Guy Webster/Michael Taggart Collection

[SNC1923]

Many, many members of this forum will have a far great appreciation for the following than I do, but I can't help that I'm a lunk head.

My buddies Brad and Tim invited me to go on a ride today to check out the "motorcycle museum" in Ojai. I knew about the museum in Solvang, but had never heard of one in OJai. Well, it turns out that this "museum" is the private collection of Guy Webster (http://www.guywebster.com/) and Michael Taggart (http://www.ojaivalleynews.com/issues2003/02-February2003/02-28-03/02-28-03photostory.html). they share a passion for Italian motorcycles and British automobiles, among others. If you don't know (I didn't) Webster is a preeminent celebrity photographer, documenter of such luminaries as Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, Jack Nicholson, and Rita Hayworth. He still works at his studio in Venice, CA. Taggart is a retired English teacher who appears to have inherited money from the Budweiser fortune. However these two gentlemen came by their money, they sure know who to spend it. Here's a brief tour of their two facilities, within one block of each other in a nondescript industrial park in Ojai, CA.

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Here Guy Webster allows a young museum-goer the opportunity to sit astride and rev the engine of whatever bike he chose. He chose well.

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Sure was a fun and interesting day. Great ride, great food, good buds, and lots of really cool bikes. Thanks for looking. Rest of the pictures are here (http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/gallery/4763639_khagK/9).

[mrich12000]

Brovo:bow :bow :clap :clap

[Visian]

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:drool


even though the pic i quoted is a spanish bike, this guy needs to meet up with a fellow up here in north georgia... they have a similar passion in italian bikes.

i'll have to try and find some pics of our georgia club vintage ride to that museum.

thanks for posting, tom... great pics!

ian

[rinty]

Thanks Tom. Here's some more stuff on him:

http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?t=13768&highlight=guy+webster

Rinty

[SNC1923]

Thanks Tom. Here's some more stuff on him:

http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?t=13768&highlight=guy+webster

Rinty

Duh. . . . I posted in that thread. How weird—Having. . . out of body. . . experience. . . . I had no recollection of that. Thanks for closing the loop! :doh

[rinty]

Guy's collection and ultimate garage weasled their way into my brain and won't go away.:ha

But if I owned his country place and that fabulous collection, I'd really worry about forest fires. And they get some big ones in California.

Rinty