbing piece of news.

Larry

That just totally sucks.

-- Old Crow '82 Shovelhead FLT 92" 'Pearl' '95 Jeep YJ Rio Grande ASE Certified Master Auto Tech + L1 TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM

While I was visiting Germany back in 1999, I visited a motorcycle museum there where they had lots of BSAs etc. Anyway, I can imagine how sad it must be looking at the result of the fire. What makes me mad is why a place like that wouldn't have a Halon(sp?) system or at least a sprinker set up. 8 million pounds is a lot of money and I am wondering if this was a motive?

My first wheels (after a Cushman scooter) were nearly all British bikes in the 50's and 60's - had everything from Vincents to BSAs and Triumphs - and that museum was on my tour list for next summer. What a loss. I hope they can salvage some of it.

I was surprised at the 8 million figure - I thought it would have been worth a lot more. I would think a halon system would not be allowed in case the visitors were gassed. The bikes were fairly densely packed together and as they took good care of them, they would almost certainly be full of the normal fluids and with preserving oil down the bores. I think you would need one hell of a rainfall to put that out... we'll doubtless find out more..

Dave Milne, Scotland '99 TJ 4.0 Sahara

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:17:10 GMT, the following appeared in rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys, posted by "Dave Milne" :

A lot of history gone there; I hope they can restore most of them. That really sucks.