Welcome to the web site of the Retreads Motorcycle Club in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Retreads NZ is a branch of Retreads International Inc, headquartered in Albany, Indiana, USA. There are Retreads motorcycle clubs in the US, Canada, Britain and ourselves here in New Zealand. Worldwide there are over 5,000 members.

The membership criteria are fairly simple. You have to be both over 40 (that's what the XL+ in the logo means) and share a love of motorcycling.

In New Zealand, Retreads is based in Canterbury in the South Island. Therefore most members live in or around Christchurch, Canterbury's main centre of population. There are 72 members of Retreads here who enjoy taking their pick of an active riding events from social coffee mornings to weekend rides.

We welcome new members and invite you to consider joining our Retreads motorcycle club. For the application form, click here.

To our existing members .. if you have any pics of our rides that we can use in our photo gallery section please email them (in a low res size) to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Yours in motorcycling,

Jo & Graham Lavender and Jenny & Lindsay Wilson

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