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TM BILL

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Whats this ?
« on: October 06, 2011, 06:15:39 pm »
Whats this seen at an event in southern England last weekend



Clue its not entirley British
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« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2011, 06:25:39 pm »
Starmaker Engine + 
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« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2011, 06:31:10 pm »

It's an old nail Bill  ;D
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« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2011, 06:38:11 pm »
I get some honda feeling??
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« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2011, 06:41:54 pm »
pre production CR250 ;) Honda had a cunning disguise :D
« Last Edit: October 06, 2011, 06:43:47 pm by Doc »
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« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2011, 06:57:10 pm »
CR fenders and side panels maybe a want a be CR with funny lawn mower motor with more neutrals than it has forward gears :D
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« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2011, 07:07:47 pm »
Villiers Starmaker 250
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« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2011, 07:26:25 pm »
Looks like a Carabela with a Villiers motor.
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« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2011, 07:46:25 pm »
probably a Cotton
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« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2011, 09:09:57 pm »
Almost cartainly a Cotton with all sorts of doodads from other makes.
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Re: Whats this ?
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2011, 03:13:53 pm »
Quote from: JohnnyO on October 06, 2011, 07:26:25 pm
Looks like a Carabela with a Villiers motor.

Spot on John  :) i thought it was a early CR frame but the owner put me straight  :)
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« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2011, 03:27:03 pm »
Yeah Bill those Carabela's look very much like a copy of a '74 elsinore.
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« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2011, 04:03:11 pm »
Could be just an Urban Legend, but I seem to remember some magazine implying that Carabela slapped their stickers on an Elsinore and won the Mexican MX championship with it.  Who knew there was such a thing as a Mexican MX championship?

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« Reply #13 on: October 08, 2011, 05:37:31 pm »
Quote from: Tahitian_Red on October 08, 2011, 04:03:11 pm
Who knew there was such a thing a Mexican MX championship?
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Acer Mex..Carabela Marquesa....great to see you read Australian literature  ;D  ;)
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« Reply #14 on: October 08, 2011, 07:50:09 pm »
<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=2dt80ih" target="_blank"><img src="http://i51.tinypic.com/2dt80ih.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>
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