The Roaring Season

[quote="jellywrestler"]got a copy of that 1934 programme, struggle with the low res piccies requirement here and the time to sort that so don't post anywhere near what I could.
The NZGP was just as big as the NZTT, there are plenty of subjects to pick from, I'd lean towards a Motorcycle Road Racing thread and see how it evolves, What does the boss think, Steve Holmes?[/quote]

Happy to start a new thread ;

" I'd lean towards a Motorcycle Road Racing thread and see how it evolves ".


Trevor you note,
" "low res piccies requirement here" Please explain. ".

If you mean the programmes, I couldn't get them any better and the 1934 was a scan of a copy of a copy on the source I found.
- Plus my laptop is old as is the operator ..

I see "JW"s comment - picture size on here is small, and I often have to reduce images just to post here.

Cheers Guys,

Roger

[quote="Trevor Sheffield"]"low res piccies requirement here" Please explain.[/quote]

pictures have to very small digital size, most I have are too big a file and take time to reformat

"low res piccies requirement here" Please explain.

got a copy of that 1934 programme, struggle with the low res piccies requirement here and the time to sort that so don't post anywhere near what I could.
The NZGP was just as big as the NZTT, there are plenty of subjects to pick from, I'd lean towards a Motorcycle Road Racing thread and see how it evolves, What does the boss think, Steve Holmes?

New Zealand Tourist Trophy- Motorcycles Races 1931 - 1950 [ a break from 1941 - 1946, there was a War on. ]

[attachment=1]Motor Racing Waiheke #064 Photo 1934 NZ TT Programme Cover 1934 - arch Barnstormers .jpg[/attachment]

[attachment=0]Motor Racing Waiheke #065 Photo 1950 NZ TT Programme Cover 1950 - arch Barnstormers .jpg[/attachment]

From a website link by " Barnstormers ".
The writer of the Article thanks the " New Zealand Motorcyclist " and the " Auckland Motor CycleClub.
The 1934 Programme cover was a scan from a photo that had been copied a few times - hence the poor quality.

Maybe a thread on the History of the NZ TT is required - a bit out of my area of expertise but certainly of interest..

" jellywrestler " - what do you think ?.

Cheers

Roger

The roadside furniture got moved back as the roads got widened at Cust. I have a vivid memory of watching at the top of the esses and seeing Tommy McC hit the fencepost on the apex of the corner onto the top straight. On a 7R, hit it with his shoulder and just kept going.
Tough, hard men then.

Did a lap around cust a few weeks ago, and had been to one of the reunion meetings in the 90's, the passing opportunites are vastly superior to Waiheke Island

Sid Moses, I met him in the 1990's, he was bed ridden and the family looked down their noses at me as I was interested in motorcycles. In his room he had three photos, two were of him at the Isle of Man, I think they were jealous or didn't understand. He showed me the scar on his arm he had got in a practice crash, and then won the Nesbit Sheild for keeping on competing. They never awarded it again as they thought it might encourage people to compete when they maybe shouldn't do.

Great film. Amazing conditions. Cust when I first went there mid 50's was wider and with the oiled dirt much less dust. But still really not much improved over those times
I had Sam Moses IOM KTT Velo head through the workshop a few years back for valves and guides. The Rudge and his Ktt still exist.

Posted the Photos of the T - Shirt.
Sold by the Waiheke - Central Supply Co. largely a clothing company - mainly items for " Blokes "

The owner of the business has posted this film from the 1932 event..

" [url]https://www.centralsupply.co.nz/the-waiheke-tt-races[/url] ".

Worth a look and knowing the roads since the 1950's - it has changed !!.

" jellywrestler " no doubt you have seen the film !!!.

The Classic Register recently asked me if they could hand my stuff over to someone on the island as they wanted to make it known it was part of the islands history, it doesn't take much at all to grab something like that and put it in peoples faces. I recently printed some t shirts with an old mc shop logo on from chch, in 6 weeks i've sold 55 of them, one guy yesterday ordered ten. People have filled the walls in their mancave so the nanas race art moves quite slowly, but everybody has a chest that needs window dressing daily so they've flown off the shelves. As with mnost of my stuff for sale the best part are the stories that come out.

[quote="jellywrestler"]one of the catalyst for doing the book was when i went to waiheke island the first thing i did at the tourist centre was enquire about the circuit, of which they knew nothing. That didn't sit well with me so had it in my head for a number of years to do something about it.[/quote]

Pleased you did that.
When buying the T shirt I had a chat to the Sales Guy, he was not the owner / maker of the Tshirts or the shop but was into Motorcycles and came from Invercargill, he knew Burt Monroe and went to the Races at Oreti Beach.
He also said there is some of the Race History at the Settlers Museum on the Onetangi Straight [ shown as Fast Straight on the Map, was part of the track ], The Museum is beside the Golf Club, opposite the wineries and brewery / restaurant places along the road.
Have not been to the Museum, but now have a reason to, next time on the Island.

Read your PM and have replied,

Cheers

Roger

one of the catalyst for doing the book was when i went to waiheke island the first thing i did at the tourist centre was enquire about the circuit, of which they knew nothing. That didn't sit well with me so had it in my head for a number of years to do something about it.

Good work with the sales " Spyda " ..
. Was at a place of interest in the world of Motor Cycle racing and mentioned in your book -
.. a small Island in the Hauraki Gulf where a local company has produced a series of T shirts ... in several different colours and either Triumph or Velocette names on them.

I got this one.

[attachment=1]Motor Racing Waiheke Island #131 NZ TT Races 1931 - 1950 Triumph T Shirt sml R Dowding.jpg[/attachment]

" 1081 " is the Post Code for Waiheke Island ..

As the Author of " New Zealand Motorcycle Road Racing Circuits " knows ..
The Track looked like this, And we drove the roads on our visit, now all sealed but still very narrow in places..

[attachment=0]Motor Racing Waiheke Island #29 NZ TT Race the track small crop BW Graeme Staples (2) (480x279.jpg[/attachment]

Copy from your archives " jellywrestler ".

I also noted that in a new Book out called " Kiwi Bikers " a certain gentleman appears beside his bike..

More a car than a Motorcycle Guy, but good to see your book selling well and the new book out too !!.
There is a six page article in the "Waiheke Weekender " about the new book by Ken and Greg Downie ..

over 600 copies sold now, so far this month I've sold 46 copies, 42 myself and four through a shop, not too bad considering it's been out for 14 months.

Not too long till Fathers day, sick of getting socks? point this book out to your offspring and we'll get one sent pronto. Softcover $54 Wire bound touring edition great for on the road hunting down the circuits and doing a lap. $8 freight. Many of these Circuits ran cars as well as motorcycles

This is well worth buying. Reference material that I doubt is collated anywhere else.

And a good read too.

550 out the door now, grab your copy for some winter reading folks

Grab you copy in the next couple of days folks to ensure delivery before christmas....

Ticked over my 350th book out of the door yesterday, we've been out of stock of wire bound books for a month, picked another hundred of those up this afternoon so on our way to the next 350 sales.....