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A Tale of Friends, Florins and Rudges.

History / McSnotty

This is an amusing story about what motorcyclists got up to, even in the 1930s. It was originally published in the New Zealand Classic Motorcycle Racing Registers newsletter Megaphone in 2002 and is reprinted here with the kind permission of the original author Peter Beazley. Thanks Peter. Some twenty five years ago whilst living in Auckland I […]

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A Tale of a 1930 Royal Enfield.

History / McSnotty

Throughout ones life you always hear interesting stories of rare or special finds. You know the ones, the $10,000 plate bought for a fiver at a flea market, a diamond ring found while digging in the back yard, or that very rare 1930s motorcycle (and no not a bloody Brough!!) that the lawn mower man

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Postcards from a Bygone era

History / knobby

Here are a few postcards featuring the type of machines the Barnstormers chaps like. You will have to dive into the post as putting the images on the front page may slow down the loading of the site. (We are thinking of those people who dont have fast Internet access.)

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Grandpa McSnottys Wisdom –

Humour / McSnotty

Growing up we all had mentors that imparted important nuggets of information. My mentor was Grandpa McSnotty and his contribution to my youthful development was 3 very important pearls of wisdom – Take a look here

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We’ve added some new gubbins

Maintenance, Technical / knobby

A while ago I knocked out a quick post to find out what type of oil you are using in your pre-45 bikes. Not a lot of love came back  (Thanks LubeBoy for your input though) So the Fat guys here at Barnstormer central have made it easy, no logging in, no signing up, just

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