The design and styling of this motorcycle impresses me, especially for 1938. Its classy cast alloy mufflers have a hint of American motorcycle custom designer Arlen Ness, but he didn’t appear until the 1960s, making this machine years ahead of its time. The motorcycle is a 495cc 1938 Peugeot Model 515, beautifully presented at the […]
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In the October/November 2019 issue of the Vintage Car Clubs bi-monthly magazine, Beaded Wheels, there is an excellent article by Bevars Binnie about a 1935 Royal Enfield Motor Carrier. This article ,and associated pictures, prompted us to ask Bevars if we could reproduce this here at Barnstormers, as its is a unique machine worthy of
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Things have moved on a little in the Knob household since last years show, as Knob Jr has decided he now likes motorcycles and backed this up by getting his MC license and a shiny Kawasaki Ninja (not Barnstormers old , I know, but please bear with the ramblings of an old man). So there
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I was at a bit of a loss on Sunday , as my weekend achievements so far had been totaled up and reached a big zero. To get this off the mark, I rounded up Knob Jr and headed to the Auckland ‘Caffeine and Classics’ to eyeball other peoples elderly tat. This event is held
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Not many sleeps to go. If you see a couple of portly chaps with Orkland accents bickering their way around the site, thats probably us
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