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MAGGIE VALLEY - The Wheels Through Time Museum may be moving out of Western North Carolina, but its expanding its reach.
The museum, which moved to WNC in 2002, preserves the history of hundreds of America’s rarest vintage American motorcycles and has presented it to more than 280,000 visitors in five years.
The museum’s founder, who said he hasn’t decided where it will relocate, is looking to broaden its impact through a new museum initiative “Taking Wheels around the World.”
The new program will allow the museum to share the history of American motorcycles with a larger audience by preparing multiple touring exhibits, said Dale Walksler, curator and founder of Wheels Through Time.
To pursue its new initiative, Wheels Through Time will downsize its collection with an auction scheduled for September. About 150 of the rare machines will be offered in a sale hosted by RM Auctions and held on the museum premises. The museum is at 62 Vintage Lane, 30 miles west of Asheville.
Additionally, the museum will be create a scholarship fund for “ambitious, young students in need of support in their efforts to make an impact on the future of our American motorcycling heritage,” a museum press release announced. The Wheels Through Time Scholarship Fund will provide assistance for education for students dedicated to contributing to the motorcycle industry.
It may seem hard to believe at times, but other drivers almost never
actually want to hit you. Most of those near-misses come about because
they don't always know you are there, even when you are right in front
of them, seemingly in plain view. You can be obscured or completely
hidden by glare, by other things on or along the road, by the cars roof
pillars, the handicap hangtag, or by other traffic. Of course, not all
drivers "think motorcycles"
and make the effort to look that extra bit harder to see if there might
be a motorcyclist hidden by that obscuration or in their blind spot.
Instead of assuming that they will ignore you even when they see you,
you should help make it easier for drivers to spot you, especially as
the population ages and more drivers have greater difficulty in picking
you out.
To overcome the fact that you might be hard to see and harder to notice,
wear bright colours, especially on your helmet and jacket. Run your high
beam during the day. Think about things that can hide you and your bike
from other drivers, things that can be as common as the sun behind you,
the car ahead in the next lane, or a couple of roadside poles that line
up on the driver's line of sight toward you. Make an effort to ride in
or move to a location where drivers with potentially conflicting courses
can see you before they stray your way.
Triumph hit a home run with the Daytona 675 triple, and you can bet that the Street Triple will be a huge hit as well. Triumph has been paying close attention to the market segments over the past few years, and jumping in with new and revised models to fill the gaps in their model line up. What’s next? A 675-powered adventure sport. Rumour has it that Triumph will be introducing a “Tiger Cub” in the near future. It’s not much of a rumour. It will happen. The question is when. It will likely be in the 2009 model year and in street trim, similar to the Tiger 1050 big brother. The Tiger Cub will be leaning more toward a heavy Supermoto capable of lightweight touring, using 17” wheels and equipped with street oriented accessories, maybe even standard hard panniers like other existing Triumph models. Other manufacturers are already tapping into this market with bikes like the Kawasaki Versys 650 and Suzuki V-Strom 650. The Tiger Cub would share a similar role. Hopefully we will see a true Dual-Sport oriented Tiger Cub to follow. A true Dual-Sport using the 675 triple could present some serious potential and steal some of the market share away from the Kawasaki KLR650, the BMW F650 series, and others. It only makes sense.
Triumph has produced three special bikes to promote a new range of “Street Legal” Exhaust systems developed with Arrow Special Parts for the Bonneville, Bonneville T100, Scrambler and Thruxton and were showcased at this year’s Milan Show. In addition to the distinctive styling, the new systems will provide significant weight savings, power gains and improved engine tones. The new Exhausts will be E-marked as road legal for noise and will be available from March 2008. The remainder of the special parts fitted to these specials are either Genuine Triumph Accessories, prototype Accessories which may be developed in the future, or aftermarket parts. Read on for a more detailed description of each bike.
Bonneville
This Silver 2008 Bonneville is fitted with the new "2 into 2" Arrow Exhaust System which features a brushed Stainless Steel finish. Further upgrades include Ohlins Rear Suspension, a Triumph Scrambler Skid Plate in a special Anodised Black Finish, Locking Triumph Fuel Cap and a black suede Bonneville seat.
Scrambler
Showcasing the new High Level "2 into 1" Arrow Exhaust System, the Scrambler benefits from a selection of parts focussed on Off-Road Styling. Triumph has used the Matt Black paint scheme, which has previously been offered as a limited edition on the production bikes, and combined this with a number of anodised black options, including skid plate, engine dresser bars, headlamp grille, handlebar, rear brake master cylinder and one-off wheels featuring anodised black rims to continue the theme. Off-Road Tyres, Knee Pads, Handlebar brace and cover, Ohlins Rear Suspension and a Leather seat, with a distressed finish, complete the look. For Milan Triumph changed the seat to a distressed brown leather option.
Thruxton
The Milan "Show Special" Thruxton features the new "2 into 1" Arrow Exhaust System, offered for the Thruxton, Bonneville & T100.
This bike benefits from the most "Special" parts. Race-bred suspension comes in the form of Ohlins Rear Suspension coupled with Upside Down Forks. Brake performance is up rated with 2 Piston Brembo radial calipers, 320mm Brembo Front Brake Discs and a Talon Rear Brake Disc. Billet Clip-On handlebars, a CNC adjustable yoke assembly and Translogic LCD Instrument Assembly confirm the transformation from classic cafe racer to a modern interpretation of retro cool.
Ten spoke cast alloy wheels and wider section rear tyres complete the racing look, whilst Accessory Knee Pads, Skid Plate, Seat Cowl and a Black Suede seat provide the finishing touches.
