Most motorcycle riders have always wanted to look cool, whether it be with an open face crash helmet, Stadium googles, sheepskin topped riding boots, and from the 1950s and 60s a white scarf and leather jacket adorned with badges and patches. These few photos of Eric and his motor (side valve New Hudsons) are depicting […]
Sometimes it is good to just kick back and look at old photographs of riders past. It is even better if there is a story, but as in most cases they are just photos by themselves, no story, and have been discarded by people who share no interest in our past. These images would most
Our Motorcycling Past in Photographs. Read More »
From the Clapham Series, of the Y.M.C.A or the Young Mens Christian Association. An excellent detailed photograph and well worth the price paid. The business operating within is the Tourist Motor Coy, and as can be seen were offering an array of automobiles and motorcycles. They were agents for E.M.F , Flanders, Talbot and Minerva
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Alex Emerslie hailed from Dunedin and liked motorcycles, and so did his friends. They called themselves The BSA Boys and were all ex Royal Marines who seemed to enjoy exploring the countryside on their bikes. And as part of those trips they were to capture them on film. It is great that the photos were
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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
Billy (William M.) Davy – A 1920s Engineering Wizard? Read More »
