One more thing to add to your "bucket-list", Motorcyclepedia motorcycle museum opens in Newburgh, New York.
Gerald A. Doering bought his first bike, a 1929 Indian Scout in 1947. Hoping to get a job at a motorcycle dealership that moved from Newburgh, New York to Florida, Doering rode his 1929 Indian to Florida. When the job didn’t pan out, he rode that same Indian back to Newburgh.
Gerald Doering than began to collect Indian motorcycles, and over the years, collected Indians from every year of their manufacture, 1901-1953. His passion for collecting motorcycles was shared with his son, Ted, and in 1971, the father and son team started an after-market motorcycle parts business, V-Twin Manufacturing, in New Windsor, New York. The success of the company made it possible for the father and son to expand their motorcycle and memorabilia collection and in 2010, Ted began putting together what is now an 85,000 sq. ft. museum in Newburgh.
Their collection now spans well over 400 motorcycles, ranging from Indians, Harleys, Military and Police models, choppers, vintage hill-climbers, classic British and Japanese bikes, and from America's glory days of motorcycle manufacturing, machines such as Thor, Cleveland, Flying Merkel, Pierce and Reading Standard, to name but a few.
The museum’s Indian Room features the world’s most complete Indian Timeline.
