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By McSnotty, on September 12th, 2017  216 viewsFurther to our spark plug article on maintenance and fitment from many a year ago (Motorcycle Sparkplug Conundrum 2010) here is an update with the inclusion of the listings from Lodge. The information is from 1948 and covers most of the early motorcycle makes. Despite what the cover says I have only included the motorcycle section of listings (and the piece of string holding it together).
Probably the most informative of all is the heat range chart which I have extrapalated and displayed below. It will show where in the Hot~Cold heat range that box of new plugs that you
Continue reading Lodge Spark Plug Guide.
By knobby, on September 3rd, 2017 162 viewsDave M from New Zealands North-Western Island (Straya for those who are geographically challenged) has kindly scanned and send us a Velocette Instruction Manual from 1947 that covers the MOV, MAC and MSS.
Its condition would be described as Well Used, which means its seen some action, and hopefully helped to keep a whole squadron of Velos on the road.
This booklet is 100 or so pages and a whopping 16Meg (by Barnstormers standards) , so if you have a bit of a slow internet connection then click the picture below and go put the kettle on.
Continue reading 1947 Velocette MOV MAC and MSS Instruction Booklet
By knobby, on June 28th, 2017 362 viewsBack in October last year we were asked if we could put out a note about the NZ 2017 BSA National Rally that was to be held in February 2017.
February 2017 is a distant memory and so I went back to Ash to get a rally report. This report was originally included the BSA club magazine “Southern Star” and has been reproduced here for our readers as a follow up. Permission to publish this on our website was sought and granted by both the Author, Simon Byrne, and the Photographer, David Guthrie.
Continue reading 2017 BSA National Rally Report (NZ)
By knobby, on January 23rd, 2017 833 viewsI recently holidayed up at Cooper Beach ( Doubtless Bay, Northland) with Mrs K and Jr and one of the highlights of our trip was visiting Mathews Vintage Collection on SH10 just outside Taipa. Whilst admiring his fine and varied collection, I was taken with this magnificent Raleigh Model 21.
Along with the display was a typed letter from Bruce Auger explaining some of the background and challenges he had in restoring this motorcycle to this prodigious condition. I have transcribed his letter below , including typos, for all to enjoy.
There’s not much more I can add, I would
Continue reading Bruce Augers 1928 Raleigh Model 21 Deluxe restoration
By McSnotty, on December 25th, 2016 699 viewsI am not really keen on such comments as “put it on your bucket list” (grrrr!!) and find that saying quite irritable. We do things because we want to and when we can afford it. But one thing that I did have on ‘a list’ for the last few years was to attend the Burt Munro Challenge in Invercargill, and finally the opportunity presented itself last month.
Held over the last weekend of November the Challenge is a series of different motorcycle events over 4 days. This year had an added attraction with the opening of Motorcycle Mecca, the newly
Continue reading Burt Munro Rally Nov 2016.
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