Admission $7 ==Opened Sat/Sun 12-5
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OLD MILL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM |
RESTORATION
The Mill
White spent about $150,000 renovating the four-floor grist mill.
He first replaced the gristmill's giant wooden, multi-paned windows that were "all busted out." He cleaned out "feces from birds, bats, and bugs." filled holes in cement floors, and removed graffiti. An old cement grain bin - about 8-feet high covering about 1,000 sq ft - was destroyed by sledge hammer and allowed to fall through a hole "floor to floor to the bottom," White said. A work crew . . . quit after a couple of days, because it was such "hard work." So White, his father and some friends did the rest. New electrical work and plumbing were required. Three 5-ton air-conditioning units were installed to cool just half of the building.
Motorcycles
Each motorcycle took about 315-400 hours to restore, and each is now worth between $20,000 and $35,000. Finding old parts is necessary for restoration, so it will be "almost impossible" to restore antique bikes in another five to 10 years. Parts are already in such limited supply that cost will become prohibitive.
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