Hi Kaputi Ulysses. I live where my wheels and feet touch the whenua Papatuanuku earth ground. Domociled at Whanganui and Waiheke Is and Kapiti coast at times, oh and TeWaiPounamu, wher our family are West Coast maori of Tuhuru whanui based at Arahura and Greymouth. the South Island, Te Wahi Pounamu.

Riden bikes from 4 yrs old. Motos from 13.

Oldest bike 1972 BSA B50SS 500cc single

Youngest bike 2012 Yamaha Super Tenere TRZ1200, ex Ulyssian Steve and Kath Thompson, Tx m8.

Several in between, mainly beema Bricks 1984 K100RT, nearly sold pist reVin, K11 & 12 LT series from 1984 - 2002. Do you want one? call me. 1998 BMW Boxer R1100RS, beautiful bike, owned 12 yrs106km 4sale.

Attempting to start a moto touring biz just prior to Covid hmm derr KarPuti, Sucked a Kumara.

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Search als 622 Squqdron Bomber Command Mildenhall. There's me old man Bert Barber dob 14 July 1924 at 20yrs old, Rolls Royce Flt Engineer, a real one. Dad raced speed way after WW2, whilst an apprentice bricky rebuilding Got a flight engineers job, lucky dip, delivering a brand new Sunderland flying boat from Short Brothers factory, Medway, Thames 75km Sth east of London Bridge to Rose Bay Sydney fling boat base1950-51. 10 days 12000 nmiles, via India and the Australian red centre at 2000 ft asl.

Dad worked on Sundetland maintenance at Rose Bay bade, lots of it, for 6mohths. Stoked the Wanganella to AotearoaNZ to see his Bro Biff Barber AB Dday vet, met his young nephew Billy Barber 2yrs and newborn niece, Sandra Hakamatua Roka Barber, later Sandra Lee minister Conservation and Local govt in Jimmy Amdertons alliace party. Dad Bert, inevitably married his young sister inlaw, my mum Iri May Hakamatua Pihawai Johnson. Dob 2 July 1933 Dod 11 Dec 2022.

Dad became an auto machinists for Ken Parnell Lrd Aro St, then in 1966 Bert began the Paraparaumu Branch of KE Parnells in BARCOs cpntractors workshop Reknown Rd, opposit BMC dealer Jack motors back then. We 4 Barber kids came along in the 1950s early 1960s. Dad and his mate Bluey Leitch, the MAD Butchers dad, built our block workshop 7m x in 2 Piri lane, where we half built a new house in 1966 Paraparaumu. Builder identity John Walton buily the frsme to weathertight and we bricked and Otago shist finished it by 1968.

Dads little machining shop and whitemetalling rig did veteran, vintage vehicles from all over ANZ, including many of Len Southwards cars, trucks and motorcycles etc.

Dad passed Feb18 1990.

We boys David and me and many mates had motorcycleszand formed the Kapiti Motorcycle club in 1972 73. What fun we had. David passed in 2018 July5th. Ulysses did our family proud at his send off at Spthwards musrum, Ritchie Tunbridge, Dave Chapman, Sid Duncan snd me formed into the enterage . Fun and bikes go on, dad would be vety proud of our freedoms we must strughle to retain. Grow old Disgracefully. We Hunt by Night ' Bomber command moto 622 Squadron 1942 - present. Dad detested war and despots. Nail the bastards, start with the monarchy.