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Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by GD66 » Sat Jun 22, 2013 2:39 am

Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by Paul Kirk » Sat Jun 22, 2013 12:46 am

Check out http://WWW.Cust GP. Followers of that site may well have stories and info to tell!
PK.

Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by Steve Holmes » Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:22 pm

Thanks for that ^^ great idea!

Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by SPman » Mon Apr 15, 2013 6:19 am

Put out a call on
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/
Plenty of bikers on there....

Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by Oldfart » Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:36 am

What about the museum at Rongotea (Sp?) many of the bikes at Leadfoot came from there.

Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by Steve Holmes » Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:23 am

Just wanted to bump this one back to the top. Still looking for subjects for this book. Any suggestions for people and bikes of interest in both the lower North Island and South Island? Have car and camera. Will travel!

Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by Steve Holmes » Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:55 pm

Greg Stokes wrote:Dad has a early seventies era chopper based on a Triumph. Quite a few rodders have bikes in their collections.


Hey Greg, I'd love to include Mark in it. I plan to stay up in the Auck area for the week following the first DH event next weekend, so could call in and see him that week if possible?

Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by Steve Holmes » Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:54 pm

ERC wrote:I'll try and catch up with you the first Friday of the Hulme. Billy may well be around at some stage anyway. I think I still have his address and phone number. We have a mutual interest in his Lola.

Are you going to be based anywhere specific Steve? Maybe with Dale? Or do we all meet just outside Hamptons just before/after the lunch breaks???

I do have an old Greeves down at HD awaiting building up properly...


Thanks Ray, yep I will be around the HMC pit a lot of the time, although Dale has organised for me to do some commentating for the HMC races (thanks Dale, NOT!). So I should be pretty easy to track down.

Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by Steve Holmes » Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:53 pm

Hey everyone, thanks heaps for all the replies. This is awesome!

Dave, I'd love to include Mrs B. Can you flick me an email and let me know what part of the country you live in? I'll be up for the Denny Hulme Festival from next weekend, and plan to stay in the upper north island during the week following before the second DH weekend. So I plan to visit people for the book.

Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by Dave B » Wed Jan 09, 2013 8:07 am

Steve Holmes wrote:Gidday folks, I've been asked to put together a new book for HarperCollins Publishing, on New Zealand motorbike enthusiasts. I'm looking for people to include in the book. The book is basically about the bike culture in NZ, and will include everything from vintage bikes, through to modern, rare bikes, daily commuters, race bikes, and bike collections etc. Also after interesting motorbike owners, ie, owners who have travelled huge distances on their bikes, or ridden them internationally, also elderly owners, elderly racers, young owners and racers, etc etc. The bikes themselves don't necessarily have to be special, but there needs to be a story to tell with each.

Am very much open to ideas. Would appreciate any leads and/or suggestions, contacts etc.

Anyway, any help would be appreciated. Flick me an email at: mailto:?subject=&body=

Thanks folks.


Mrs Berg would be a good one. Never been interested in bikes until aged 35. Got her licence, and now, 2 years on, I have to pry her off a bike. Almost 30,000km on her current one,,,,,,,,,,,,since Feb last year!

Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by ERC » Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:47 am

Steve Holmes wrote:Hey guys, thanks for the suggestions. Keep them coming! Murray, yep I'll be there Friday morning. Ray, do you know how I could contact Billy?

I'll try and catch up with you the first Friday of the Hulme. Billy may well be around at some stage anyway. I think I still have his address and phone number. We have a mutual interest in his Lola.

Are you going to be based anywhere specific Steve? Maybe with Dale? Or do we all meet just outside Hamptons just before/after the lunch breaks???

I do have an old Greeves down at HD awaiting building up properly...

Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by John McKechnie » Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:25 am

Brian Meadowcroft at Cycle Pro has been the number 1 motorbike body painter-I sent you pix of some of his works.
I will send you a pm .

Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by Greg Stokes » Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:05 am

Dad has a early seventies era chopper based on a Triumph. Quite a few rodders have bikes in their collections.

Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by nigel watts » Wed Jan 09, 2013 6:32 am

Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by Bruce302 » Wed Jan 09, 2013 4:36 am

Steve, if you have no luck contacting Billy Apple, I know his brother. Could be worth a try.
Bruce.

Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by Steve Holmes » Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:16 am

Hey guys, thanks for the suggestions. Keep them coming! Murray, yep I'll be there Friday morning. Ray, do you know how I could contact Billy?

Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by Murray Maunder » Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:50 am

Are you going to be at Denny Hulme at all Steve? If possible I will try to catch up for a chat about the subject, I expect to be there the first Friday and maybe the following.

Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by ERC » Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:30 am

Artist Billy Apple is another with a passion for bikes (as well as cars) and always an interesting subject to talk to.

Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by Bruce302 » Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:50 am

Don't Forget Ken McIntosh. And Paul Fahey started on motorcycles, and George Begg was pretty handy too.

Re: Book Subjects Wanted - Motorbikes

by John McKechnie » Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:30 am

Steve-if you want to do a section on loose cannons on bikes-I have 6 Kawasaki 500 H1s and 2 Kawasaki 750 H2s from 70-72.
Lot of short term citizens had them.

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