Destinations: The Lone Star Motorcycle Museum, Texas

Destinations: The Lone Star Motorcycle Museum, Texas


I know, this is a lazy way of doing things by putting a link thing up to go to. But I promise, there are more words and pictures to go with it that I actually write and put on here, I swear!

Anyway, you can get some of the background off the link thing from Motorcycle Classics which does tell a little about the museum. But of course you'd rather hear it directly from someone who's been and spent some time there wouldn't you? Of course you would, I would!

The museum is located aboot 120miles west of me out in the Hill Country of Texas. It looks a little isolated at first glance and you think that is no possble way that a classic motorcycle museum can be out in the middle of this area.

Well, that's what I thought too a few years back when I stumbled across the place whie goingto some place nearby. I was going out to a State Park, Lost Maples, and took a roundabout way of getting there (translation: I had no clue if I was in the general area or not).

Anyway, I finally get to an intersection that has a sign saying to go to the right. Directly across the intersection was a chainlink fence with a banner telling all about the museum. As mentioned above, I thought someone was joking.....until I passed by it on the left a mile from the park.

However, the place was closed. Come to find out that it was only open on the weekends or by appointment and this was a Thursday. So a few months later I finally managed to make another trip out there, on the weekend.

I go there before opening time and tried the door which was unlocked so I went in. I saw the owner and asked if he was open and more or less said yes as I was already in.

I paid my admisssion fee which was an earth shattering $5 and proceeded to spent the next three hours enjoying the place.

It's not on the scale of the National Motorcycle Museum in Brum (Birmingham, UK), but has a nice collection in just the same.

Just to get an idea, here's a couple examples:

The Royal Enfield I was told by Allan Johncock the owner was bought from the previous owner on condition that it not be restored and Allan agreed to it. It's a 1917 model with a sidecar.

Just in case you can't read it, that's a Royal Enfield lawnmower.

The last time I was at the museum, Allan had just gotten a French Soyer and a Douglas fore and aft for display as well as an Ariel 500 that had just been beautifully restored and I unfortunately didn't have my camera with me that day.

He also showed me the parts that had just been rechromed, primered and gathered for the start of the rebuild of a Triumph Thunderbird with a sprung hub I believe.

As well as the above, there's several different types of Nortons, a Brough SS100, four different Vincents, a Norton Commando with Combat motor, and a few old Indians and Harleys. Sorry, no Cubs there.

There's also a cafe named after a famous one in London to get some grub at as well as a TV with DVD/VCR player to watch some race movies while looking and eating.


The place is tucked away out in the middle of nowhere, is only opened Friday to Sunday and is closed for the winter, but surprisingly, Allan and his wife Debbie get loads of visitors. Allan also organizes the British Singles Run that has been talked about already.

This is my idea of getting away for the day and I look forward to the times that I can.