Two-wheeled vehicles, in chronological order, were cleaned “to the nth degree” for euphoric club members and wider motorheads.
Steered by the Nelson Classic and Vintage Motorcycle Club, Saturday and Sunday’s Classic Bike Show at the Richmond Badminton Hall revved hearts with a sleek line-up of 78 British, Japanese, American, and European motorbikes as old as 103, and a few scooters and mopeds.
A swap meet for mostly motorcycle-related collectibles, club memorabilia sales, a stall helmed by Golden Bay motorcycle enthusiast and author Des Molloy, and paths for the club’s financial fuel and upgrading its membership was the outcome.
Co-organiser and club member Paul Farrar says walk-ins were ebb and flow but around 500 bimbled altogether with “lots of interest” driven by the range of bikes and their respective exhibit labels.
“It’s been good that there’s lots of interest in the various bikes because we had a big selection, you can’t just stand there and say everybody’s going to be interested in that because it’s famous,” he says.
“We’ve tried to have more writing with each bike… people are really drawn to that, the more information there is, the more story there is about the bike to include a bit more information.
“If I see somebody pick up the information, I can scoot on down, and then we can talk about the bike.”
Richmond bikie Tim Moriarty rode home with the public-voted best bike in show title for his “immaculate” 1960 BSA A10 Super Rocket.
