London Motorcycle Museum
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| Established | May 1999 |
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| Location |
Greenford, Middlesex England |
| Coordinates | 51°31′51″N 0°21′16″W / 51.5309°N 0.3545°W |
| Type | Transport museum |
| Visitors | 250,000 |
| Public transit access |
  Greenford
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| Website | www |
London Motorcycle Museum opened in May 1999 at Oldfield Lane South, Greenford, Middlesex. A charitable trust, it displays a range of over 150 classic and British motorcycles. Notable exhibits include the last Triumph Bonneville T140 out of the Meriden gates in 1983.
Bill Crosby, the museum’s founder, started collecting good examples of British motorcycles in 1960. The bikes were displayed at Syon Park until 1979 and then at a number of temporary locations until the site in Greenford was found. Former Coston's Farm, it had been used as an Ealing Council depot (Ravenor Depot) since the 1930s. Now run by volunteers as a charitable trust, the museum actively promotes educational visits and is affiliated to the British Motorcycle Charitable Trust.
The museum is raising money for an extension to display another sixty motorcycles. The main building is planned as "The Home of Triumph " with special areas for other makes, military and police motorcycles.
All the motorcycles on display are in excellent condition and represent the best examples of all the well-known makes, such as BSA, Triumph and Norton as well as less well known makers including Coventry-Eagle and Rudge. A full inventory of exhibits is listed on the museum’s official web site and includes a number of unique prototypes, such as the development Triumph Trident and motorcycles that have been featured in the media.
Exhibits range from one of the earliest motorcycles, a 1902 0rmonde 2 1⁄4 h.p. to a 1993 Royal Enfield Bullet 500 cc and include:
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