Kiwi Bikers

85 New Zealanders and their motorbikes

Ken Downie

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Massey University Press
13 October 2022

Photographs: collections; Motorcycles: general interest; Motorcycle racing

Series: Kiwi Bikers:85 New Zealanders and their motorbikes

From Vincents to Moto Guzzis and the legendary Britten to the BSA Goldstar 350, Kiwi Bikers captures the love affair New Zealanders have with motorcycles.

From north to south and from veteran bikes to the latest high performers, this book showcases 85 incredible motorbikes and their passionate owners.

Shot by motorbike enthusiast and respected magazine photographer Ken Downie across New Zealand in a major two-year project, the 85 astounding portraits include some of the most famous names in New Zealand motorcycle sport and photo essays of the last-ever Brass Monkey rally, races at Pukekohe, and the Burt Munro Challenge.

By: Ken Downie
Imprint: Massey University Press
Country of Publication: New Zealand
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 250mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1.625kg
ISBN: 9780995146518
ISBN 10: 0995146519
Series: Kiwi Bikers:85 New Zealanders and their motorbikes
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 13 October 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Born in Clyde in 1959, Ken Downie grew up in St Clair, Dunedin. With the proceeds from his milk run and by selling copies of the weekly paper Star Sports, he bought his first motorbike, a Suzuki GT185, while he was still at high school. Ken’s photography career began in the photography department of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, where he worked as a photographic technician before gaining admission to the highly regarded photography course at the Wellington School of Design in 1985. A job as a photographer at the National Museum of New Zealand — now Te Papa — followed. In 1990, Ken left for Hong Kong, and became interested in a more documentary approach to photography; combining interviews and writing with image taking. Today Ken’s interests range from portraiture to architectural and industrial photography. He has documented large construction projects, and worked as a photojournalist for Metro, North & South and the New Zealand Listener. His photographic projects are held in the permanent collections of the National Library of New Zealand, Te Papa and the Hocken Library. As a writer Ken is fascinated by stories about people, architecture, art, culture and also, of course, motorcycles.