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MotoAmerica produces a commemorative online magazine for its VIP “Superfans” following each race weekend. The one created for the April 4-6 “Superbikes at Barber” round at the Barber Motorsports Park was extra-special because it included a section about Kenny Roberts Jr.’s exhibition laps aboard the Team Roberts KR211V.
Roberts Jr.’s podium at the Circuito do Estoril in Portugal marked the last time a bike built by a privateer team led a MotoGP race or finished on the podium, noted MotoAmerica Content Manager Sean Bice. The Honda-powered KR211V is part of the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum’s permanent collection.
#BarberMuseum #Honda #KennyRoberts #MotoGP #motorcycle
Apr 22
MotoAmerica produces a commemorative online magazine for its VIP “Superfans” following each race weekend. The one created for the April 4-6 “Superbikes at Barber” round at the Barber Motorsports Park was extra-special because it included a section about Kenny Roberts Jr.’s exhibition laps aboard the Team Roberts KR211V.
Roberts Jr.’s podium at the Circuito do Estoril in Portugal marked the last time a bike built by a privateer team led a MotoGP race or finished on the podium, noted MotoAmerica Content Manager Sean Bice. The Honda-powered KR211V is part of the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum’s permanent collection.
#BarberMuseum #Honda #KennyRoberts #MotoGP #motorcycle
A gleaming, glass-walled elevator is the first architectural element visitors see when entering the museum. This stunning central feature will swallow a full-size pickup and has a lift capacity of 12 tons—twice the weight of an adult African elephant.
Four towers flank the elevator, each supporting 15 full-size motorcycles, 60 in total. Besides the concrete ramp that spirals down levels of the museum, the elevator is the only way to move large numbers of people throughout the building.
MEI Total Elevator Solutions, which has designed and installed custom elevators at a wide variety of locations throughout North America, manufactured the hydraulically actuated unit. The central shaft is moored 80 feet belowground.
A carbon-fiber Arrows Formula One chassis sits atop the walk-through car. What’s that at the very bottom? Why, it’s a life-size facsimile of a human skeleton and pet dog. Museum founder George Barber is well-known for his great sense of humor.
Photos by Joe Avila
#BarberMuseum #elevator #motorcycles #FormulaOne
Apr 21
A gleaming, glass-walled elevator is the first architectural element visitors see when entering the museum. This stunning central feature will swallow a full-size pickup and has a lift capacity of 12 tons—twice the weight of an adult African elephant.
Four towers flank the elevator, each supporting 15 full-size motorcycles, 60 in total. Besides the concrete ramp that spirals down levels of the museum, the elevator is the only way to move large numbers of people throughout the building.
MEI Total Elevator Solutions, which has designed and installed custom elevators at a wide variety of locations throughout North America, manufactured the hydraulically actuated unit. The central shaft is moored 80 feet belowground.
A carbon-fiber Arrows Formula One chassis sits atop the walk-through car. What’s that at the very bottom? Why, it’s a life-size facsimile of a human skeleton and pet dog. Museum founder George Barber is well-known for his great sense of humor.
Photos by Joe Avila
#BarberMuseum #elevator #motorcycles #FormulaOne
The car guys got their chance on the track last weekend - but we wouldn`t dare forget about our motorcycle enthusiasts!
It`s now your turn to bring your motorcycle with its Barber distinctive tag and ride around the 2.38-mile, 16-turn track! Be sure to get here as early as 10:30 am to check in as spaces will go FAST! 🏍️ 💨
The ride won`t start until closer to noon - but with your Barber distinctive tag you can enjoy the Museum for *FREE* while you wait for all your cycling buddies to arrive.
We look forward to greeting you in the Museum lobby for this one-of-a-kind experience! See you tomorrow morning!
Apr 18
The car guys got their chance on the track last weekend - but we wouldn`t dare forget about our motorcycle enthusiasts!
It`s now your turn to bring your motorcycle with its Barber distinctive tag and ride around the 2.38-mile, 16-turn track! Be sure to get here as early as 10:30 am to check in as spaces will go FAST! 🏍️ 💨
The ride won`t start until closer to noon - but with your Barber distinctive tag you can enjoy the Museum for *FREE* while you wait for all your cycling buddies to arrive.
We look forward to greeting you in the Museum lobby for this one-of-a-kind experience! See you tomorrow morning!
Cruise into the Park this Saturday the 12th before 10:30 am with your Barber distinctive license plate on your car, and brace yourself for not one, but two incredible gifts headed your way!
✅ FREE admission to the Barber Museum – because we believe in treating our Museum supporters right!
✅ A lap around the 2.38-mile, 16-turn track, where every twist and turn promises an exciting experience that`ll leave you grinning from ear to ear.
We look forward to greeting you in the Museum lobby for this one-of-a-kind experience! See you Saturday!
Apr 10
Cruise into the Park this Saturday the 12th before 10:30 am with your Barber distinctive license plate on your car, and brace yourself for not one, but two incredible gifts headed your way!
✅ FREE admission to the Barber Museum – because we believe in treating our Museum supporters right!
✅ A lap around the 2.38-mile, 16-turn track, where every twist and turn promises an exciting experience that`ll leave you grinning from ear to ear.
We look forward to greeting you in the Museum lobby for this one-of-a-kind experience! See you Saturday!
For more than 20 years, the museum has invited guests who have made significant historical contributions to the advancement of motorsports in the U.S. and overseas to sign the concrete columns adjacent to the basement restoration shop. Many examples are dated, and several different languages are represented. Which names do you recognize? Who has the most handsome signature?
#BarberMuseum #motorsports #history #motorcycle #racing
Apr 10
For more than 20 years, the museum has invited guests who have made significant historical contributions to the advancement of motorsports in the U.S. and overseas to sign the concrete columns adjacent to the basement restoration shop. Many examples are dated, and several different languages are represented. Which names do you recognize? Who has the most handsome signature?
#BarberMuseum #motorsports #history #motorcycle #racing
Supersport racer Kayla Yaakov wore a Barber Motorsports Park-themed HJC helmet this past weekend at the MotoAmerica "Superbikes at Barber" event. The vinyl wrap produced by Kentucky-based GearHead Design & Graphics featured iconic park sculptures crafted by Ted Gall and Bill Secunda, including Kayla’s favorite: the ant colony.
Kayla, who considers Barber a “home” track, had two strong performances on her Rahal Ducati Moto Panigale V2, finishing fifth in race one and seventh in race two. The 17-year-old Pennsylvania native is fifth overall in the points standings. Good luck throughout the rest of this season, Kayla.
@kayla_yaakov @motoamerica @rahalducatimoto @hjchelmets @ghdgraphics
#BarberMotorsportsPark #BarberMuseum #KaylaYaakov #RahalDucatiMoto #MotoAmerica #TedGall #BillSecunda #GHDGraphics
Apr 8
Supersport racer Kayla Yaakov wore a Barber Motorsports Park-themed HJC helmet this past weekend at the MotoAmerica "Superbikes at Barber" event. The vinyl wrap produced by Kentucky-based GearHead Design & Graphics featured iconic park sculptures crafted by Ted Gall and Bill Secunda, including Kayla’s favorite: the ant colony.
Kayla, who considers Barber a “home” track, had two strong performances on her Rahal Ducati Moto Panigale V2, finishing fifth in race one and seventh in race two. The 17-year-old Pennsylvania native is fifth overall in the points standings. Good luck throughout the rest of this season, Kayla.
@kayla_yaakov @motoamerica @rahalducatimoto @hjchelmets @ghdgraphics
#BarberMotorsportsPark #BarberMuseum #KaylaYaakov #RahalDucatiMoto #MotoAmerica #TedGall #BillSecunda #GHDGraphics
Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum restoration expert Chuck Huneycutt had the distinct pleasure of servicing and performing a raucous shakedown test aboard the Honda-powered Team Roberts KR211V that is now part of the museum’s permanent collection. Kenny Roberts Jr. finished sixth overall with two podiums in the 2006 MotoGP World Championship on this very machine, the only known running example in private hands.
Roberts Jr., whose world title-winning Suzuki RGV500 is also displayed in the museum, will be reunited with the 990cc KR211V during the “MotoAmerica Superbikes at Barber” race weekend, April 4-6, when he is scheduled to ride several exhibition laps on the Barber Motorsports Park road course. About his seven anxiety-filled loops on the V-five racer, Huneycutt joked, “I couldn’t wait for it to end, but I would do it all over again.” Sound up!
#BarberMuseum #KennyRoberts #MotoGP #MotoAmerica #Honda
Apr 2
Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum restoration expert Chuck Huneycutt had the distinct pleasure of servicing and performing a raucous shakedown test aboard the Honda-powered Team Roberts KR211V that is now part of the museum’s permanent collection. Kenny Roberts Jr. finished sixth overall with two podiums in the 2006 MotoGP World Championship on this very machine, the only known running example in private hands.
Roberts Jr., whose world title-winning Suzuki RGV500 is also displayed in the museum, will be reunited with the 990cc KR211V during the “MotoAmerica Superbikes at Barber” race weekend, April 4-6, when he is scheduled to ride several exhibition laps on the Barber Motorsports Park road course. About his seven anxiety-filled loops on the V-five racer, Huneycutt joked, “I couldn’t wait for it to end, but I would do it all over again.” Sound up!
#BarberMuseum #KennyRoberts #MotoGP #MotoAmerica #Honda