All Roads Lead to the Rotorua Swapmeet 2009. Ah what can I say – my favourite place. Mud pools, geysers and that special aroma are just some of the memories that visitors take away with them from that much loved/hated place. And for the 2nd Sunday in July every year old junk is something else […]
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Contrary to other McSnotty family members beliefs I do possess books other than those adorned with motorcycles, its just that I find my old university nuclear physics manuals just plain boring. The splitting of the atom is so yesterday but the sight of a well lubricated vintage bike spluttering down the road is just so
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The B&B Plain Jet carburetor is probably one of the most common types fitted to early vintage machines of smaller capacity. Owning a vintage motorcycle has its enjoyment but also has its headaches, especially when it comes to maintenance. Long gone are original handbooks and for the handbooks that do exist there is very limited
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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
A Tale of Friends, Florins and Rudges. Read More »
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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