Story: Motorcycles

More links and websites

• Britten: backyard visionary

  A 1993 documentary about John Britten and his Superbike, on the NZ On Screen website.

• Britten Motorcycle Company

  The website of the company that manufactured the V1000 motorbike.

• Britten V1000 Motorbike

  Information from Te Papa about John Britten’s Superbike, which is held in the museum’s collection.

• Circuits of gold

  A 1987 documentary about speedway champion Ivan Mauger, on the NZ On Screen website.

• E. Hayes & Sons

  Information about Burt Munro, from the company he used to work for.

• World’s Fastest Indian

  Te Papa’s information on Burt Munro.

More suggestions and sources

• Bull, Maureen A. New Zealand’s motor cycle heritage. Bk. 1, 1899–1931. Masterton: Masterton Publishing House, 1981.

• Bull, M. A. Vintage motor cycling: a record of motor cycling in New Zealand from 1899 to 1931. Masterton: Hedley’s Bookshop, 1970.

• Chadwick, Tim. Motorcycles in New Zealand. Wellington: Granthan House, 2006.

• Hanna, Tim. One good run: the legend of Burt Munro. Auckland: Penguin, 2005.

• Jones, Rhys. Taking to the road: motorcycling in New Zealand. Auckland: Random House New Zealand, 2002.

• Swanson, Kerry. Classic motorcycles in New Zealand. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press, 1997.