It has been 100 years since a group of motorcycle enthusiasts figured mid-August would be a good time to have a get-together and group ride down to Palmerston North.
A century later, Wanganui Motorcycle Club will honour that moment and the many more that followed when they have their official centenary festivities on the August 16-17 weekend.
At 10am on the Saturday, a special ride will be held to commemorate the birth of the club with that trip on August 15, 1914, by having a "re-run" leaving from The Big Orange on Victoria Ave.
"They're going up inland on the old roads and then heading out onto State Highway 1, back to Palmerston," said club spokesman Terry Casserly.
Anyone with a road-legal bike is welcome to take part.