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I decided to post this in the ride reports instead of the Rally section, because there's a bit more than just the Rally stuff. This post is several weeks late, because I was kinda tired after the trip, then had to go right back to work, then came down with a cold that took me a couple of weeks to truly get over it, then more work stuff, etc, finally was able to make the time to upload the photos to the bucket, and make this post!
Every Fall I try to make the Xsive rally, and because I'm going that far southeast, I also go a bit farther and visit my 84 y/o Mom who lives in Enterprise, Al for a week before the rally weekend. My mom is a big part of why I ride. She was a motorcycle mama way back then...she started out with a Moped when she lived on a farm in Alabama, after she grew up there was a period when she wouldn't date a guy if he didn't own a bike(Harley's at the time)!
I had gotten a pathetic almost worn out 67 Yam. 305 twin stroke my last year of High School, but it spent more time in the shop than out. SO...Mom got me my first real new bike for my '76 HS graduation, a '74 Yamaha TX500A. I didn't know about the cracking head problems!
Had to have mine replaced also a few years later, rode it for some 6-7 years, took it with me to Japan where I picked up my XS11! End of that story.
SO...while visiting Mom, I decided to visit the Barber Motorsports Museum in Birmingham, a few hours away. I had read on here last year that when some other Xsives had visited it, that they didn't have any XS11 on display, they have 1200+ bikes, but only room for 600 or so at one time, they rotate them. I took a chance, and here's what I saw.
The front gates/entrance and the fancy Statue(s) out front.
When you walk in, you see this:
And to my delite, they had this on display in the rack:
I had to shoot this one from farther away, and my Flash wasn't strong enough at this distance, so it's a bit dark!
Here's a shot of what they say is the FIRST "Motorcycle", see the description plate below:
They even had an example of my FIRST NEW BIKE, the TX500 !
I'm splitting this post up over several posts, have had problems when trying to post too many photo links in 1 post before, see the continuation....
T.C.
I decided to post this in the ride reports instead of the Rally section, because there's a bit more than just the Rally stuff. This post is several weeks late, because I was kinda tired after the trip, then had to go right back to work, then came down with a cold that took me a couple of weeks to truly get over it, then more work stuff, etc, finally was able to make the time to upload the photos to the bucket, and make this post!
Every Fall I try to make the Xsive rally, and because I'm going that far southeast, I also go a bit farther and visit my 84 y/o Mom who lives in Enterprise, Al for a week before the rally weekend. My mom is a big part of why I ride. She was a motorcycle mama way back then...she started out with a Moped when she lived on a farm in Alabama, after she grew up there was a period when she wouldn't date a guy if he didn't own a bike(Harley's at the time)!
I had gotten a pathetic almost worn out 67 Yam. 305 twin stroke my last year of High School, but it spent more time in the shop than out. SO...Mom got me my first real new bike for my '76 HS graduation, a '74 Yamaha TX500A. I didn't know about the cracking head problems!
Had to have mine replaced also a few years later, rode it for some 6-7 years, took it with me to Japan where I picked up my XS11! End of that story. SO...while visiting Mom, I decided to visit the Barber Motorsports Museum in Birmingham, a few hours away. I had read on here last year that when some other Xsives had visited it, that they didn't have any XS11 on display, they have 1200+ bikes, but only room for 600 or so at one time, they rotate them. I took a chance, and here's what I saw.
The front gates/entrance and the fancy Statue(s) out front.
When you walk in, you see this:
And to my delite, they had this on display in the rack:
I had to shoot this one from farther away, and my Flash wasn't strong enough at this distance, so it's a bit dark!
Here's a shot of what they say is the FIRST "Motorcycle", see the description plate below:
They even had an example of my FIRST NEW BIKE, the TX500 !
I'm splitting this post up over several posts, have had problems when trying to post too many photo links in 1 post before, see the continuation....
T.C.
Note the modern day beast in the background! 
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