Story: Motorcycles

Frank Murray (1st of 2)

Frank Murray

Motorcyclist Frank Murray poses outside his parents’ garage in Auckland’s Birkenhead in 1960. Frank used to purchase ex-army motorbikes, repair them and sell them on. He is wearing kangaroo-fur mittens which kept his hands warm when he gets the bike up to speed.

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Carl Walrond, 'Motorcycles - Customisation and production', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/20722/frank-murray (accessed 27 April 2024)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 11 Mar 2010