This is the third piston catalogue that we have put up on Barnstormers, the other two being a 1938 BRICOVMO and a 1963 Hepolite. We still have a 1948 Hepolite catalogue to scan and format sometime in the future. This catalogue is quite unique in that Fisher were a New Zealand manufacturer from Wellington. We […]
1934 Fisher Piston Catalogue. Read More »
Harley Davidson advertised their motorcycles as the Worlds Most Popular Motorcycle and trying to keep ahead of other manufacturers meant that 1948 was going to be quite an important year for some of their models. It was the last year of the springer front suspension that had reigned supreme on the Big Twin for over
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Now this is a machine that everybody should own. Oozing style, painted in James rich maroon red with very decorative petrol tank transfers owners would have been proud to be seen cruising the High Street on this beast. So what would have been the attraction of owning such a machine? Well they were manufactured between
1949 James Superlux Autocycle Handbook and Parts List. Read More »
This is just an advance notice from the folks in the Hawkes Bay Classic Motorcycle Club who organise the annual Taupo to Napier Mail Run. This will be their 33rd event and has been confirmed for Saturday 19th March 2022. For those who may have heard of the run but not done it is an
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This is the first year Ive attended this event, what great little show. Some great bikes old and new and well presented There was even an old tubby ex motorcycle racer there chatting about , well, old motorcycles and showing some of the stuff he does with 70’s Kawasakis (Theres a makers name thats never
New Plymouth Classic Motorcycle Club 40th Anniversary Motorcycle Show Read More »
