The Virginia Biker Network » triumph http://www.vabiker.net Virginia Motorcycle News and Information Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:41:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 100 years of motorcycle design on display in Portsmouth http://www.vabiker.net/2009/08/100-years-of-motorcycle-design-on-display-in-portsmouth/ http://www.vabiker.net/2009/08/100-years-of-motorcycle-design-on-display-in-portsmouth/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:07:17 +0000 Hersey http://www.vabiker.net/?p=814 This summer the Courthouse Galleries space is looking more like its Olde Towne neighbor, the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.

Inside, motorcycles are everywhere.

There are 40 of them spanning a century in design, from a 1912 Triumph once owned by an Irish outlaw to a 2009 Zero that runs on electricity.

Visitors will find racing and riding garb from notable bikers, even from the Motor Maids, a national association of women riders founded in 1940. A section on local legends and videos of races round out the resemblance to a sports center.


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