CHP Motorcycle to Be in Smithsonian Exhibit
From Times Wire Reports
A vintage California Highway Patrol motorcycle identical to the ones used in the “CHiPs” television show is headed to the nation’s capital to be featured in a Smithsonian Institution exhibit.
The National Museum of American History exhibition, “America on the Move,” will open Nov. 22, featuring more than 300 transportation artifacts -- including the 1976 Kawasaki CHP bike.
CHP mechanics spent more than 300 hours restoring the bike after the department purchased it from Kawasaki for $1.
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