Moulsdale Foundation Open Day

[Scott-S]

Yesterday I was fortunate enough to attend an open day at the collection in Glasgow, David Moulsdale is racer and collector with a mind-blowing collection of old and new cars ranging from a humble Fiat 500 (original not modern) through Porsches Ferraris Astons, past Maseratti and into some hand built carbon fibre supercar worth £3.5m.
He also has an incredible collection of motorcycles from all the usual names.

These are the best pics I could get of his collection of road bikes, they were quite amazing to be honest.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Fantastic

 

[Scott-S]

The Foundation also has this rather spectacular sculpture in the foyer it was created around 20 years ago using only recycled car and motorcycles components.

The Predator!

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

That is very clever, looks awesome too. I admire the work gone into that.

 

[Scott-S]

That is very clever, looks awesome too. I admire the work gone into that.

Im 5'8 tall Bob, the drawn back arm holding the bowstring was at my head height.... the attention to detail was incredible!

 

[grantoury]

Some real beauties. Presentation could be better...

 

[Scott-S]

Some real beauties. Presentation could be better...

It would appear they are planning to open a second floor dedicated to bikes so Im hoping at the next open day they could be a bit more accessible for pictures

 

[juvela]

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Thank you so much for this outstanding event report!





in the above image the Zeus bicycle at the far end appears to be of an orangish colour

in real life did it appear more orange or did it appear "apricot"?

asking because have seen Zeus literature stating that an apricot colour was offered but have never seen an example

was wondering if subject cycle might be such...

Thank you!
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[Scott-S]

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Thank you so much for this outstanding event report!


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in the above image the Zeus bicycle at the far end appears to be of an orangish colour

in real life did it appear more orange or did it appear "apricot"?

asking because have seen Zeus literature stating that an apricot colour was offered but have never seen an example

was wondering if subject cycle might be such...

Thank you!
.....

Yes I would say it was definitely more apricot than orange,
Unfortunately the glass walls and lighting ruined the pictures, this building was Aviva insurance offices before the Foundation took over it so these would have been managers pods and about all that could fit in them were bikes.

This picture below I didn't show, but you can see an as yet unopened second level with bikes along the walls, Im hoping these bikes will also will be moved up there for better exposure and appreciation.
There were Raleigh bikes up there lined along the glass, from the Chopper down to the little Boxer, as the windows continued to the right there were Grifters and other bikes in the range too.

 

[Woz]

Nice report too.