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Come one, come all: Have you purchased tickets for the 2025 Barber Vintage Festival, October 3-5? Legendary racer, tuner, and team owner Eraldo Ferracci will serve as grand marshal for this year’s 20th anniversary event.
The genial octogenarian, whose many achievements under the “Fast by Ferracci” banner are well-represented in the museum, remains an integral member of the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati team competing in the MotoAmerica series.
Reminder: Children 15 years of age and under receive free entry to the Barber Vintage Festival when accompanied by a ticketed adult.
https://www.barbermuseum.org/barber-vintage-festival/
#BarberMuseum #BarberMotorsportsPark #EraldoFerracci #FastByFerracci #BarberVintageFestival
Jun 3
Come one, come all: Have you purchased tickets for the 2025 Barber Vintage Festival, October 3-5? Legendary racer, tuner, and team owner Eraldo Ferracci will serve as grand marshal for this year’s 20th anniversary event.
The genial octogenarian, whose many achievements under the “Fast by Ferracci” banner are well-represented in the museum, remains an integral member of the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati team competing in the MotoAmerica series.
Reminder: Children 15 years of age and under receive free entry to the Barber Vintage Festival when accompanied by a ticketed adult.
https://www.barbermuseum.org/barber-vintage-festival/
#BarberMuseum #BarberMotorsportsPark #EraldoFerracci #FastByFerracci #BarberVintageFestival
Membership: What’s in it for you? By supporting the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, you help continue our dedication to the exhibition, history, interpretation, and preservation of motorcycles, vintage vehicles, and motorsports.
Benefits include admission to the museum and discounts on additional admissions, access to seminars and the online video archive, discounts on merchandise in the gift store, and a digital copy of the quarterly Vintage Insider News.
Membership further affords discounted hospitality packages at specific ticketed events. Plus, up to four times per year, you will be able to purchase Porsche hot laps around the 17-turn, 2.38-mile Barber Motorsports Park road course.
#BarberMuseum #membership #motorcycle #Porsche
May 29
Membership: What’s in it for you? By supporting the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, you help continue our dedication to the exhibition, history, interpretation, and preservation of motorcycles, vintage vehicles, and motorsports.
Benefits include admission to the museum and discounts on additional admissions, access to seminars and the online video archive, discounts on merchandise in the gift store, and a digital copy of the quarterly Vintage Insider News.
Membership further affords discounted hospitality packages at specific ticketed events. Plus, up to four times per year, you will be able to purchase Porsche hot laps around the 17-turn, 2.38-mile Barber Motorsports Park road course.
#BarberMuseum #membership #motorcycle #Porsche
Was life better—or perhaps, even easier—in our glorious youth? Psychologists call this “rosy retrospection,” a phenomenon in which the memories of days gone by seem more wonderful than actual reality. Motorcycle competition can be like this, too, the cherished recollections of emerging on top of a hard-fought podium battle all but erasing more common tip overs or mechanical failures.
Not so Kenny Roberts Jr.’s reacquaintance this past April with the Team Roberts KR211V that he raced in the 2006 FIM MotoGP World Championship. “That bike wants to be on the track,” he confirmed after five laps of the Barber Motorsports Park road course on the Honda-powered machine. “With the abundance of power, it’s so much fun to ride. The bike is exactly as I remembered it.”
Scoring podium finishes in Spain and Portugal, Roberts Jr. finished sixth overall in the final points standings, six years after winning the 500cc GP crown. The bike is now part of the museum’s permanent collection, along with his father’s title-winning 1980 Yamaha YZR500 and his own 2000 Suzuki RGV500, as well as the two-stroke, three-cylinder Modenas KR3 that he campaigned during the 1998 season.
Photos by Joe Avila
#BarberMuseum #BarberMotorsportsPark #KennyRoberts #Honda #MotoGP #MotoAmerica
May 27
Was life better—or perhaps, even easier—in our glorious youth? Psychologists call this “rosy retrospection,” a phenomenon in which the memories of days gone by seem more wonderful than actual reality. Motorcycle competition can be like this, too, the cherished recollections of emerging on top of a hard-fought podium battle all but erasing more common tip overs or mechanical failures.
Not so Kenny Roberts Jr.’s reacquaintance this past April with the Team Roberts KR211V that he raced in the 2006 FIM MotoGP World Championship. “That bike wants to be on the track,” he confirmed after five laps of the Barber Motorsports Park road course on the Honda-powered machine. “With the abundance of power, it’s so much fun to ride. The bike is exactly as I remembered it.”
Scoring podium finishes in Spain and Portugal, Roberts Jr. finished sixth overall in the final points standings, six years after winning the 500cc GP crown. The bike is now part of the museum’s permanent collection, along with his father’s title-winning 1980 Yamaha YZR500 and his own 2000 Suzuki RGV500, as well as the two-stroke, three-cylinder Modenas KR3 that he campaigned during the 1998 season.
Photos by Joe Avila
#BarberMuseum #BarberMotorsportsPark #KennyRoberts #Honda #MotoGP #MotoAmerica
Please note: The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum will be closed on Monday, May 26, in observance of Memorial Day. The museum will reopen to the public at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 27.
#BarberMuseum #BarberMotorsportsPark #MemorialDay
May 25
Please note: The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum will be closed on Monday, May 26, in observance of Memorial Day. The museum will reopen to the public at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 27.
#BarberMuseum #BarberMotorsportsPark #MemorialDay
In recognition of a lifetime of exceptional contributions to motorcycling as a racer, an engineer, and a team owner, the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum is delighted to announce that Eraldo Ferracci will serve as grand marshal for the 20th annual Barber Vintage Festival, Friday, Oct. 3, through Sunday, Oct. 5.
Barber has a special relationship with Ferracci. With 1991 AMA Pro Twins GP2 champ Stephen Mathews at the controls, the Barber’s Dairy Race Team won three AHRMA titles on a Fast by Ferracci Ducati, as well as the 1993 WERA Unlimited Twins Expert National Championship. Mathews’ winning 888 Corsa is part of the museum’s permanent collection.
Details for this year’s Barber Vintage Festival will be finalized in the coming weeks. Attendees can expect unique fan experiences, including BMW Motorrad Days Americas, Isle of Triumph, demo rides and new-product unveils, plus gravity-defying stunt shows, a kids’ zone, live music, and more crowd favorites, such as the “Wall of Death.”
Friday’s evening’s exclusive annual “Motorcycles by Moonlight” charity fundraiser, with its wine tastings, five-course meal, and live auction in the museum’s “Grand Atrium,” is once again expected to sell out. Charity funds raised will be earmarked for the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum education programs led by Dr. Liz Johnson.
Tickets for the 2025 Barber Vintage Festival are available for purchase at
barbermuseum.org/barber-vintage-festival.
#motorcycling #Ferracci #AMA #AHRMA #Ducati #WERA #BMWMotorrad #BarberVintageFest
May 23
In recognition of a lifetime of exceptional contributions to motorcycling as a racer, an engineer, and a team owner, the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum is delighted to announce that Eraldo Ferracci will serve as grand marshal for the 20th annual Barber Vintage Festival, Friday, Oct. 3, through Sunday, Oct. 5.
Barber has a special relationship with Ferracci. With 1991 AMA Pro Twins GP2 champ Stephen Mathews at the controls, the Barber’s Dairy Race Team won three AHRMA titles on a Fast by Ferracci Ducati, as well as the 1993 WERA Unlimited Twins Expert National Championship. Mathews’ winning 888 Corsa is part of the museum’s permanent collection.
Details for this year’s Barber Vintage Festival will be finalized in the coming weeks. Attendees can expect unique fan experiences, including BMW Motorrad Days Americas, Isle of Triumph, demo rides and new-product unveils, plus gravity-defying stunt shows, a kids’ zone, live music, and more crowd favorites, such as the “Wall of Death.”
Friday’s evening’s exclusive annual “Motorcycles by Moonlight” charity fundraiser, with its wine tastings, five-course meal, and live auction in the museum’s “Grand Atrium,” is once again expected to sell out. Charity funds raised will be earmarked for the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum education programs led by Dr. Liz Johnson.
Tickets for the 2025 Barber Vintage Festival are available for purchase at
barbermuseum.org/barber-vintage-festival.
#motorcycling #Ferracci #AMA #AHRMA #Ducati #WERA #BMWMotorrad #BarberVintageFest
Time to get duded up for the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride this Sunday May 18th. Once again, the starting point will be @barbermuseum for the annual ride that raises funds for men’s health worldwide.
Beginning at 10 am, riders can register for Parade Laps on the world-famous Barber racecourse for an additional $15 per motorcycle, limited to 150. All riders need to be registered by 10:30 am for the Parade Laps starting at 11 am. All proceeds go to #DGR2025.
#GentlemansRide #DGR2025 #RideDapper #SideBySideWorldwide
May 16
Time to get duded up for the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride this Sunday May 18th. Once again, the starting point will be @barbermuseum for the annual ride that raises funds for men’s health worldwide.
Beginning at 10 am, riders can register for Parade Laps on the world-famous Barber racecourse for an additional $15 per motorcycle, limited to 150. All riders need to be registered by 10:30 am for the Parade Laps starting at 11 am. All proceeds go to #DGR2025.
#GentlemansRide #DGR2025 #RideDapper #SideBySideWorldwide
“Zing King! Radical Retro Ducati MH900e Show Stopper” was the alliterative description boldly emblazoned on the cover of the January 1999 issue of Cycle World magazine. A six-page feature story detailed the Intermot unveiling of the modern twin-cylinder homage to British racing legend Mike Hailwood. The half-faired sport bike was easily the crown jewel of that edition of Germany’s blockbuster motorcycle exposition.
“More than a mere concept bike,” began CW Executive Editor Brian Catterson, “the Pierre Terblanche-designed ‘neo-classic’ is intended to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hailwood’s victory in the Isle of Man TT while simultaneously showing one direction motorcycle design might take in the future. And if the response from the Munich Show has any bearing, this is one prototype that just might make it into production.”
In fact, over a two-year period, Ducati reportedly built 2,000 examples of the MH900e—”e” for “evoluzione.” CW Editor-at-Large Peter Egan sampled a production version of the bike in the mountains of southeastern Spain. “On the road, the MH exudes personality,” he wrote. “It has a lovely, if legally mandated too-muted exhaust note, and the chassis has a wonderfully light and narrow feel, with excellent right-now pull from the air-cooled two-valve engine.”
A glorious example of the old-meets-new MH900e is displayed in brilliant red and silver—Ducati’s official race-team colors from that era—on the fifth floor of the museum near the front doors of the Barber Advanced Design Center, where the effervescent Terblanche now spends his days designing and collaborating on a host of fascinating projects enjoyed annually by thousands of museum visitors.
Has the MH900e stood the test of time? Let us know in the comments section.
Photos by Joe Avila
#BarberMuseum #Ducati #MikeHailwood #PierreTerblanche #motorcycle
May 15
“Zing King! Radical Retro Ducati MH900e Show Stopper” was the alliterative description boldly emblazoned on the cover of the January 1999 issue of Cycle World magazine. A six-page feature story detailed the Intermot unveiling of the modern twin-cylinder homage to British racing legend Mike Hailwood. The half-faired sport bike was easily the crown jewel of that edition of Germany’s blockbuster motorcycle exposition.
“More than a mere concept bike,” began CW Executive Editor Brian Catterson, “the Pierre Terblanche-designed ‘neo-classic’ is intended to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hailwood’s victory in the Isle of Man TT while simultaneously showing one direction motorcycle design might take in the future. And if the response from the Munich Show has any bearing, this is one prototype that just might make it into production.”
In fact, over a two-year period, Ducati reportedly built 2,000 examples of the MH900e—”e” for “evoluzione.” CW Editor-at-Large Peter Egan sampled a production version of the bike in the mountains of southeastern Spain. “On the road, the MH exudes personality,” he wrote. “It has a lovely, if legally mandated too-muted exhaust note, and the chassis has a wonderfully light and narrow feel, with excellent right-now pull from the air-cooled two-valve engine.”
A glorious example of the old-meets-new MH900e is displayed in brilliant red and silver—Ducati’s official race-team colors from that era—on the fifth floor of the museum near the front doors of the Barber Advanced Design Center, where the effervescent Terblanche now spends his days designing and collaborating on a host of fascinating projects enjoyed annually by thousands of museum visitors.
Has the MH900e stood the test of time? Let us know in the comments section.
Photos by Joe Avila
#BarberMuseum #Ducati #MikeHailwood #PierreTerblanche #motorcycle
Admired for its garden-like setting and fan-friendly grass-seating areas that follow the natural topography of the southeastern U.S., Barber Motorsports Park doesn’t fit the massive walls-of-bleachers template of a typical modern-day MotoGP venue. That fact hasn’t silenced a narrative taking root that Barber could one day host international motorcycle road racing’s premier class.
Journalist Adam Wheeler recently visited the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum while in Birmingham covering the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship and later interviewed Executive Director Brian Case for a special episode of the “Paddock Pass Podcast.” The latter discussion took place at the Circuit of The Americas during April’s Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas race weekend.
Case was on hand in Texas to demonstrate the Honda-powered Team Roberts KR211V that is part of the museum’s collection. “There needs to be more GPs in America, and Barber would be a beautiful place to host it,” he told Wheeler. The popular podcast is co-hosted by WorldSBK commentator Steve English and veteran MotoGP writers David Emmett, Neil Morrison, and Wheeler.
#BarberMuseum #BarberMotorsportsPark #PaddockPassPodcast #MotoGP #KennyRoberts
https://youtu.be/8BW5kriyEEY?si=FD0JZ85FyWe-aJNV
May 12
Admired for its garden-like setting and fan-friendly grass-seating areas that follow the natural topography of the southeastern U.S., Barber Motorsports Park doesn’t fit the massive walls-of-bleachers template of a typical modern-day MotoGP venue. That fact hasn’t silenced a narrative taking root that Barber could one day host international motorcycle road racing’s premier class.
Journalist Adam Wheeler recently visited the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum while in Birmingham covering the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship and later interviewed Executive Director Brian Case for a special episode of the “Paddock Pass Podcast.” The latter discussion took place at the Circuit of The Americas during April’s Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas race weekend.
Case was on hand in Texas to demonstrate the Honda-powered Team Roberts KR211V that is part of the museum’s collection. “There needs to be more GPs in America, and Barber would be a beautiful place to host it,” he told Wheeler. The popular podcast is co-hosted by WorldSBK commentator Steve English and veteran MotoGP writers David Emmett, Neil Morrison, and Wheeler.
#BarberMuseum #BarberMotorsportsPark #PaddockPassPodcast #MotoGP #KennyRoberts
https://youtu.be/8BW5kriyEEY?si=FD0JZ85FyWe-aJNV