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Monthly Archive for September, 2009

South Island Rag Rally

Its time to start planning for the South Island RAG Rally Canterbury Show Weekend 13-15th November 2009 and this year we are going to Hokitika on the West Coast, will be based at 252 Beachside Motels and Holiday Park in Revell St Hokitika which has a wide range of accommodation to suit all budgets (details […]

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Biketoberfest again

The Biketoberfest event is shaping up to be a great day with possibly up to 600 bikes turning up.  On the Sunday there is going to be a big public display of bikes of all shapes and sizes down Manchester St from 0900 to 1330. The website for the event is www.biketoberfest.co.nz

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October 2009 Runs & Events

Sunday 4th October Tarbabies & Gravel Surfers: Banks Peninsula: French Farm for Lunch with routes for both groups. Depart BP Halswell 10.30am Labour Weekend 24th – 26th October Greymouth Street Races (Organise your own group) Biketoberfest October 30th – November 1st Friday 30th 4pm – 7pm Ruapuna The theme is Ride Safely and the ACC […]

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Track Day at Ruapuna

We had a great turnout from the club at our rider training day. I wasn’t able to bring my bike along (as I don’t have my licence yet) so Jeff kindly let me take his for a spin!!

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Yes, even us old folks who ride BMW’s need to move with the times so you will all be pleased to know that we are now live on Twitter. Great, I hear you all say, now what???? Well possibly the best thing to do is have a technology night where we/I will go over how […]

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Hockenhim Museum

Some of the amazing bikes on display at the Hockenheim Museum just outside Heidelberg.  I had a bit of a blast in a track car but to be honest you will have more fun at Ruapuna with the Canterbury Driving School. Anyway, here are some of the bikes……………..

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Touratech Factory Germany

Last year Julia and I happened to be close to the Touratech factory in Southern German so we paid them a visit. The place was a lot bigger than we though but you could spend a hell of a lot of money in their shop….

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Shortest Day Spin October 11th, 2009

The team at Sportzone would like to offer you the opportunity to join us for an awesome country cruise! There will be two route options, one for dual-purpose bikes and one for road bikes. A $5 donation ensures your entry to the prize draw which will be forwarded to our chosen charity! We’ll meet at […]

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Biketoberfest 2009

Christchurch Motorcycle dealers to unite in celebration of motorcycling! From Friday 30 October to Sunday 1 November 2009 central Christchurch will become Motorcycle Mecca as thousands of motorcyclists riding everything from mopeds to the fastest superbikes and the biggest cruisers will converge on lower Manchester St for Biketoberfest 2009. Biketoberfest is a celebration of everything […]

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The Grass Monkey – Easter 2010

Well you have all heard about The Brass Monkey which is held down in Oturehua in June each year, brrrrrr. Anyway, Julia and Justin are running the Crow’s Nest Backpackers in Oturehua for the summer months and Justin has suggested holding a Grass Monkey, held in summer, much better idea. The plan is to hold […]

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