BIKES - History on two wheels

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BIKES - History on two wheels

Jul 16, 2008
By Marge Tubalkain-Trell

ANTIQUE COLLECTION: For the specialist.

TALLINN - Manufacturers can slap together a motorcycle in an afternoon, but it takes Urmas Teearu up to 10 years. Teearu, a motorcycle restoration specialist and owner of the Motorcycle Museum, buys frames, engines and other parts from a variety of disparate sources. “Finally there are enough pieces to make a motorcycle,” he said. Teearu has been into bikes ever since he was a child. He started out renovating mopeds for his village and got his first motorcycle as payment for his labors ...

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