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Clubroom => Vintage Track => Topic started by: Rosco86 on October 31, 2008, 10:14:05 pm
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looking to restore my hagon jap and elstar weslake, Can anyone advise me on where I can purchase the front suspension rubbers. Both run a triple system. I would imagine a cottage farm industry in Uk may be the go. Anyone with any expertience here
Rosco86
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Moose Racing may be worth a go, www.hagonoz.com.au .
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rosco
i get all my stuff from antig in england.send me your email address and i will send you their cat.they even sell new weslake stuff as well.i belive they also have a no of nos bultaco motors and weslake motors.antig took over from hagon for speedway and grasstrack stuff.they even sell the fork gators.if you want to buy australian any speedway bike supplier can sell yo the rubber bands as they should be the same on leading link speedway forks.
cheers
jim
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can i see the catalogue jim, id be intersted in what they have, im stil hoping one day to get a speedway running
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Ross....You should be able to get all of the bits you need from Mick Jones in Melton, Victoria. http://www.mjmspeedwayspares.com.au/ [email protected] .
Another good source of speedway and dirt track spares is Alan Bellham in the UK http://www.speedwayserviceltd.com/
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Don't forget Brisbane's John Titman or possibly Bert Kingston at BK Performance Products. 2 speedway greats still in business ;)
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Doc...Titman doesn't do much speedway stuff any more as his son is the main mover and shaker in the company these days and has moved the business more towards more mainstream bike products. Bert Kingston may be a good source too. I'd forgotten about him. ;)
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antig will have all you need for your hagon and elstar restos.as they do grasstrack and speedway.the rubbers you want are about $8.00 aus from mjm.antig have all the classic grasstrack stuff anti 1.35 eng pound
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freaky
email sent
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Fraser imports in Adelaide used to or still do specialize in speedway parts. i think the name has changed though. im pretty sure it is the same guy who sells the Mitas Tyres in Adelaide
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this would be it.
try this place
http://gillmanspeedway.com/
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Thanks everyone. Have used Matt and JT before, Have sent you a PM jimg1au. Will try some of the contactslisted and see how I go. With the CCM now finished and an old body that doesn't like getting punished on anything but grass tracks I think I'll tend more to the dirt track in the next few years. Hey Firko doesn't ageing suck!!!!! Anyway have dreams of going to Broadford in easter next year, so I better pull the finger out and get working. Last time I did this was to put a 2 valve together fot Ivans long Track night at Brekky Creek in Bris Vegas, But after seeing my heat with him, Mitch Shirra and a couple of others I lost motivation on the frame. I feel unlike MX you need to be on some sort of pace for speedway or you are dangerous and dam right look like a dick.
Rosco
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Yeah Ross, getting old does indeed suck but I'm enjoying my golden years so much more now that I've lost over 42kg. I've got 25kg to go yet and when It's gone I may just have a ride next year(dirt track only, my arthritic hands and rooted ankle can't handle MX any more unfortunately). Are you bringing the Metisse and CCM down for the Bonanza mate? What else are you bringing? Drop into the Kompound for a brewski and a bit of bench racing. It'll be good to cath up with you again after all of these years.
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Fraser imports in Adelaide used to or still do specialize in speedway parts. i think the name has changed though. im pretty sure it is the same guy who sells the Mitas Tyres in Adelaide
I think you mean ASI down at lonsdale, is his name nick ?
anyhow im sure gillman - DAve only does the tires
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yeah that sounds right
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adelaide speedway imports and its nathan, knew it would come to me if i thought about it. :O)
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http://www.aussiespeedwayimports.com/aboutus.html
still not who i was thinking of. im sure it was Frasers but the name changed. i had a battery rock up one day from them and i didnt even order it from them. the place im thinking of sold mobil oils aswell. it wasnt Barrie Fulston agencies, i know that.
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Top effort with the weight Firko, how'd you do it? Went on Tony Ferguson last year and went from 125kg to 88; but after a stressful work year (working in the education system sucks big time at the moment here in Qld) I've put it all back on. Donny Newell reckoned I was getting too skinny to fire the ccm. At the moment' wife Jo and I are applying for Principal jobs back in Vic, so it will be intersting to see what the new year brings, definetly see you at the Bonanza
Rosco.
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Yes Firko, congrats again on the weight shedding, dunno if I'll recognize you now! :D
A solo or full on slider is something I get great pleasure from watching but also the one style of bike I have never ridden. When I was a kid my dad dragged me along to the ekka speedway every saturday night. I witnessed riders such as Ole Olsen, Andre Michinek, Ivan Mauger, all the Poms, Aussies Billy Sanders, Phil Crump, Johnny Boulger, Jim Airy, Steve Reinke, Jack White, Titman, Bob Gourlay, Ray Sullivan and a whole swag of world champs past and then present including the riders from behind the iron curtain which was quite a big deal back then. I could sit and write a huge name list, so many riders and so many memories are indelibly etched into my brain for recollecting at the slightest provocation. When I worked for Kingo fresh out of school at 14 I was surrounded speedway memorabia and through Bert I got to actually meet many of the greats who at the time were nothing short of Gods in my eyes. I often sit and flick through youtube searching speedway these days, there's quite a bit of vintage solo stuff on there and no matter what anyone says I still reckon it's one of the most extreme motorcycle disciplines one could undertake and it takes much bigger balls than I'd EVER have to keep even a vintage Jawa or Weslake WFO around the ekka like I witnessed so many do :o they may run in circles but I reckon sliders and speedway solo's on full noise are one of the most exciting things I can ever witness ;)
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great news on the avoirdupoise frontfirko ! keep up the good work must be 5 hp in that !
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i contacted hagon oz awhile back looking for rubber bands for my slider forks but the young bloke on the phone had no idea what i was talking about. frazer wright gave me a pair at nepean one day which has kept me going .i'll now try those contacts on this thread. cheers, see some of you at nepean on the 9th!