An inquest into the death of Tauranga Filthy Few Motorcycle Club member Dennis Michael Pedersen is being held in Queenstown today.

Dennis, also known as Deno, was killed in a crash on the Lindis Pass on State Highway 8 in the South Island on November 26, 2012.

Dennis Michael Pedersen, also known as Deno, was killed in a motorbike crash in the South Island in 2012.

The 54-year-old owner of the Curiosity business in Wharf Street was a well-known member of Tauranga's bike riding community. Read more about Deno here.

Deno was part of a riding group travelling back from the Burt Munro Challenge in Invercargill in 2012, when he and South Canterbury Road Knight Grant John Roberts crashed with a southbound Nissan near Goodger Road.

Both men died at the scene.

A Timaru woman, who was a pillion passenger on Grant's bike, was injured in the crash.

The 20-year-old Chinese national driving the Nissan was charged with two counts of careless driving causing death.

The woman has since been deported back to China.