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On Monday night, the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum announced that founder George W. Barber Jr. had passed away.
The 85-year-old was a real estate developer, businessman, and philanthropist, but he will mostly be remembered as a motorsports enthusiast who built a world-class facility near Birmingham in his home state of Alabama.
Barber raced Porsches in the 1960s, amassing 63 race wins during that time. He rediscovered his passion for motorsports in 1988, and soon shifted his focus to motorcycles. By then, the world’s largest car collections were already established, so at the suggestion of close friend Dave Hooper, Barber set out to assemble the world’s largest motorcycle collection.
He did just that.
In 1994, Barber established the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, which opened to the public in 1995. It was officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s largest motorcycle collection in 2014. The museum houses more than 1,800 bikes today.
Inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2014, there’s little debate about the impact that George Barber Jr. had on the motorcycling world. The Museum will share additional details concerning Barber’s passing in the days to come.
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