By Steve Green
On August 28th & 29th, the Manawatu Classic Club run their Bi-annual Motorcycle Show in the Barber Hall in Palmerston North with bikes on display including a 1914, 500cc Humber single, an air cooled Norton Rotary, a 600cc BWM Trail twin, a 500cc 1936 Ivory Calthorpe, a 500cc Model 21 Norton flat tanker, a 1926 Indian Scout, an XR750 Harley flat tracker, a 600cc Panther Sloper, a Speedway TQ Midget powered by a 500cc Norton twin and a 500cc, Jawa ice racing bike complete with two inch steel spikes on the tyres.
There were plenty of classic and vintage street bikes as well as classic racers, modern racers, radical choppers, dirt bikes, beach racers, vintage grass tracker, sidecars and even a couple of Supercharged Drag Bikes.

Date: 2010-08-29

Photographer: Lauren Simpson

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Photographer: Darryl Seymour

Photographer: Darryl Seymour

Date: 2010-08-09

Photographer: Brian Thomas

Date: 2010-08-08

Photographer: Mike Beauchamp

Date: 2010-07-27

Photographer: Steve Green

On Sunday July 25th the Palmerston North Off Roaders Club held a Club day at Wall Road, North of Foxton. The venue was basically a fairly flat paddock with a muddy track that wound it’s way in and out of a grove of Macrocarpa and other trees. The six lap races kept the small crowd of spectators entertained with some interesting cornering in the muddy conditions and a couple of bumps on the main straight which had cars airborne. Drivers included Richie Ryder and Renee Veenendaal of Otaki in their 1600cc VW powered Off Roader, Peter Hogg of Levin in a Toyota powered Off Roader and Daniel Knight of Levin in his 1600cc VW powered Off Roader.
The most potent racer vehicle on the day, although not always the fastest, was the class 8 Thundertruck of Martin Van Der Wal from Otaki which is a purpose built, Off Road race truck powered by a 4000cc, mid mounted, Toyota Lexus V8 engine.

Date: 2010-07-27

Photographer: Steve Green

Over the weekend of July 24th & 25th, the Central Territories Siberian Husky Club ran their 2010 Sled Dog Derby in the North Block of Waitarere Forest attracting 30 entrants and 55 dogs. The event was split into three sessions for the dogs benefit, to keep them cool while running, starting with an early session Saturday morning and a second session in the late afternoon followed by a third session early on Sunday morning. The Sled dogs that compete in these events include Alaskan Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes, German Short Haired Pointers, Dalmatians, Samoyed and naturally, many Siberian Huskies, however Sled Dog Racing is open to any dogs that love to run. Read the rest of this entry »

Date: 2010-07-25

Photographer: Chris Morris