I just want to add here that forum members-especially Paul and Brad-who bid on my old 77 AW helped me. How? Well it sold locally-but the added interest drove up the price to IMO a good level. In fact, I only lost 3500-4200 or so on it. BTW good thing I sold it in Sept of 07, as today it would be tough to get over about 3k US for any AW regardless of condition.
Also, Glenn sent some very nice shirts to us here. All for only passing along a poster shipment froma US seller who would not ship out of country. IMO Oz VMXers are a great group. I too have seen that Paul and Dave have purchased many Maico parts, agian IMO they need not apoligize for that. Also, right now parts and bikes are being offered which rarely see e-bay( if ever for sale at all), like 501s, MC125s, and even TP Czeds. If you have a few $, you can buy pretty well right now. I frequent US e-bay, both buying and selling. I watch the mc parts for "Maico" almost daily-there are some who ask( and at times get) ridiculous prices for common parts. Knowing this, it's easy to see that Paul and Dave are not among the "opportunists".
Cheers, MJ