Very little has happened over the last 2 months on Barnstormers, what with the fine weather, christmas festivities, and open roads beckoning time has just slipped by. We hope that you all had a good break and no doubt are back hard at it in the workshop. Barnstomers has come across a couple of interesting […]
News February 2011. Read More »
In the 1990s New Zealands custom and modified non Japanese motorcycle magazine called Twin Eagle used to have the occassional page with very early photographs titled Blast From The Past. These were contributions from readers and there were some very interesting scenes including this one titled 4 Generations. The great grandfather is sitting on a
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Not much information on this photograph except the rider was a boarder called Jack and he must have stayed for quite a while because when he finally left he had much less hair than shown in this photograph. Motorcycle is a late 1910s~early 1920 Douglas 2 3/4 hp 2 speed belt drive twin cylinder and
When: Saturday 19th March 2011 Where: Taupo Marina Departure 9.30am. The Hawkes Bay Classic Motorcycle Club are proud to announce the running of their 22nd Taupo to Napier Mail Run. There are 2 categories for machines, Category 1 is for girder fork motorcycles built pre 1940, and Category 2 is for motorcycles built 1940 to
Taupo to Napier Motorcycle Mail Run 2011. Read More »
Having produced motorcycles since 1910 Diamond would have to be one of the smaller and more obscure makes seen around at rallies today. They were just one of the many motorcycle manufacturers trying to eke out a living in the 1920s so to compete with the bigger companies they also had on offer kitset type
1925 Diamond Sales Catalogue. Read More »
