This was my favorite section in the vast collection of old motorbikes.
Now what do you think that little guy pointing at his girlfriend, told the officer?
Like I said in my previous post, there were so many bikes in the building that it makes one's head spin. The place only opened a month ago and some regulars like the Italian Motorbike group and the German Harley Davidson crowd have held some meetings there already. Now I know that motorbikes are not many people's interests, but something like this is not often seen and kudos to that old guy for his collection that he gathered over so many years of his lifetime.
Did I mention the movies? In here are two of the ones that I think are the best.
Ever heard of the actor Steve McQueen and the movie called, The Great Escape?
Now I am not going to say too much about The Great Escape, but here was its nominations at the time.
Accolades
Nominated Academy Award for Film Editing (Ferris Webster)
Nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Picture
Winner Moscow International Film Festival Best Actor (Steve McQueen)
Nominated Moscow International Film Festival Grand Prix (John Sturges)
Selected National Board of Review Top Ten Films of Year
Nominated Writers Guild of America Best Written American Drama (James Clavell, W. R. Burnett) (Screenplay Adaptation)
19th place in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills
And then my other favorite movie, Rebel without a cause!
The Wild One is a 1953 American crime film directed by László Benedek and produced by Stanley Kramer. The picture is most noted for the character of Johnny Strabler, portrayed by Marlon Brando, whose persona became a cultural icon of the 1950s. The Wild One is considered to be the original outlaw biker film, and the first to examine American outlaw motorcycle gang violence. The supporting cast features Lee Marvin as Chino, truculent leader of the motorcycle gang "The Beetles".
After this, I went to see what was upstairs and I will also show you some other rare bikes such as this one below.
And that's it for now. I hope that you will try to watch the movies, as there is some great action in them and gripping story lines. We will of course pay another visit to the Vintage Bike Cafe when I have time to take more detailed photos, as on this unexpected find, I only took as many photos as I could during a short time period. It was really an eye opener, as there are many bikes that I have never seen before, and I like the historic ambience of the place. It feels like one is walking around in a cloud of old bikers that all want to tell you about their adventures on their bikes.
It was really a great time that I had in there.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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