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« Reply #15 on: October 08, 2011, 07:56:57 pm »
Quote from: TM BILL on October 06, 2011, 06:15:39 pm
Whats this seen at an event in southern England last weekend



Clue its not entirley British

A hairy, chunky fellow of mixed heritage (not entirely British apparently) holding up a bike of mixed heritage in a farmer's paddock?
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« Reply #16 on: October 08, 2011, 08:04:29 pm »
Quote from: 223 on October 08, 2011, 07:50:09 pm
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Beauty .. are you restoring ??
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« Reply #17 on: October 08, 2011, 08:12:03 pm »
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« Reply #18 on: October 08, 2011, 09:59:19 pm »
Looks like one of them "Black widdow's" from Clint Eastwoods "Every Which Way is loose"......right turn Clyde.....you know more people die from Black widdow bites than rattlers....probably have the same effect riding that Mexican. ;D
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« Reply #19 on: October 09, 2011, 01:11:40 am »
#247..no unfortunately.....the bike is in USA i'm in Italy
This is in Italy
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I restored this MotoGabbiano 125 Minarelli engined  1976 m.y.
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« Reply #20 on: October 09, 2011, 02:01:55 am »
Quote from: 223 on October 09, 2011, 01:11:40 am
#247..no unfortunately.....the bike is in USA i'm in Italy
This is in Italy
<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=2igbrjm" target="_blank"><img src="http://i52.tinypic.com/2igbrjm.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a>
I restored this MotoGabbiano 125 Minarelli engined  1976 m.y.
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This is best dress award  ;D ... From VMX Magazine #36  http://www.vmxmag.com.au/08_what_bike/vmx_what_bike_listing.html



also the little 125's Carabella
http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?topic=6417.15

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« Reply #21 on: October 09, 2011, 07:28:45 am »
What make my missing that bikes Carabela heritage so dumb is that I wrote the VMX piece Ali posted...including tidying up Bills piece on his own bike. I seem to be having more of these DOH! moments of late. ::)
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« Reply #22 on: October 09, 2011, 08:04:26 am »
some one give al a 40 gallon drum to use as a rubbish bin for the Carabella - that was a great photo in US magazine
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« Reply #23 on: October 09, 2011, 12:15:29 pm »
Quote from: bazza on October 09, 2011, 08:04:26 am
40 gallon drum to use as a rubbish bin for the Carabella

Thats the ultimate sin - its a piece of the big vmx jigsaw ,ya nogga  ;D
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« Reply #24 on: October 10, 2011, 02:45:01 pm »
Quote from: VMX247 on October 09, 2011, 12:15:29 pm

Thats the ultimate sin - its a piece of the big vmx jigsaw ,ya nogga  ;D

I think what Bazza is referring to maybe is the Australian Dirtbike test on the Carabella back in the day which featured a photo of it being stuffed in a garbage drum at the track. Obviously ABD called it as they saw it and didn't expect any further business from the importer  ;D
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