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On a cold Saturday in January, 5 riders (Al, Dan, Dave, Larry, and Tad) plus two guests (Al’s neighbor Tom, and John, a fellow gear head from TLC) visited the new Savoy Auto Museum in Cartersville. With starting temps in the upper 30’s and snow forecasted for late day, we opted for cage transportation on this outing.

Being semi-illiterate, I had to google for a definition of “Savoy”. Seems to be something like “elegant, sophisticated”. After our tour, I’d have to agree. This museum is very nicely done. After several years of construction, they just opened in December on a sprawling tract of land in N Cartersville (hmmm, do they have a racetrack in their future – there’s almost enough space for one). The far-larger-than-life chrome “hood ornament” sculpture gracing the walk up is a sight to see.

The collection of autos is diverse with representations from racing, pre-war, post war and American muscle. The post-war “woody” wagons were a treat as was the (41st) Tucker automobile. Also, their collection of 30’s-40’s luxury cars was especially good (Packard, Auburn, Duesenberg, Cadillac, Lincoln)

Enjoy the slide show.

On a gray December Saturday, 4 ½ riders (yes, a first - Larry, Dave, Mel, Dan and his daughter, Presley) set off for Homer, GA to view a private collection of motorcycles which had something for everyone, even our ½!

While we would have loved to ride to Homer on this 70 degree day, the remnants of the tornado front which tore up 5 states the evening before was expected to pass thru after lunch, so… 3 ½ of us piled in Dan’s SUV and met Mel from Athens at our host Keith’s secret lair in rural Banks county.

The International Motorcycle Show returned to the Atlanta area for the first time in many years. This year’s event was held at the Olympic Horse Park in Conyers on a cool rainy Friday-Sunday October 29-31.

Dave rode his VStrom to the show on Saturday with the express purpose of snagging a demo ride on a Triumph Tiger 900. It turned out much better than that. The weather was to our advantage as the event was not crowded and until early afternoon you could pretty much walk up and ride almost any bike. All the major brands of motorcycle manufacturers were there and each brought truck loads of bikes to test ride, including Harley Davidson, Suzuki, Triumph, Yamaha, Honda, Royal Enfield, Kawasaki, Indian, and Zero. At the far end of the exhibit there were also equipment and accessory vendors including Cardo, Mosko Moto, Continental Tires, and the MSF.