Rally Pahiatua 2017

The Ariel rally this year was in the metropolis of Pahiatua where we found very comfortable digs in the now closed maternity hospital, recently taken over and we were in fact the first group to be fed and watered by the new owners. They did a great job. We ran this rally mid week to allow people from the south island to carry on to the Vintage car club's bi-annual motorcycle rally at Waitomo. Being mid week we unfortunately lost a few attendees but we still had a great rally in the countryside around Pahiatua. Only two breakdowns, one being Mike Hardman's Square four and he was very lucky we stopped when we did whereupon he noticed the oil return pipe had sprung a leak and was emptying the oil on to the road!

The other was more unfortunate; not an Ariel but a 1920-something Indian which had managed to keep up with the rather fast follow the leader route but expired within sight of the finish and seriously enough to prevent attendance at the Indian rally a week or so later.

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Rally In the Deep South 2016

It was with some trepidation that we ran the 2016 Rally In Dunedin, fearing it might be just a bit too far for the attendance to be worthwhile.. We need not have worried. Whilst the numbers at 26 riders were lower than might be expected in place like Palmerston Nth or Christchurch, we still had a dedicated band and we enjoyed a very well organised and, for us North Islanders, a fabulous day of riding in the golden hills of Central Otago. Thanks must go to the great work from the organising committee (Brian Walker Dave Hastings assisted by Bill Veitch and others). If you ever want to visit an eclectic collection of stuff, pop in and see Phil Ford In Middlemarch - more unusual machines than you can think about hiding in his shed. Phil made us very welcome. The only down side if you can call it that was that the heat of the day enticed most of us on our way fairly quickly, eager to cool off in the breeze!

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We were at the Auckland Classic Bike show 2016

Once again the Register was able to mount a stand at the motorcycle show in Auckland. We even managed a second prise for best restoration on Ann Nitschke's VG 500, see picture. The stand was made possible thanks to Daryl Nitschke volunteering to set it up and man it over the two days.

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