The late Eric Brockways 1993 “Vespa, An Illustrated History”, has had a facelift. Heavy on the Douglas information (understandable as Eric Brockway was Managing Director for Douglas for many years), colour photos have been added, and it is available now for pre-order, due out June 2009.
We have another track day underway April 4 – again riding in the slow / novice class. Anybody interested to improve their time in an environment considerably safer than engaging the streets of Auckland City on a work day, should consider this great opportunity to improve skills and test your scoot in a legal manner.
Next session will be with kiwi trackdays – see their website for detail and to check what protection you must wear. Kiwi Track Days. Contact Michael Davies at Retroscooter or Kevin Golding at Scooterworld for more info. We hope to participate at Hampton Downs as soon as the facility is running.
New Zealand Classic Scooter Club 2009 Rally
Labour Weekend 2009 (Sat 24th – Mon 26th October) – Pukeora Estate (just south of Waipukurau, Central Hawkes Bay). All accommodation onsite.
Any questions, offers, expressions of interest, please contact the organiser (jess@scootnz.co.nz).
Hello from the very sunny Bay of Plenty – yes very hot and sunny 🙂
Hope you all arrived home safe and sound.
I am just sorting some photos together and wondered if you have any cool photos could you please email them to me, so I can put all the good ones together.
Once again thanks heaps for coming to Tauranga for the ‘How fast can you go’ rally, which is now renamed to ‘How wet can you get?’ The weather did not spoil all the fun – thank goodness for the lovely owners of the hangar and heaters!! At least the rally logo was not false advertising on the Sunday and we got a wee run out and good feed – and not forgetting an awesome boogie.
I am organising the patches to get printed, they were supposed to be with us b4 the rally, but as I had to fly home urgently it was not done, but they will be sorted in the next week and I will get them posted out, so if i do not already have it could you send me your address and I will send you patches in the post in the next week 🙂
Also if you have not ordered and would like a T shirt ($25 adult, $15 kids) avail sm – 5xl, white with black print or black, blue, green, red with white print then please let me know by Wed as I want to get the order in asap. And yes I have put 2009 on it!
Cheers Guys – and diarise June 2010 for the mid winter christmas rally!!!!!!!!!
Tara and Ricky
artingaround@xtra.co.nz
2nd National Scooter Run 1989
Waikaremoana Dec 2008
Calendar of Events
Blue Smoke and Pedals
News
Fellow Classic Scooter Fans,
It brings me great honour to announce an upcoming event that a number of the aged steel and (sometimes gears, lets not forget the Rabbits and the aged Jap Scooters) community has been working on.
On the 22nd of March, the same contributors that worked on the Waihi Rally and gave generously to the Child Cancer foundation and gave away a classic PX150 scooter, bring to you
THAT PRE 1979 CLASSIC SCOOTER SHOW – BRING OUT YA DEAD!
The concept is for something along the lines of the Hotrod Blowout that is hosted each year by the Scavengers. It is a classic only event that has a cut off date of 1979. The idea of this is not to be exclusive but to guarantee a flavour for the event. The show ground will be divided up into marques, years and quality as best we can. Of course there will be music and entertainment will abound.
So as not to exclude people who have that gem in their shed that they cant quite finish, we want to encourage people to bring their projects! This could include a Maico Mobile, a Heinkel Tourist, an Nzetta – who really knows? The promotion of the event has already begun on the scooter underground.
Judging of the show will be by peoples choice and of course there will be prizes on the day. Other things that we anticipate to include are a pinstriping booth, maybe some scooter inspired art or concept drawings. We would like to go as far as a scooter laid out in bits on a sheet, a sort of exploded diagram of a scooter.
So people, rally around, get inspired and join us at the Scooterworld carpark on Sunday the 22nd of March at Midday. Parking at the event will be strictly pre 1979, there is plenty of parking locally for the cars and trailers required to bring some of the trailer queens. Being a Sunday, we anticipate a great turnout, heaps of parking and great weather.
Come one, come all. Entry to the event will be by gold coin, and proceeds will help cover our costs and pay for the grand prize.
2nd National Rally
AMSC Auckland to Bluff part 3
Roman Holiday
Front Cover: Greg Wood
Scoot NZ 