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AddBy: Natasha Williams5th Dec 2023 10:14AMThe following comments were left on our Heritage FB page in November 2023:
Brendan Bates
"Awww my Grandad. What a legend"
Peter Bates
"The bike has quite a heritage, it was brought to New Zealand by Les Moore, father of the great Ronnie Moore, and ridden by Ronnie as a teenager until it was to slow for him. Dad had a passion for Rudge 's as he had a lot of success on them in England, road racing.
Road racing carried on in the family with his grandson Kerry Bates."
Kate McCombs
"Wally Kilmister another famous Speedway rider was my cousin"
Brendan Bates
"Awww my Grandad. What a legend"
Peter Bates
"The bike has quite a heritage, it was brought to New Zealand by Les Moore, father of the great Ronnie Moore, and ridden by Ronnie as a teenager until it was to slow for him. Dad had a passion for Rudge 's as he had a lot of success on them in England, road racing.
Road racing carried on in the family with his grandson Kerry Bates."
Kate McCombs
"Wally Kilmister another famous Speedway rider was my cousin"
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Arthur Bates, a speedway rider during the late thirties, with 1930 499 cc "Dirt Track Rudge" and Laurie Kilmister, 93.. Upper Hutt City Library, accessed 07/04/2026, https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/11938



