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Marque Remarks => British (BSA, Greeves, Triumph etc) => Topic started by: TM BILL on October 06, 2011, 06:15:39 pm

Title: Whats this ?
Post by: TM BILL on October 06, 2011, 06:15:39 pm
Whats this seen at an event in southern England last weekend

(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e204/tmbill/holiday074.jpg)

Clue its not entirley British
Title: Re: Whats this ?
Post by: VMX247 on October 06, 2011, 06:25:39 pm
Starmaker Engine + 
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Post by: crankpin on October 06, 2011, 06:31:10 pm

It's an old nail Bill  ;D
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Post by: ola_martin on October 06, 2011, 06:38:11 pm
I get some honda feeling??
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Post by: Doc on October 06, 2011, 06:41:54 pm
pre production CR250 ;) Honda had a cunning disguise :D
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Post by: sudman on October 06, 2011, 06:57:10 pm
CR fenders and side panels maybe a want a be CR with funny lawn mower motor with more neutrals than it has forward gears :D
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Post by: lc4 on October 06, 2011, 07:07:47 pm
Villiers Starmaker 250
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Post by: JohnnyO on October 06, 2011, 07:26:25 pm
Looks like a Carabela with a Villiers motor.
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Post by: 223 on October 06, 2011, 07:46:25 pm
probably a Cotton
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Post by: firko on October 06, 2011, 09:09:57 pm
Almost cartainly a Cotton with all sorts of doodads from other makes.
Title: Re: Whats this ?
Post by: TM BILL on October 08, 2011, 03:13:53 pm
Quote from: JohnnyO on October 06, 2011, 07:26:25 pm
Looks like a Carabela with a Villiers motor.

Spot on John  :) i thought it was a early CR frame but the owner put me straight  :)
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Post by: JohnnyO on October 08, 2011, 03:27:03 pm
Yeah Bill those Carabela's look very much like a copy of a '74 elsinore.
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Post by: Tahitian_Red on October 08, 2011, 04:03:11 pm
Could be just an Urban Legend, but I seem to remember some magazine implying that Carabela slapped their stickers on an Elsinore and won the Mexican MX championship with it.  Who knew there was such a thing as a Mexican MX championship?

 ;D
Title: Re: Whats this ?
Post by: VMX247 on October 08, 2011, 05:37:31 pm
Quote from: Tahitian_Red on October 08, 2011, 04:03:11 pm
Who knew there was such a thing a Mexican MX championship?
;D

Acer Mex..Carabela Marquesa....great to see you read Australian literature  ;D  ;)
cheers A
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Post by: 223 on October 08, 2011, 07:50:09 pm
<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=2dt80ih" target="_blank"><img src="http://i51.tinypic.com/2dt80ih.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>
Title: Re: Whats this ?
Post by: mainline on October 08, 2011, 07:56:57 pm
Quote from: TM BILL on October 06, 2011, 06:15:39 pm
Whats this seen at an event in southern England last weekend

(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e204/tmbill/holiday074.jpg)

Clue its not entirley British

A hairy, chunky fellow of mixed heritage (not entirely British apparently) holding up a bike of mixed heritage in a farmer's paddock?
Title: Re: Whats this ?
Post by: VMX247 on October 08, 2011, 08:04:29 pm
Quote from: 223 on October 08, 2011, 07:50:09 pm
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Beauty .. are you restoring ??
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Post by: albrid-3 on October 08, 2011, 08:12:03 pm
hondaville
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Post by: Davey Crocket on October 08, 2011, 09:59:19 pm
Looks like one of them "Black widdow's" from Clint Eastwoods "Every Which Way is loose"......right turn Clyde.....you know more people die from Black widdow bites than rattlers....probably have the same effect riding that Mexican. ;D
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Post by: 223 on October 09, 2011, 01:11:40 am
#247..no unfortunately.....the bike is in USA i'm in Italy
This is in Italy
<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=2igbrjm" target="_blank"><img src="http://i52.tinypic.com/2igbrjm.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>
I restored this MotoGabbiano 125 Minarelli engined  1976 m.y.
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Title: Re: Whats this ?
Post by: VMX247 on October 09, 2011, 02:01:55 am
Quote from: 223 on October 09, 2011, 01:11:40 am
#247..no unfortunately.....the bike is in USA i'm in Italy
This is in Italy
<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=2igbrjm" target="_blank"><img src="http://i52.tinypic.com/2igbrjm.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>
I restored this MotoGabbiano 125 Minarelli engined  1976 m.y.
<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=5xq6n6" target="_blank"><img src="http://i56.tinypic.com/5xq6n6.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>

This is best dress award  ;D ... From VMX Magazine #36  http://www.vmxmag.com.au/08_what_bike/vmx_what_bike_listing.html

(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/vmx247/VMXmag36.jpg)

also the little 125's Carabella
http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?topic=6417.15

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Post by: firko on October 09, 2011, 07:28:45 am
What make my missing that bikes Carabela heritage so dumb is that I wrote the VMX piece Ali posted...including tidying up Bills piece on his own bike. I seem to be having more of these DOH! moments of late. ::)
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Post by: bazza on October 09, 2011, 08:04:26 am
some one give al a 40 gallon drum to use as a rubbish bin for the Carabella - that was a great photo in US magazine
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Post by: VMX247 on October 09, 2011, 12:15:29 pm
Quote from: bazza on October 09, 2011, 08:04:26 am
40 gallon drum to use as a rubbish bin for the Carabella

Thats the ultimate sin - its a piece of the big vmx jigsaw ,ya nogga  ;D
Title: Re: Whats this ?
Post by: Marc.com on October 10, 2011, 02:45:01 pm
Quote from: VMX247 on October 09, 2011, 12:15:29 pm

Thats the ultimate sin - its a piece of the big vmx jigsaw ,ya nogga  ;D

I think what Bazza is referring to maybe is the Australian Dirtbike test on the Carabella back in the day which featured a photo of it being stuffed in a garbage drum at the track. Obviously ABD called it as they saw it and didn't expect any further business from the importer  ;D