The St. Francis Motorcycle Museum
Kent opened early to let me in to see the museum.
When I split off from the rest of the RMMRC group doing the Great River Road ride, on our final day headed for home, to check out the St. Francis Motorcycle Museum in St. Francis, Kansas, I didn’t expect to get to go in. But I got lucky–Kent was already in for the morning and he saw me and opened the door.
After Kent showed me some of the highlights of the museum I spotted one thing in particular I was looking for and led him to that. This was just a couple sheets of paper tacked on a bulletin board and hanging on the wall, telling about the “famed” motorcycle racer Roy Blakeney. Of course, this is the Roy who had been riding sweep on our whole trip. He said oh yes, they know Roy well, was that who I was with, too bad he didn’t stop in, too.
Then he showed me the “vault,” a room in the center of the building where the most valuable bikes are kept locked in when they’re not open. These, he said, are mainly one-of-a-kind bikes that you won’t see anywhere else. So here’s a bunch of photos of some of the bikes the museum has on display.
I don’t know what this is.
I think everyone knows what this is.
Gotta be a replica.
Now we’re into the rare ones.
Ever seen this one before?
More one-of-a-kinds.
And even more.
That’s a nice looking bike.
And then, back out on the floor, another strange one I have no idea of what it is.
So there you go. If you’re ever in the vicinity of St. Francis, Kansas, I’d recommend you stop in. You can’t go wrong.
Biker Quote for Today
Yes I’m addicted to my bike because it’s way better than being addicted to fake love.
