Exhibition of classic motorcycles in Hania
It has been exhibition-a-go-go here in Hania at the moment. On Friday I popped into an exhibition of classic motorcycles that was being put on in the building next to KAM in Hania's old Venetian harbour.
It is a really nice exhibition space, and there were a lot of things on show, but in the end I realised that actually, I'm not that interested in motorbike design. I enjoy going to speedway, but the fundamental design of bikes hasn't changed much (well, to my non-expert eyes) over the course of the last 100 years. Maybe it is fundamentally because I like cycling so much that I think putting a motor on to the thing is cheating!
Anyway, there were some bikes I found interesting, including some German models that dated back to the time of the Second World War. The ones in the exhibition were painted in military camouflage colours, and I wondered if they had seen action on Crete, where the terrain would lend itself very much to using motorbikes to keep communication lines open.
I also liked the look of this BMW model with sidecar from the 1950s - it reminded me of some kind of superhero style vehicle. In a bizarre co-incidence, we actually saw one of these parked in the street in Paleohora the very next day.
This rusting machine was the earliest thing in the show - dating from 1914.
I wish I could be there to see these classic motorcycles firsthand. Thank you for sharing the pictures with us. These bikes look incredible!
Posted by: Off Roader | 20 Aug 2008 20:53:15