Fantastic Motorcycle Exhibition at SFO San Francisco Airport!

[New Mexico Brant]

If you get a chance go visit the motorcycle exhibit at the A Terminal (international) of the San Francisco Airport. It is up until September 19th, 2021. Free to visit besides parking, it is located in the ticketing area so you do not need to go through security (or need a plane ticket). Thank you to Jason Z for the heads up!

My favorite bike is the untouched “as found” Yale. Original paint, tires, and Yale grips; only a couple wires seem to be replaced.

Can someone please tell me why motorcycle restoration people take such short cuts on the pedals? Repop Torrington 10’s, Chinese repop Standards, and post war white blocks just look so gross on these machines worth tens of thousands + machines. It makes one wonder what else is completely wrong and incorrect with these bikes.

Sorry for the photos, it was very hard to take pictures with the background glare.

Still worth the visit!

 

[New Mexico Brant]

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[New Mexico Brant]

Final pictures:

 

[Jesse McCauley]

I get stuck in all the wrong airports -

 

[Balloonoob]

That's quite an exhibit. Thanks for sharing! Wish I could see it. I'm sure in some cases someone took the original pedals, tires, and probably a seat or some grips and swapped them out for repops. I imagine many of the older motorcycles that don't make it to wheels through time or get prepared for the annual 100 year old motorcycle race are never expected by owners or museums to actually run and ride. May as well leave what's left of the original machine for display instead.

 

[cyclingday]

Nice!
Thanks, for the tour, Brant.

 

[TrustRust]

Nice display !!
I totally hear you on the pedal thing Brant..
It’s made me mental for decades lol !!
It’s the first damn thing I look at on pedal era motorcycles

 

[GiovanniLiCalsi]

I’m planning to visit the exhibition!
Thanks for posting!

SFO is providing free shuttle bus rides from the South San Francisco Ferry Terminal to the airport. ... The SFO Ferry Connector Bus will meet each weekday morning ferry arrival in South San Francisco and transport passengers to the International Terminal at SFO in less than a half-hour.

 

[Freqman1]

That trio of board trackers gets my attention! Is this someone's private collection or on loan from a museum? I'm gonna have to make a trip back to Maggie Valley this fall but it won't be the same without Dale there. V/r Shawn

 

[New Mexico Brant]

! Is this someone's private collection or on loan from a museum?

They all were from private collections; three primary lenders.