Not really a ride report and not really adventure riding but I was in Auckland recently and while wandering around the Newmarket backstreets found this really cool motorcycle themed cafe/bar etc. It’s worth a look if you are the area.
A lot of the bikes in their collection are rare/unusual.
http://www.yorkstreetmechanics.co.nz/
A BMW R90S wearing knobblies
A Craig Vetter Mystery Ship, this one has been turbo’d which wasn’t standard.
Rickman Matisse
Small Italian bikes
Indian
The collection
They have their own workshop where they work on customer bikes,
Another Indian in the workshop
A Rover?
Their own custom work. There were 2 of these there with different single engines in them
An alcove at the back of the bar
I was back in Auckland over the weekend so popped back into York Street Mechanics, a few bikes had been changed around and some new bikes were on the floor.
Vincent
Tracker
60s Chopper
I live 5 minutes walk from this place, next time you’re around with some time send me a message and we’ll go have a drink there.
The guy who runs & owns it is a top chap as well, I stumbled across it a month or two ago and got talking to him, he told me about lots of the bikes and what he was doing there etc, he’s also done a big trip (from Russia to the UK) so we had plenty to talk about. They also had some decent wine but not much beer when I was there, friendly staff etc. Looking forward to going back.
Has anyone been here recently? is it still open?
I tried finding them on Facebook last night and their FB page has disappeared, when I rang the number listed in the White Pages today I got an answering machine for a company called Designer NZ.