Sprite-UK/American Eagle-USA /Alron-AUST

[VMX60]

Hey  Tossa

Check out last Photo turns out its a Eagle Zundapp not the Husky copy 

Have you found a Zundapp motor yet??

Cheers

[Tossa]

Haven't touched it yet, waiting for the shed to built hopefully by the end of the month.  I beleive a barrel has been located for it.  Will start on it soon

[VMX247]

Cotton eye Joe has  a few bits up for grabs 


http://motors.shop.ebay.com/Motorcycle-Parts-/10063/i.html?rt=nc&Part%2520By%2520Region=American&_catref=1&_dmpt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&_fln=1&_ssn=rockcotton&_ssov=1&_trksid=p4506.c0.m282

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/American-Eagle-Sprite-Alron-400-405-INTAKE-MANIFOLD-/350446549623?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item51983dfa77

[VMX247]

#60 Alron underpower by Paul D...went really smooth and sounded even better 

[VMX60]

JC/Firko/Tossa

Allison photo of my son on the Alron which was racing in the Feature race at Wandering

Best of British

Against all of the big bore 4 strokes , first race placed 4th about a bike length off 3rd
Next race hit a tyre marker on the first lap bent the gearlever in half end of story

After 40 plus pages of good/bad/heap of shit  Mitch was right the Sprite frame kit were a good thing in 1973 with the right motor

Son had never ridden the Alron before just could not believe  how well it handled and goes like  f*** and it a 250 cc









Cheers

[JC]

Great stuff VMX60. Good to hear.

Does it have a phantom top end fitted or std SDR/Pioneer?

[Tossa]

ok you still have my bike and should hand it back, it's a family heirloom!!!lol

[VMX60]

JC/Tossa

My young bloke is still reving about how sweet the Alron handled   His words like a lightweight CZ

Letting a A grade rider loose on the bike does make Mitchs point the Sprite was a proven product from the early success in the 60s UK racing

After you posted that Alron Phantom Brochure which i still find maybe was never built in to a real life bike ??With all your research JC what do you think

Wandering just had to be a Phantom Alron

Still running SDR bottom end
SDR heavy flywheel to tame the revs
Phantom complete top end
Phantom spec pipe
38mm Mikuni carby

Long back straight tap out in 5th gear holding on to the big bore 4 strokes made my VMX year
Tossa tell dad the bike is in good hands

Cheers

[Tossa]

phantom was never built and you my friend are having way too much fun with that bike!!lol

[VMX60]

Tossa

Agree the Phantom was a ghost bike but has fired my VMX  ideas back up

Good luck at the Nats

Cheers

[Tossa]

don't need luck, just alcohol.  I was at one point thinking of slipping a phantom into my Rickman zundapp frame, I reckon that would have been quite a bike

[VMX60]

Tossa

Few years ago had Rickman/CZ half done then the Ossa thing happen

Sure would be a good combo plus another Ossa out there

Does the 125 have the small 32mm forks still a  project in the pipeline

Cheers

[JC]

I'm not the least bit surprised at the favourable comments re: the Alron's handling & performance w the Phantom top end, pipe & 38mm Mik.

The Phantom engine w 36mm Bing was unquestionably one of the fastest engines in the day.
And I've never had any reason to doubt Mitch's comment on the handling.

Its other things that I found rather dubious/questionable

Also, don't be too hasty in jumping to conclusions about the Alron MX model.  W'out being presumptuous, I think you'll find all will be revealed in due course in a certain glossy mag.

[VMX60]

JC

What I have built out of a combo of SDR/Phantom parts would have to be close to the only option Ron at Alron had to a true Ossa MX models as for having complete Phantom motors before 1974 in Perth ??

Hope the VMX mags Alron story  proves me wrong as that might help find more Alrons

Cheers

[Tossa]

Murray, 36mm forks on the Metisse