ATLANTA – GEORGIA and ALABAMA

After getting all my things done in Texas, headed to Atlanta with some other friends and a new riding plan to Smoky Mountain.
Thursday morning, took the 7:45A flight, cheap one, by SouthWest:

Landed:

A friend of mine came to pick me up from the ATL airport:

He left for me this room in his guest house in Atlanta – two beds, with all other stuff i.e. kitchen, laundry etc…:

Get all my package stored at his house, he drove me to Alabama.
On the way, feel the heat of motorcycle, which I hard to see in Houston:

Arrived Alabama:

And almost there:

We stopped outside for lunch. The accent of people here make me difficult to understand. However, all the thing around lunch was motorcycle related – all the guys around talking about motorcycle, wearing motorcycle shirts… etc… What an impression!

Into the gate of the Museum:

Baber started his collection from 1989.
1994 he opened the non-profit museum.
Now there are around 1200 bikes models showed on 05 stories building.

Front view of the museum:

These Ducaties right at the entrance of the museum:

Some small stuff:

The museum is arranged with a “mixture style”. Means you can see all kind of bikes (naked / sport / cruiser…) and all year of them (old and new) on the same floor. I have asked the admin there, and he said that ‘s the intention of them. They don’t want anybody come in the Museum and miss some good stuff. They want all the visitor can experience every kind of motorcycle during their visit.

Many bike brands which I ‘ve never heard:

and many more….

During my visit, they had so called a qualification practice of the Vintage bike racer on the track behind the Museum. Enjoy seeing all the beautiful beasts in the Museum and hear the racing sounds from the windows – what a feeling!!

Oh, this bike looks sick:

This looked pretty new, even the wooden parts:

An interesting info is the starting point of this Museum was from three VFR – hehe, I am now riding a VFR as well :

Cool set up – feel like on a track:

Some special stuff, i.e. Micheal Jordan’s racing bikes:

Or a steam bike:

Just wanna have them all !!!

Spent some more time with the bikes and the souvenir shop, then we headed back to Atlanta for a dinner.

Here was where we had dinner that day:

The place is a meeting place of Atlanta bikers every Thursday night. That night was the last one before all the bikes are stored in the garages until next year riding season:

Great opportunity to meet with a friend, who is very impressed to me with his strength and great recovery after a serious accident:

He looks great as always:

And he could drink well, too:

Went sleep quite late that night for packing stuff for the long ride from the day after.