A history of bike shops in Auckland

[Lou Girardin]

its still a beacon................
..

But, sadly, one of the bulbs has just gone out.

[SARGE]

But, sadly, one of the bulbs has just gone out.

awww Lou.. i didnt know you cared so much ...why dont you stop by later and fuck my sister..

[Lou Girardin]

Got a photo?

[Scouse]

W Whites were Triumph , Velocette and Yamaha (and a few others). many was the happy hour I spend leaning on the parts counter upstairs.

Len Perry - Suzuki, BSA
Bill Russells, about where Colemans is now, Honda
Forbes and Davies
Lauries Summers also did Jawa CZeta, Nzeta.

But in those days every suburb had a thriving motorcycle shop, you usually didnt need to go any further than round the corner.

Can't remember who the Ariel or AJS agents were. Or even Norton, for that matter. I only ever used tehir parts departments, so if I didn't buy parts for a make I didn't take much notice of it.

Nah Bill Russells were oposite where Haldanes are now in the House of Knives Building

[Scouse]

awww Lou.. i didnt know you cared so much ...why dont you stop by later and fuck my sister..

Does she look like you if so I'd have to advise Lou to Pass on the Kind offer

[SPman]

Who had the Bike shop in Browns Bay in the early 70's?
Took an R5 and a DS7 Yam for a test ride from that one.

[SARGE]

Does she look like you if so I'd have to advise Lou to Pass on the Kind offer

nah man ... she's got a bigger Mo..

[Fryin Finn]

I bought my first bike (Yamaha RT3) from W Whites in Wellington. They were in Dixon Street and they eventually became Central City Yamaha. In 1976 I had dealings with W White in Auckland and they were useless. I went to their shop and asked for some spokes for my RD350. Without checking, the guy said they had none. I hunted all over town and found nothing. I then rang Whites and asked if there were any (just checking) and the guy said yes he had a whole box full. So I went in and when I was served I was told there were none. I asked to speak to someone else and he got the spokes for me.
When I first started working Wareing Holman had a bike shop in Aitken St. They were constantly running their racing 2 strokes up and down the street.
Wellington Motorcycles were in Bond Street and Sawyers were near the top of Cuba Street.

[SPman]

Ned and the boys of Auckland Motorcycles in Ponsonby Road. Got my Ducatis serviced therefrom 73 on.
They had a lovely Rickman Trident there in 75-76, I wanted to buy, but...too expensive. $2600 I think.

[Lou Girardin]

Ned and the boys of Auckland Motorcycles in Ponsonby Road. Got my Ducatis serviced therefrom 73 on.
They had a lovely Rickman Trident there in 75-76, I wanted to buy, but...too expensive. $2600 I think.

And look what replaced it - SPQR
I guess riding still gets done there though.

[SARGE]

Got a photo?

yea bro... here she is ..

[Lou Girardin]

yea bro... here she is ..

She got the looks in your family?

[The_Dover]

yea bro... here she is ..

fuck, she's like a skinnier version of you.

with hair.

[ManDownUnder]

fuck, she's like a skinnier version of you.

with hair.

LMAO! But does she have a turtle head poking out?

[Peter_cford]

Do not forget " Shaft Motor Cycles" this place was in Otahuhu I did a year of my apprenticeship as a M/C mechanic . We used to get a lot of triumphs from the "45" Gang . I can remember the owner I think his name was David Beckham but don't quote me on the name as it was in the 70's that I worked there. We also used to get the odd Hells Angel bike in for repair I got to know one of them his name was Shane Moore. He was infamous for biting of the head of a sparrow that he caught and spitting the head at a cop. I remember going to their club house and tuning their Triumphs and BSA`s for free I did not feel that it was appropriate to mention money as these guys were heavy and not to be messed around with.