End of an era
Jun 19, 2019
4 minutes
WORDS AND PHOTOS Dave ‘Baldy’ Hellyer
After 70 years’ service to Harley-Davidson riders, enthusiasts and collectors, Redfern Motor Parts (nee Redfern Motorcycles) is officially no more. A huge clearance auction in May was the last chapter in a tale that began decades ago…
JACK AND JOHNO…. AND TONY
While the past two decades in the history of Redfern Motor Parts concerns Tony Blain, the business had a much longer association with the Johnson family: specifically Jack Johnson and his son, known to all and sundry as ‘Johno’.
Jack started Redfern Motorcycles back in 1949 as a part-time hobby. ‘Part-time’ became ‘full-time’, but Jack remained the man in charge of the inner-suburban Sydney store for more
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