Harley Opens Up Vault Of Weird History

Bike enthusiasts who make the trip out to Milwaukee's
Harley-Davidson museum will definitely get a chance to see their
fair share of famous models. Thanks to a new exhibit, they'll also
get to glimpse some of the oddest parts of the company's long
history.
The new "Collection X: Weird, Wild Wonders of the Harley-Davidson
Museum," has some true oddities on display, reports the Associated
Press. Perhaps the most off-kilter item is an all-leather
motorcycle that was built in Japan. There's also a special rocket
engine that was used to power drone missiles during the Vietnam
war. And of course there's "Project K," a weird hybrid of a design
that resulted in a three-wheeled mix between a motorcycle and a
car.
Jim Fricke, curator for the museum, said the staff had the idea for
the exhibit when leading special behind-the-scenes tours. These
special tour groups were given access to the storage areas away
from the main exhibits, and many often felt this was the best part
of the trip.
"You see the look on people's faces when you let them into the
climate-controlled storage area and we begin to pull out this
treasure," he told the news source. "So we decided to play off the
kind of mystery embodied in the kind of secret storehouse. That's
where the theme came from."