Christchurch motorcycle shop nostalgia

[husaberg]

There used to be a bike exhaust place in ChCh called Motorcycle Exhaust Specialists. Have not seen any advertising from them for years so assume they are no longer around.

Motorcycle Exhaust Specialists

Hes is out at Lewis pass now in the old MOW camp
He has as a very yellow Lada.

'there was also
Graeme Harris
Harris Pipes
Private Bag 55004
Orchard Road Mail center
Christchurch 8154
New Zealand

He used to do a roaring trade in pipes for Harleys.

[gsxr]

Is that the same guys that had the workshop in Saxon Street.If so they built the pipes for my race bike like 30 years ago .

[dangerous]

Had a nice argument with Bill at the other tyre shop you speak of less than six months ago.

yip been there done that, had bigger issues with the preivious owner tho, but they tared with the same brush... wont steep foot in there PITLANE all the way.

Desmocycle, Phil Sutton, he is out near Darfield now

hey Kick ya will love this... the kids in our wee hood (suttons hood) were out doing that trick or reat shit all nabours were great... till Phils were ye bellowed from the modern day mantion that he resides in "FUCK OFF YOU LOT"

Motorcycle Exhaust Specialists

Hes is out at Lewis pass now in the old MOW camp
He has as a very yellow Lada.

'there was also
Graeme Harris
Harris Pipes
Private Bag 55004
Orchard Road Mail center
Christchurch 8154
New Zealand

He used to do a roaring trade in pipes for Harleys.

LOL... Harris is the above you mention, recently built a very nice replica muffler for the xn turbo

Is that the same guys that had the workshop in Saxon Street.If so they built the pipes for my race bike like 30 years ago .

No

Not sure if they are still going but I visited High Country Motorcycles once on the outskirts of Fairlie.

yeah shit yes, we have one of his builds a xbr12 he does very nice work, very hard to get a hold of.

[Grumph]

Not sure if they are still going but I visited High Country Motorcycles once on the outskirts of Fairlie. They were importers of secondhand Harley and European bikes. I remember there was a Motoguzzi, Korean or possibly Taiwanese bike shop on the cnr of Manchester and Bath before the earthquakes and he traded from inside Sportzone Suzuki after the earthquake.

Your memory is at fault, High Country is on the outskirts of Methven - and still there.

[dangerous]

Your memory is at fault, High Country is on the outskirts of Methven - and still there.

HAHA... got ya father X... I can asure you he is on the out skirts of FAIRILE

[HenryDorsetCase]

Motorcycle Exhaust Specialists

Hes is out at Lewis pass now in the old MOW camp
He has as a very yellow Lada.

'there was also
Graeme Harris
Harris Pipes
Private Bag 55004
Orchard Road Mail center
Christchurch 8154
New Zealand

He used to do a roaring trade in pipes for Harleys.

I have Graeme Harris' current business card. He works for the Polytechnic now, teaching people how to do stuff. I went to a motorbike show recently and he was there with a stand and they had this grass kart racer that the students had built. Nice guy. Still does a bit of stuff on the side and owns the dyno as well. Last time I saw it Glenn was using it at Street and Sport doing stuff on his VFR400

here is a linky I found

http://www.cpit.ac.nz/news-and-event...od-not-to-race

[HenryDorsetCase]

I wonder if that guy with the overpriced SR400 ever sells anything? he is in the middle of buttfuck nowhere too....

errr this guy

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-890492740.htm

[Grumph]

HAHA... got ya father X... I can asure you he is on the out skirts of FAIRILE

Yep, got me again. Outskirts of Methven is Spring lynn. I claim lack of opportunity to do the mileage you do....

I wonder if that guy with the overpriced SR400 ever sells anything? he is in the middle of buttfuck nowhere too....

errr this guy

I believe he does. Has some unusual bikes occasionally.

[nudemetalz]

There was another shop with a wrecker attacked on either Barbados or Madras can't remember what it was called? Superior?
There was also another wreaker over by allparts at can't remember what that was either.

Yup Superior,...was owned by a tight wad dude called Nigel. Used to buy a lot of bits off him for my buckets back in the 80s and 90s

[nudemetalz]

I posted this up years ago but seems fitting for this thread...Here's one for you oldies.....My old man's Mach111 outside a "certain shop" in 1970.....

[Grumph]

I posted this up years ago but seems fitting for this thread...Here's one for you oldies.....My old man's Mach111 outside a "certain shop" in 1970.....

Manchester street frontage in the period when it was Triumph/Yamaha - and your old man was in the parts dept..
Doug must have been out - if he'd seen a kawasaki being photographed out front he'd have been out and said something.

[nudemetalz]

Manchester street frontage in the period when it was Triumph/Yamaha - and your old man was in the parts dept..
Doug must have been out - if he'd seen a kawasaki being photographed out front he'd have been out and said something.

Funny you should say that,...as you know he was racing a YR-5 not long after that !!

[husaberg]

LOL... Harris is the above you mention, recently built a very nice replica muffler for the xn turbo

No


yeah shit yes, we have one of his builds a xbr12 he does very nice work, very hard to get a hold of.

I have Graeme Harris' current business card. He works for the Polytechnic now, teaching people how to do stuff. I went to a motorbike show recently and he was there with a stand and they had this grass kart racer that the students had built. Nice guy. Still does a bit of stuff on the side and owns the dyno as well. Last time I saw it Glenn was using it at Street and Sport doing stuff on his VFR400

here is a linky I found

http://www.cpit.ac.nz/news-and-event...od-not-to-race

Well I am f-ing confused?

So harris has the Yellow Lada out at Lewis Pass? if so why does he have two company names?
I remember going to his workshop I think it was it was over somewhere parallel to the Railway lines on the port hills side?

[Grumph]

Well I am f-ing confused?

So harris has the Yellow Lada out at Lewis Pass? if so why does he have two company names?
I remember going to his workshop I think it was it was over somewhere parallel to the Railway lines on the port hills side?

Reasonably simple....Motorcycle Ex specialsts have the "licence" to make harris pipes from G Harris.
They're up the Lewis...And the owner's name is Graeme...
Graham Harris himself is in ChCh - as has been said, tutoring at what seems to be a combination of Poly and Uni.

[Grumph]

Funny you should say that,...as you know he was racing a YR-5 not long after that !!

So was I - but mine was homebuilt TR3. If your dad was still around i'd be asking where the TR3 pistons are i ordered.....