Fire Destroys Largest European Motorcycle Museum

Thats a bloody travesty.

 

That’s just so sad

 

In normal times that would look like arson, in these times it looks like insurance scam arson...................

 

Terrible shame.

I’m no pyromaniac or fire investigator but whatever genius passed the planning application for 230 leaking bikes to be displayed on softwood floors needs their head examining.

Wood, accelerants, ‘random’ spark = whoosh and a BBQ.

Apparently the vapours from the oils and fuels can be explosive if built up sufficiently.

Inevitable outcome?

Edit: some of the bikes in the photos were surrounded by leaked hydrocarbons.

 

That's a real shame.
Was hoping to visit in September.

 

Call me old fashioned but is someone saying that a European building first opened to the public 2016 didn’t have an operational fire suppression system? I find that hard to believe. Furthermore, any insurance company would stipulate that such a system should be installed before offering cover. I smell a rat.

 

The loss of any fine possibly rare classic bikes is a crime and a travesty.

A large collection like that possibly didn’t all belong to the museum.

They most probably had quite a few machines loaned to the museum.

 

Thanks for sharing this, David. Such as loss. Although they are machines, somehow motorcycles to me have motorcycle "souls" and the thought of those bikes burning up really saddens me.

 

Very sad to lose such great history, especially bikes

 

Yes your right about souls. They are
like our children

 

Tragic loss and an absolute bloody shame.
Also dodgy as f*ck!

 

Just awful, all those historic rare machines, it sends shivers down ones spine, remember the NMM when that caught fire and destroyed many rare machines, the Triumph factory that was producing the 600 four was also completely destroyed along with all the tooling, thankfully however "phoenix rose from the ashes" and Triumph re grouped and prospered. Those of us of a certain age can recall Summerland in the Isle Of Man, that tragedy led the IOM Government to legislate with some of the most stringent fire regulations in the UK.

 

We came upon this museum by accident when skiing on a day out to Obergurgl (sister resort to Hochgurgl).
It was late in the day and had to get back to Solden,but we had a quick look around and were impressed by the quality and range of the exhibits. As bikers, as well as skiers, we said we would return at some time and spend much more time to properly see all the bikes.
Obviously, that's not going to happen now - a real shame and a huge loss.

 

Sad

 

So sad. Moreover Austria is where I plan to ride in the after covid world. That museum would have been on the list of visits.