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Offline firko

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Jonesy finds another rare one....Carabela slider.
« on: September 01, 2011, 11:18:09 am »
There's no doubt about it, Alan Jones sure has an eye for the weird and unusual bits of gear from motocross and dirt tracks past. Ever since he found a brochure for the factory Carabela "speedway" bike he's searched high and low for one. Apparently only a few were made for Mexican speedway back in the early seventies so finding one was turning into 'Mission Impossible' until one appeared on eBay early this week with a $600 'BUY IT NOW' tag. It seems to be fairly complete with the exception of wheels and a back 'guard...parts that will be fairly easily found as they were shared with the Carabela motocross range. DC Plastic even makes a rear 'guard. It's already on its way to Long Beach to join his ATK dirt tracker and my two dungers for the tropical cruise to their new homes down here.




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Re: Jonesy finds another rare one....Carabela slider.
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2011, 06:36:03 pm »
love the fuel tank 8),hate the decending photo shots,(my eyes hurt/ focus) :P
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Re: Jonesy finds another rare one....Carabela slider.
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2011, 07:30:19 pm »
AJ sure has the Midas touch, great score.
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Re: Jonesy finds another rare one....Carabela slider.
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2011, 07:59:25 pm »
ahh I can see another Black Betty Trinity arising  :P  ;D   ;)

http://www.vft.org/ForSaleWanted/Dan-11-06-02/DanForSale.html

http://www.xr1200ownersgroup.com/site/showthread.php?6399-vintage-Flat-Tracker

jimg1au may have even filmed the black Carebela in Don Rouits Museum   8)
http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?topic=19726.0
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Re: Jonesy finds another rare one....Carabela slider.
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2011, 10:10:16 pm »
Ali that little Carabela flat tracker is a totally different thing to the bike Alan bought. Alans bike is a slider and Dans museum bike is a flat tracker....very different animals with the same engine.
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« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2013, 01:04:55 am »
geez, it sure is frustrating you loosing all those photos Firko    :(  :'(
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