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National Motorcycle Museum
A sad day for our sport. National M/C Museum has announced they will be closing at the end of Summer.
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Auf Wiedersehen my good friend. Best wishes for the future. Thanks for the ride.
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Auf Wiedersehen my good friend. Best wishes for the future. Thanks for the ride.
Larry Zimmer
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Yes, heard that in Vegas last week. Sadly, I think it was in the wrong part of the country.
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Re: National Motorcycle Museum
I know Mark Mederski, the museum curator (former AMA museum) quite well and he said, after John Parham passed away, his wife decided to get out of the museum. I don't know if she tried to sell it and did not find a buyer.
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Mark was an ICOA member in the early yrs of the club, he was the one who set us up at the first Mid-Ohio Vintage Days. Got us our own corral and secured the Honda Pavilion exclusively just for the club and that arrangement continued for free the next decade.
Both Museums struggled, the first museum was like a morgue, both times I was there we were the only visitors in the building. Here are all these machines that make the ground rumble and they’re sitting there quiet in a library, the atmosphere was sad like.
Both Museums struggled, the first museum was like a morgue, both times I was there we were the only visitors in the building. Here are all these machines that make the ground rumble and they’re sitting there quiet in a library, the atmosphere was sad like.
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I do not remember a corral in 1995. First one I remember was the 30 yr anniversary in 2009 which we shared with the CB750SOHC 40 year celebration.
After that, the AMA let us have a spot in the infield, which the club booked for a couple of years
After that, the AMA let us have a spot in the infield, which the club booked for a couple of years
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I don’t remember you being there for the first rally at Vintage Days, you would think I would have since I’m the one who worked with Mark to set everything up and hosted the event. Yes we did have a roped off corral that first year in the midfield in addition to the Honda Pavilion.
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And, sadly now, the Honda pavilion is also gone. ....."those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end".......... As the music went.
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I remember we had quite a turn out from the club members, a bunch of us stayed at the hotel right off of I71, some at the hotel in town (knights Inn)? and a few more camped at the track. I think we had 25 CBX’s in the parade lap around the track that afternoon!Larry Zimmer wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:47 pmAnd, sadly now, the Honda pavilion is also gone. ....."those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end".......... As the music went.
Wes Anderson would always have some very nice bikes for sale in the swap meet area!
Larry you and a couple other members could always be depended on to lend a hand during all the Rallies, those rallies couldn’t have been pulled off without all the volunteers!
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First thing that goes is the memory. I was there, I had my 1979 and 1981 CBX in 1995 and I was a ICOA member. Member No 3904
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Re: National Motorcycle Museum
"95 would have been about the time Dave Ditner brought his motorhome and cooked brats for us. I have several pictures of that crew, and of a young Tyler Bennetts.
Rick Pope
Either garage is too small or we have too many bikes. Or Momma's car needs to go outside.
Either garage is too small or we have too many bikes. Or Momma's car needs to go outside.
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Here’s that little Tylor now, has his own little one, Oliver turned 4 weeks old today.
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I guess some people are more memorable than others, like I said we had a great turn out that weekend and I was quite busy coordinating things and trying to enjoy the event with my good friends.
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Hey Rick or anyone else, do you remember the name of Ditner’s German Shepard he always had with him when he traveled in his motor home?
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Sure. Some people you remember for their personality and their knowledge, others for their skill of bragging about stuff they did in the past, with not much substance. I remember someone who did not miss an opportunity to badmouth the ICOA just after his good friend Mike Barone quit.
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Dave's german shepard was "Dammit"Jeff Bennetts wrote: ↑Wed Feb 01, 2023 9:31 amHey Rick or anyone else, do you remember the name of Ditner’s German Shepard he always had with him when he traveled in his motor home?
Rick Pope
Either garage is too small or we have too many bikes. Or Momma's car needs to go outside.
Either garage is too small or we have too many bikes. Or Momma's car needs to go outside.