This exhibition offers an exhilarating look at the motorcycle- its origins, engineering innovations, customization, and, of course, bike culture.  From a 1901 Thomas Auto-Bi to motorcycles owned by celebrities such as Malcolm Forbes to contemporary choppers, On the Road will examine important milestones of motorcycle history.

2006 Precision Custom Motorcycles, Whippany, NJ  from the collection of Buddy Christmann

2008 Orange County Choppers on loan courtesy of the Museum at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

Book Signing and Talk with Long-Distance Motorcyclist John Ryan

Thursday, December 1

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Free

Long-distance motorcyclist John Ryan holds an extraordinary world record: he rode his motorcycle from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska (north of the Arctic Circle),  to Key West, Florida in 86 hours and 31 minutes. Ryan will be at the museum for a discussion of his long-distance motorcycle riding experiences, and book signing of The Man Who Would Stop at Nothing: Long-Distance Motorcycling’s Endless Road by Melissa Holbrook Pierson. The book will be available for purchase.

This event is offered in conjunction with the exhibition On The Road: 100 Years of Motorcycles in America which is on view through December 4, 2011.