Panther is probably one of the less common motorcycles seen on the roads today, and if you do see one it will most likely be the big 600 or 650 sloper, and could even be pulling a sidecar, something that they excelled at. But Phelon and Moore, the manufacturers of Panther, did produce smaller capacity […]
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Douglas motorcycles have always seemed to be a popular motorcycle from the 1910s through to the 1930s in New Zealand, and this can be supported by the photos that we have put up on Barnstormers, and also those held in our National Library. Even rallies that I attended in the 1970s and 80s were always
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Early stories of motorcyclists and their adventures in New Zealand are very few, perhaps because as a nation of motorcyclists we are more of ‘the doer than the talker’. J. B. Hislop was one of those very early motorcyclists that was both, as he wrote about people, places and events that he encountered through his
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In 1906 Frank Grimley, of Grimley’s Sarolea Motors, Sydney, Australia was the sole Australian and New Zealand agent for all things Sarolea. This is the companies advertising flyer to all those who may have been contemplating the purchase of the new complicated mechanical motobicycle, whether as a complete machine or as a kitset, instead of
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Supplied by Turnill, North & Co, Motorcycle Specialists, of Peterborough this catalogue gives an excellent insight into the inner working of the Royal Ruby Factory. Manufacturing was spread over their No 1 and No 2 Works with the first 7 pages outlining the various departments required to produce motorcycles. From frame building, The Capstan Dept,
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