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The establishment of Classic Motorcycle Mecca follows on roughly one year from the opening of the successful Bill Richardson Transport World. Co Owner Scott O’Donnell says “Transport history is Invercargill’s point of difference Queenstown has adventure tourism, Te Anau & Milford have scenery, we have transport history.”
Classic Motorcycle Mecca is home to around 300 motorcycles and motorcycle focussed artwork.
This now gives the city three known chargeable attractions for tourists and visitors as Invercargill Brewery run walk-in brewery tours with tastings at at 1pm Monday to Friday; cost just $25 a head which includes samples of their standard range.
The consensus in the Tourism industry is to attract more tourists, we need more chargeable attractions for them to do. This also gets tour operators interesting in Invercargill and Southland.
The collection ranges from a 1902 Peugeot motorcycle to a 21st Century Simms Corbin Custom and includes brands such as AJS, Ariel, BMW, Brough Superior, Harley Davidson, Henderson and Indian as well as little known brands such as Schwinn and Zundapp.
All 300 motorcycles were on show as well as the collection’s extensive motorcycle related artwork display.
Joc O’Donnell, Executive Director of Transport World says “This has been an amazing project. We have loved creating the space in which to house these incredible bikes. It’s wonderful to open today in the lead up to the Burt Munro Challenge and I hope everyone who sees Classic Motorcycle Mecca enjoys it as much as we do”.
To date thousands have been welcomed through Bill Richardson Transport World’s unique blend of conference and event facilities, automotive displays, family fun and growing wearable art collection.
The opening of Classic Motorcycle Mecca brings to halt a large scale restoration project that has taken over six months to complete. Two centrally located Invercargill buildings have been restored to house the collection as well as the opening of a new inner city café Meccaspresso.
To date thousands have been welcomed through Bill Richardson Transport World’s unique blend of conference and event facilities, automotive displays, family fun and growing wearable art collection.
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