The Villages - November 2020 - 64

Behind the Wheel

A MUSEUM
IN A GARAGE
Bob Haight's eight-car garage is full of vintage vehicles
STORY BY MARK ANDERSON | PHOTOS BY BRANDON AT WELL
Villagers move and upgrade their homes for all sorts of reasons - more
bedrooms, a larger kitchen, adding a swimming pool and so on.
For Bob Haight, finding a home with a larger garage was a requirement
- with eight motorcycles, three cars and a golf car, he and his wife Rita
needed all the room they could get for his collection.
Haight's interest in motorcycles began as a necessity years ago.
"It was 1967 when I bought my first motorcycle," Haight said. "I was
in the Navy and needed an easy way to get around."
Though he put motorcycles to the side later in life, when he retired
and moved to The Villages in 2013, he decided he wanted to get back on
two wheels.
"I didn't have any for a long while, and when we moved to Florida, I
started getting back into it again," he explained. "Around here, it's easier to
get out onto the country roads and ride, so that's what I did."
And get back into it he did - his eight-car garage is full
of motorcycles, along with both his Ford Model T truck and
Model A. Whether they are bikes he has built himself or
vintage motorcycles he purchased elsewhere, each one holds
a special place in his garage.
Here's a look at his collection.

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NOVEMBER 2020

URAL DARKFORCE
WITH SIDECAR
"They made 25 of these and
shipped them to the United States,"
Haight said. "They're all in black like
this, and I put the pinstriping and
the Russian star on."
"I have two 40-pound bags
of stone (in the sidecar) because
when you make right-hand turns,
they have a tendency of lifting,"
Haight said, laughing. "The weight
makes right turns much easier."



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