Rex Knight is a person who probably has his own interesting stories about motorcycling having grown up with a father who was already into bikes and finished his last restoration of a long stroke featherbed Manx Norton at the healthy age of 84. However Rex has a different tale to tell, this one is about […]
Jack Kirner – Vintage Motorcyclist. Read More »
Webbs lastest offerings to those with bulging wallets was held on the evening of March 22 at their now regular site of Shed 5, Wellesley St, Auckland. Deemed more of a autorama auction than just a motorcycle auction as it also included some interesting cars and some very nice collectibles model cars, advertising signs,
Webbs Auction Update – 22 March 2011. Read More »
For a small country like New Zealand we are definitely blessed with some of the finest motorcycling machinery in the world. And one of the places to see such machines is the Classic Racing Registers Festival held over the weekend of February 4th, 5th, and 6th at the Pukekohe Park Raceway in South Auckland. Every
NZCMRR Pukekohe Festival 2011 – The Post Event Report. Read More »
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 »
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
So how many of you Barnstormer readers went along to the auction? And what did you think? Since living close to the Orkland province (Auckland to my English teacher) me and the Knubster decided to venture along. Within the 43 lots offered up there was some amazing machinery with a mixture from 1905 to 1977
Webbs Motorcycle Auction Review 25th Nov 2009 Read More »
I was chatting to a bloke at work the other day and he dug out some interesting information about this ‘Barnstormer’. Further research on the good old internet brought back some interesting information. Ive tried to tie it together in an informative way from various sources. I hope you enjoy this little spot of history.
William Rhodes-Moorhouse VC Read More »
