The Isle of Man Motor Museum is a small museum with a big collection. Located in Jurby, on a former RAF base on the northern end of the island, this is one attraction that’s not to be missed. Hosting a very eclectic collection of motorcycles, cars, military vehicles, a Greyhound Senicruiser, and a whole lot more, it’s well worth the time to visit.
I've always loved this color scheme.
The museum has a very nice collection of motorcycles, some race bikes some street bikes.
For all you Ducatistas out there.
There wasn't enough time to spend here to look at everything.
This 3-level rack spanned the length of the entire wall of the building.
A view from the 2nd floor.
A few more bikes to see.
Great display of TT memorabilia. Some of the old style gravity fed gas cans. The large poster is what the old scoreboard used to look like. It was kept up by hand by the local Boy Scouts. Unfortunately, it was beyond repair, and couldn't be salvaged/reused. So now the course has a digital scoreboard.
These are some of the old signposts.
Some of the race bikes on the 2nd floor.
Some more race bikes.
There's no theme to the collection, i.e. year, type, manufacturer, etc..
..just classic bike after classic bike.
All different years. All different manufacturers.
But no less impressive.
Have you ever heard of a Douglas?
I hadn't until I visited this museum. Based in Kingswood, Bristol, manufactured from 1907 to 1957.
Another Ducati.
The Bonneville salt flats have hosted riders from the Isle of Man.
Vintage race bikes. The Honda #43 is a Mike Hailwood 500 replica.
More modern but still vintage race bikes.
These are all vintage Honda 2-strokes.
A nice Laverda, Morini, and (original) Benelli.
A 1974 Ducati 750 in a color you don't often see one in. The Ducati with the silver tank is a 125cc 4-stroke from 1956-58 era.
Honda racing (HRC) has a long history with the IOM TT.
Another pair of amazing Hondas. Up until the 2026 IOM TT, Honda supplied the TT Race Marshall's with Honda Fireblades.
Suzuki wasn't the only motorcycle company to put a Wankel rotary engine in a bike. The Germans did it first - The Hercules W-2000 (DKW) The sidecar and lime green paint wasn't stock.
Dresda Triton. One of the more famous race bikes of its time. Norton "Featherbed" frame, Triumph engine, and the rest of the kit by Dresda Auto of west London.
A Dresda next to a Harley Davidson. In 1978, Alan Cathcart raced a Harley Davidson in the 1978 Formula Three TT Race, completing the course with a time of 1.43.04.2 and speed of 87.85 mph. A total of 11 H-D's competed in the TT, with 5 finishing the mountain course.
#201 Ducati 1098 ridden by John Laverty in the Northwest 200.
#100 Neil Hodgson Ducati 996. GSE Racing is the most successful British Superbike race team of all time.
If that's anything close to an RD-400, I'm already terrified.
1965 Greeves Anglian 250cc Trials bike. The Greeves company was originally started (as Invacar) to produce 3-wheeled motorized invalid carriages for the U.K. government.
James Comet (L) next to a 1949 James Autocycle (R). Started out as James Cycle Co., Birmingham 1880 to build Penny Farthing bicycles. Produced motorcycles from 1902 to 1966.
Of course you can't have a motorcycle museum without a Vincent in it.
1922 Scott Squirrel two-speed. Founded in Yorkshire in 1908 as the Scott Engineering Company, they produced motorcycles as late as 1978.
1952 BSA Sunbeam S8. The original design was loosely based on the BMW R75.
Aahh, the Amazonas. Generally considered one of the WORST motorcycles ever made.
I don't care what anyone says - the old Minis are far better than the new ones.
A lot of red vehicles in this musem.
Of course they would have an XKE on display.
The Isle of Man even tried joining the space race. Excaliber-Almaz was a privately held commercial spaceflight company headquartered on the Isle of Man from 2005 - 2016.
Developed in New Zealand, the Gibbs Aquada (2003-2004), was a fully amphibious car that could reach speeds of 99 mph on land an 27 kts on the water. In 2004, Sir Richard Branson set the record of crossing the English Channel in one of these - 1hr, 40min, 6sec.
The Bond Bug. 1970 - 1974, approx 2270 made. They were eventually produced by Reliant Motors and shared some of the same parts as the Reliant Robin. Interesting note - the man who designed the Bond Bug also designed the land speeder in Star Wars.
I did say the collection was eclectic.
The car I've always wanted. Too bad it's stuffed with Lucas electrics.