Moto 71
Moto 71 is our collection of motorcycles. It is displayed as a gallery/museum.
The motorcycles are displayed as works of art, industrial art if you like, but every effort has been made so it’s possible to appreciate each bike as a piece of beauty. Indeed, when everything is flowing in the right direction, the act of riding a motorcycle is one of the most moving art experiences possible. Moto 71 is set out as simply as possible, with little to distract. Seating is provided so one can relax and admire the lines, design, focus, colour etc of the 43 bikes here. The line-up of bikes changes sometimes, as four bikes are on loan. The Paloma bikes are nearly always here, apart from sometimes being away exercising or for maintenance work. It is a wide-ranging collection in regard to age, origin and focus. The oldest is from 1928, the newest 2009. The average year of manufacture is the mid-1970s. There are 17 from Italy, 12 from England, six Japanese, four German, one Russian, one French, one Czech, one from USA. At least a dozen are monoposto (single-seater), about half are sports bikes and the rest are cruisers. Rough estimate: seven are single-cylinder, 19 are twins, four are 3-cylinder, six are 4-cylinder and three are 6-cylinder. All are four-stroke, except five bikes are two-stroke. The smallest capacity is 125cc, the biggest is 1300cc. Ten are water-cooled, the rest air-cooled.
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