Featured In the August 2024 issue of Roadracing World:
Anybody who views motorcycles as being objects of art as much as they are motor vehicles may want to make plans to visit the Moto Talbott Museum in Carmel Valley, California, before it closes. The Moto Talbott Museum is the passion project of Robb Talbott, who was born on the East Coast but as a kid moved with his family to the Monterey Peninsula in the 1950s.
”My parents said I couldn’t have a motorcycle. They were too dangerous,” said Talbott. “I went off to college [to study Fine Art and Design] at 17 and cars were not allowed on campus for Freshmen. So, what did I buy? A motorcycle…”
“Collections: Moto Talbott Museum,” by David Swarts
When Robb Talbott heard of the Guggenheim Museum’s “The Art Of The Motorcycle” exhibit, it struck a chord with him. “It opened up the concept that motorcycles are art,” said Talbott, “and I had never thought of that even though I had studied Art. All of a sudden, I went, ‘Aah!’ What I had been racing and riding and wrenching on weren’t just bikes. They were Art. My light bulbs went off, and I started thinking about opening a museum.” Read the story about a world-class collection that is a testament to one man’s appreciation of the motorcycle as art—it’s in the latest issue of Roadracing World!
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