Welcome back to the best little motorcycle blog on the internet, how's it all going champions. Well it's been a few weeks of being pretty rushed off my feet, down to Wellington to celebrate my sons birthday, then back down to celebrate mine, then this weekend just gone a lizard ride to Havelock North to celebrate our leaders 60th as well. And I'm back down to Wellington again next week for the big medical check ups, then back here and up to Matakana, to drop the Guzzi off for it's final fettling with Tim Stewart. My poor old truck is getting a bit of a beating. My garage is finally underway, since I moved to the new place I've been going through the entire resource consent, and building consent bullshit, but it's nearly there and today the posts for the retaining wall turned up, so it's progress of a sorts. Funnily enough this first stage does not even require a consent. Saw the new regulations for the importation of motorcycles into NZ today as well, don't fret, you will still be able to bring bikes in from before 1990, so a little sigh of relief there. It means though no more importations of 916's 996's or any sports bike after that date unless they are fitted with ABS. That is not good. What it does mean is that every 851, 888, 916 etc will effectively go screaming up in value if you want one. And who doesn't want one? 

Taken quite a few years ago when I picked up this Le Man3 with 2000 k's on the clock and all for $2300.00. It was a bargain, it has to be said. Should never have sold the thing.

Bruce Anstey really is that nice guy in the pit lane.

It's Ok to eat green food when it comes with other food.

One of the Lizards back in the day.

Lizards having breakfast at TeMata peak last week.

Fo0od cooked by a naked flame is preferable too.

There's a lot of KTM's in the Lizards.

Love the quality of the paint on these

I've got one of these somewhere, the BMW that is.

Moto martins, were really big in England back in the day, i used to lust after them.

A V24?

Starting to look for a new helmet, the Arai is now 4 years old and is in need of a change.

What a fantastic shot this is

Dustbins for as far as the eye can see.

I very nearly got to do one of these, pity that it didn't work out.

What you find in garages all over NZ.

 

It's the details that count

Just stunning

Italian metal, no one does it better

36 laps, 125 kilometers race length, and it comes down to this