According to a story from the BBC, fire has destroyed much of the National Motorcycle Museum near Birmingham, ruining 650 vintage machines and leaving 60% of the building a blackened shell. More than 120 firefighters tackled the fire which could be seen for 15 miles around.
Here’s a late September update on the story http://www.realclassic.co.uk/news03091910.html
Here’s a direct link to the museum’s website
http://www.nationalmotorcyclemuseum.co.uk/

The bikes destroyed in the collection traced the history of the British motorcycle industry and many of the museum’s rarest exhibits were among those lost. Exhibits included BSA Gold Stars, Sunbeam Twins, DMW Hornets and Triumph racers. The value of the destroyed bikes is put at £8m, but many of the machines are irreplacable.
Staff and conference delegates at a business conference at the museum at Bickenhill, near Birmingham International Airport, saved some of the 900 bikes after fire broke out at around 1700 BST Tuesday. A museum spokesman said: “Over 300 of the exhibits in the museum have been saved. Sadly, three of the museum’s five exhibit halls have been destroyed along with their exhibits. ”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/3114410.stm,