Barnstormers Remembered

J B Hislop, Another True Pioneer Motorcyclist.

Early stories of motorcyclists and their adventures in New Zealand are very few, perhaps because as a nation of motorcyclists we are more of ‘the doer than the talker’. J. B. Hislop was one of those very early motorcyclists that was both, as he wrote about people, places and events that he encountered through his […]

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Billy (William M.) Davy – A 1920s Engineering Wizard?

In June 2009 we featured a piece about W.M. Davy from NZ converting a 2 3/4hp side valve Douglas engine into a OHC. The article came from a 1920s edition of the English motorcycling magazine The Motorcycle. Not much else was printed and so here endeth the story. Well, Graeme from New Plymouth has passed

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Bruce Augers 1928 Raleigh Model 21 Deluxe restoration

I 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

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