Category: 2021 Events

Lake Ferry 2021

One of the Auckland guys had organised a ride to Raglan. A group of us from Wellington were keen to go there, but covid 19 put the mockers on that for the top half of the North Island. Some of the team had been to Lake Ferry before and suggested […]

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Brass Monkey 2021

Brass Monkey 2021 40 years on and the “last” one is finally done. Phillip, a local scooterist, has done 39 of them. A pretty good effort, all things considered and on all sorts of bikes, but this one, on a Vespa PX200. The last time I was here, there was […]

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Burt Munro 2021

As we are local, going to “The Burt” is a no brainer. The event still just seems to get bigger every year. It’s a real boost to the Southland economy and there are very few problems. A well known NZ scooterist usually races at the Burt – 2016 event and […]

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The Grand Tour

We have been to Whanganui twice now for the vintage weekend and scootering with friends. We have stayed at the Grand and enjoyed our time there and out and about exploring Whanganui. It is well priced and clean with a good selection of room types available. The Grand Hotel was […]

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