Dump Finds

[Bioflex]

Does anyone have any pics of turning dump finds into masterpieces?

That would be the awesome basket case restoration

[VMX247]

Not found at the dump,but left on the door step !!

[mx250]

Lozza will take it 

[DR]

Alison, I been looking long and hard and wtf is that!! TS250 yeah but the frame looks..ummm.. somewhat modified! the '69 TS250 I have was I believe 'on the way to the dump' (have to confirm that with Ed PERM) it's now much more attractive but i wouldn't say it's a masterpiece

[VMX247]

Would you believe the frame is a 76 Honda CR.!!

[DR]

I was nearly going to ask is it a honda frame because of the little sticker on the headset but i thought nah, no-one would be so silly jeez, some people have no respect! I can't imagine wasting a perfectly good TS motor by fitting it into a dirty old Elsinore frame

[noisy toy]

If you are ever passing through Winton in central Qld, stop and check out Arnos Wall! It is a well-known tourist attraction behind the pub where Banjo Patterson wrote Waltzing Matilda. Arno is a local character who scours the local tip for interesting stuff to add to his already huge wall surrounding his house. I spotted a complete Maico 250 engine(70s) concreted into the wall! Definately worth a look.
Cheers, Shane

[Tim754]

If you ever passing through Goornong Victoria take a look at the little dump / refuse transfer station there.  Well you will find um   me... the facilty's operator/co-ordinator/workforce/shitkicker ...Tim754

[Husk72]

Since I've been working in CQ,I have yet to spot any old bikes at the tip,or lying around in farm sheds.
Must say I'm a bit disapointed.
I thought out in the country bikes and parts would be sitting out front of everyones property,like brown snakes,and I was going to have a glut of bikes to bring home.
I s'pose if I was into old cars I'd be on a winner,plenty of them lying around out here.


                                                                           Cheers,Mark.

[VMX247]

[noisy toy]

Scored the remains of an 81 kdx175 and 81 dr250 from maybe a dump....or not..... They are pretty crook but good forks,triples,rear wheels, dr frame is ok and good front wheel. kdx had an engine ,pipe and cdi but a mate grabbed it for his go kart thingy.

[Tony T]

One of my first jobs as an apprentice, was to take a heap of old, unwanted Golden Fleece stuff to the dump. This included all the signage from a servo like the plastic sheep off the bowsers, the huge signs off the roof etc.  :'(
Hindsight is a wonderful thing........ 

[firko]

I personally haven't had a lot of success at the tip but I've seen a few doozies over the years.

 *A guy I know was dumping garden clippings at the tip on a Saturday morning and was lined up to pay the fees when, looking in the rear view mirror he noticed a lair of handlebars attached to a motorbike in a ute. He walked back to have a look and discovered the bloke was dumping a fairly complete Bultaco M11 (Metisse) complete with sunburst head and all of its original fibreglass except for the front 'guard. My friend managed to convince the bloke to follow him to his house and they cut a deal (I think it was $50)
for the bike.

* Another former Sydney vintage racer was going through the recycle area at Walgrove tip looking for a whipper snipper to build a cocktail blender and noticed a Husky motor of some sort in a milk crate. He asked the tip guy where the rest of the bike was and he was told that it'd been tucked away in a shipping container after someone had left $20 deposit on it a month earlier but hadn't come back. He was told to wait a week and if the other bloke hadn't turned up the Husky was his. Well a week went by, the original guy hadn't returned so my friend got a 1978 Husky WR360 for $100.

* Another mate got a rough but complete 250 KLX Kawasaki and a CB250 Honda that actually ran for $100 each, also at Walgrove tip.



 

[KTMaico]

When I was young and just started dating I had a girl friend that asked me to "Kiss her where it smelled"so I took her to the tip.

Kevin

[DIRTPILOT72]

Never happens to me but i have 2 freinds who are natural magpies,

Mate 1 : about 6 months ago while driving home after dropping the kids at schools spots a 81 XL500 complete original condition on nature strip. Finds out the bloke put it out for scrap metal pickup. Scored it for a slap. Runs like new.

Mate 2 : about 7 years ago finds a 74 Honda Cr250on hard rubbish. Got it running. Sold last month for $1400.