by the way did Vern win everything on this miracle machine ?,
Vern won the pre 65 class in SA in the mid 90's
Vern won the pre 65 class at the Tanunda Nats in '95 with no protests whatsoever. He competed in and won a lot of non championship meets throughout the following year and then, at the '96 Nats at Barrabool he was greeted with a well orchestrated protest which excluded him from the class which carried on for the next two years. The bike's hardly been seen since as Vern moved on to other pursuits and to care for his extremely ill wife Averil.
The only result from the whole saga was that many potential pre 65 punters were frightened off by the kerfuffle and the class saw no appreciable growth during the following 15 years. With the pre 65 class frame requirements being opened to allow a wider choice, the future of the class is looking so bright I've gotta wear shades
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A quick review of what's currently in the pre 65 build stage that I know of. There are a couple more that are in the pre construction planning stage as well.
* Mojo made Arthur Harris framed G85 Matchless.
* 1959 Monark 500 GP (pre 60)
* Triumph 500 unit framed Mk4 Metisse
* Triumph 500 unit framed Sprite
* 250 Maico oval barreled Sprite
* ESO unit Metisse (Red Betty)
* Pre unit Triumph 500 Metisse
* Swedish HVM framed big fin Royal Enfield 500 Fury
* Egon Gustafson framed unit ESO