Milwaukee museum exhibits all-leather motorbike
A new exhibit at the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, the US, features an all-leather motorcycle made in Japan.
The exhibition, entitled: “Collection X: Weird, Wild Wonders of the Harley-Davidson Museum,” also features rarely seen prototype bikes and a rocket engine that powered drone missiles during the Vietnam War.
The museum's senior curator, Kristen Jones, said certain items were chosen to tell particular stories when the museum opened nearly three years ago. But many got left in storage, only to be glimpsed by museum goers on special behind-the-scenes tours.
The vehicles on display highlight a lesser-known side of the motorcycle maker.
The all-leather motorcycle is a 3/4-scale replica that it took 20 craftspeople from a Japanese company specialising in leather products more than two years to complete.
