Legends Motorcycle Museum - Springville, Utah

[dmonkey]

Last fall I rode a coast-to-coast loop of the United States on my Moto Guzzi V7 on a support crew for the Motorcycle TransAmerican event, and one of the stops for the event was Rick Salisbury's Legends Motorcycle Museum in Springville, Utah. It was my first time visiting that museum, so it gets a museum post here.

Website: https://legendsmotorco.com/
Address: 1715 W 500 S, Springville, UT 84663
Admission: Free

When I arrived at the museum I ran into one of the Legends employees in the parking lot and he gave me the lay of the land pointing out the restaurant, coffee shop, tattoo studio, barber shop, movie theater, art studio, live event space, sweets stand, and where they were looking to add a wood fired pizzeria.


Inside the Sidecar Café


Legends Motorcycle Musem


A whole bunch of Harley 45s


I've seen a lot of interesting things made by Harley-Davidson, but this was my first time seeing a HD rocket engine! From the literature it is a Rocketdyne LR-64 built by Harley during the AMF years which were used in Beechcraft AQM-37 Jayhawk target drones.


There were some sharp paint jobs in the museum, especially on the choppers and Indian Larry bikes, but this Henderson's simple two-tone paint job really caught my eye.


One of Von Dutch's XAVW motorcycles. Harley frame, VW engine, Moto Guzzi front end.


And a Harley-Davidson XA, that inspired Von Dutch to build an XAVW


"The Electric Chair," a 1938 Indian Four chopper built in the '60s

Evel Knievel's Harley-Davidson XR-750

 

[dmonkey]

Two of Michigan Madman, EJ Potter's, "widowmaker" small-block Chevy powered drag bikes. I'd seen the "Widowmaker" before, as it used to be at the National Motorcycle Musem before that collection was auctioned off.




A nice mail order motorcycle from Sears


Had never heard of Minneapolis as a motorcycle brand before. Check out the series of gears to run the magneto.


Some of the very first Harley Davidson motorcycles, from the strap tank era.


Indian Camelbacks


The evolution of the Flying Merkel


Another Harley opposed-twin, and it had a full chain enclosure.


The first million-dollar motorcycle ever sold at public auction, Rick Salisbury acquired this 1915 Cyclone V-Twin at Mecum earlier in the year for a cool $1.32 million.


Check out the straw pillion seat padding on this Harley.

 

[dmonkey]

One of the most unusual leather belt designs I'd seen, reminded me of a curly phone cord.


There's a lot of artwork in the museum, especially in the form of paintings and small bronze statues. My favorite piece was this Dave Uhl painting of Gloria Struck, who is still riding at 100 years old.


Rick (in the sling) opened up his shop to riders and crew in the Motorcycle TransAm event to work on their antique motorcycles.


The Hills, who specialize in Hendersons and American 4-cylinder motorcycles, picked up this Cleveland motorcycle of Rick's and will be going through it mechanically for the museum.


This stretch bike reminded me of the "Timeline" motorcycle at Doc's Harley-Davidson.


There is a wasteland vibe to some of the other businesses at Legends that are housed in shipping containers.


While we were there my amico Samuel stopped in the tattoo parlor and got a Motorcycle TransAm logo tattooed on him... with more days of riding and wrenching ahead. Ouch!


The Sugar Shack had gourmet sodas and ice cream, which was a hit in Utah in September


This area of Utah would not be very friendly to get to by mini moto as you'd have a hard time avoiding traffic and fast paced roads getting between towns, but it's a beautiful area especially riding next to the mountains.

 

[Marcohen]

Last fall I rode a coast-to-coast loop of the United States on my Moto Guzzi V7 on a support crew for the Motorcycle TransAmerican event, and one of the stops for the event was Rick Salisbury's Legends Motorcycle Museum in Springville, Utah. It was my first time visiting that museum, so it gets a museum post here.

Website: https://legendsmotorco.com/
Address: 1715 W 500 S, Springville, UT 84663
Admission: Free

When I arrived at the museum I ran into one of the Legends employees in the parking lot and he gave me the lay of the land pointing out the restaurant, coffee shop, tattoo studio, barber shop, movie theater, art studio, live event space, sweets stand, and where they were looking to add a wood fired pizzeria.
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Inside the Sidecar Café
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One of the most unusual leather belt designs I'd seen, reminded me of a curly phone cord.
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There's a lot of artwork in the museum, especially in the form of paintings and small bronze statues. My favorite piece was this Dave Uhl painting of Gloria Struck, who is still riding at 100 years old.
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Rick (in the sling) opened up his shop to riders and crew in the Motorcycle TransAm event to work on their antique motorcycles.
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The Hills, who specialize in Hendersons and American 4-cylinder motorcycles, picked up this Cleveland motorcycle of Rick's and will be going through it mechanically for the museum.
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This stretch bike reminded me of the "Timeline" motorcycle at Doc's Harley-Davidson.
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There is a wasteland vibe to some of the other businesses at Legends that are housed in shipping containers.
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While we were there my amico Samuel stopped in the tattoo parlor and got a Motorcycle TransAm logo tattooed on him... with more days of riding and wrenching ahead. Ouch!
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The Sugar Shack had gourmet sodas and ice cream, which was a hit in Utah in September
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This area of Utah would not be very friendly to get to by mini moto as you'd have a hard time avoiding traffic and fast paced roads getting between towns, but it's a beautiful area especially riding next to the mountains.
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Legends Motorcycle Musem
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A whole bunch of Harley 45s
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I've seen a lot of interesting things made by Harley-Davidson, but this was my first time seeing a HD rocket engine! From the literature it is a Rocketdyne LR-64 built by Harley during the AMF years which were used in Beechcraft AQM-37 Jayhawk target drones.
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There were some sharp paint jobs in the museum, especially on the choppers and Indian Larry bikes, but this Henderson's simple two-tone paint job really caught my eye.
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One of Von Dutch's XAVW motorcycles. Harley frame, VW engine, Moto Guzzi front end.
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And a Harley-Davidson XA, that inspired Von Dutch to build an XAVW
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"The Electric Chair," a 1938 Indian Four chopper built in the '60s
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Evel Knievel's Harley-Davidson XR-750
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[Marcohen]

I live a couple of blocks from Legends and it is definitely a place to spend some time.

 

[dmonkey]

Nice. You're in a beautiful area!

 

[Marcohen]

If you're out this way again, look me up, and I will buy you lunch.

 

[Chinjab]

I found that by accident on a cross continent trip back in 2016 and happily spent an afternoon wandering around in there. Good coffee shop too!

Then it was off to my fav knife store in the world ... BLADEHQ... spent the rest of my time fondling sharp things.

Love Utah.

 

[JimR]

The dual rail system on a Lockheed C-130E has a handle that you use to lock and unlock the left (port) side of the dual rails, I believe it was the "simul" handle. It has a rubber grip on it. If you look closely, in small lettering, it sez Harley Davidson on it. HD was making a lot of stuff for Uncle Sam! Great pics and thanks for sharing.