Twisted Oz Motorcycle Museum - Augusta, Kansas Kelly Modlin opened the Twisted Oz Motorcycle Museum in an old Augusta, Kansas body shop in 2016. Today there are over 100 vintage motorcycles displayed in side by side buildings. Many of the cycles are over 100 years old. The museum's web page says that admission is free, but it felt like a generous donation was expected. When I visited the museum, the owner's brother took a half hour showing me around the collection. He tried hard to find the things which might intrest me and I could tell that many of the bikes are special, including the only Wood Motorcycle manufactured, a custom Indian Six Motorcycle and many other motorcycles from as early as 1905. Aside from the motorcycles, I like the old Valentine Diner sitting in the main gallery. Valentine Diners were 8-10 seat diners that were.manufactured in Wichita, Kansas from 1933 until the early 1970svand shipped to locations across the country. Over 2,000 were produced. The musum also has many items from the old Joyland Amusement Park which operated in Wichita from 1949 to 2004. The Joyland artifacts are courtesy of Jerry Ottaway, a motorcycle fan from the family which owned Joyland.
Twisted Oz website
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