Insane Collection - PIC HEAVY

Hello lads.

I was out in California this summer on a photo shoot for work and one of the locations was a microchip factory. I got talking to the owner and eventually we got talking bikes. Then he said he had a 'few' bikes and kept some upstairs and invited me up for a look. What happened next I'll never forget - I'll leave the pix to do the talking

Kawasakis first!








































Hondas






Nortons












BSA




Ducatis!




Agustas!






Guzzi






Bimota




Brough Superiors SS100 ($400,000 worth!).A Concours Winner




Steve McQueen’s Indian (with his name on the V5! Who knows what its worth…




Miscellaneous and ‘Pre-War’ steeds…




















Some genuine GP Helmets in there




And some F1 - including a signed Senna!




Every bike was 100% original and mint - other than the customs and racers of course. Hope you enjoyed. This was less than half the bikes he had in that room. He has more at home. Loads more Ductai, Suzuki and Hondas and Triumphs. His Kwack collections was nuts tho - I only shot about half of them. Notice no Harleys. Good taste for a yank right?

Damn.

WOW.
Some people have all the money.
I guess youv'e givin him your name just in case he wants to
downsize.

WAY to many hondas.

OMG, how sweet! :woohoo:

wow!

thanks for postin ratch!

leon

Wow that is bike porn!

Does he ever ride any of them do you know?

My guess is, maybe like a lot of us here, as an impoverished student he had a bike and got such a buzz from it he needs to keep replacing that feeling - but to get the same 'hit' he needs to increase the dose...bikes are quite addictive really

Owner of a Microchip factory .....was his name Bill Gates ? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I'd pay an admission price to see all those GREAT BIKES
& I'd have to wear a BIB,
Pete

WOW! Nice collection. Sorta too bad they are not being ridden. IMPO, it's a waste to not ride something made for the purpose.

Don't forget guys... you can only ride one bike at a time! :whistle:

That's an amazing collection. Thanks for posting

I'd pay an admission price to see all those GREAT BIKE

So would I .........along with many others I'm sure

:ohmy: .....would like to ride that 1000 two stroke

thanks for posting .........impressive collection :blink:

That's simply amazing! Modern PC microsoft kind of money! At least he spends it!
Rivals Jay lenos auto and cycle collection.
Motorcycle Heaven!
This collections needs an hour, I mean 2 hour documentary on the Discovery channel.
Thank You for sharing.

Amazing. I thought I was bad having 7 old Kawasakis I never ride Some guys collect bikes and some COLLECT. A guy who I worked with for years, Jim Dillard, was a mild mannered guy who I was surprised even liked motorcycles. When he died a couple years back he had like 150 motorcycles, most restored and mint.