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

[darren4867]

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[VMX247]

Before

three months later-February 2012 Telford Show UK ....Winner of Best Bike

thanks Steve for photos.

[VMX247]

always someone doing a rebuild somewhere... 
quote Paul B UK....The bike in its original state turned out tob be a 1967/68 sprite 360 mx,unfortunatly it had been mucked about with and made to look like a later 405. The frame had been modified with bits being added and other bits being cut off. The frame was also bent, not being sure what to do with the frame I rebiult the engine, repaired the tank and rebuilt the wheels. That was the year before last . This last febuary at the Telford vmx show I amazingly picked up the frame you see in the picture complete with most fixings, yokes, forks and front wheel for xxxx the seller at the swop meet did not know it was a 360 frame or even a Sprite. It had come over from America in a container with a load of bikes and bike bits, that he had imported sometime ago.
I decided not to restore the frame and rebuilt it as you see in the picture, I raced it last week end for the first time and went really well. 

[EML]

Did he have the head on back-wards or do you?? Not sure if it should be coming or going

[JC]

JC/Firko/Tossa

The long lost Blue Alron has been found and ID this w/end. We think this was the only one-off frame ever produced in Perth   

Murray, that is incredible! Almost staggering! Definitely an Oz-built frame.

I'm just catching up on the forum after months away & I'm amazed, to say the least, that the thread hasn't 'lit-up' over it.

Just about the find of the decade!

Is it in yr garage? Or belong to a friend/contact/acquaintance?

I'd love to see more pics

[VMX247]

I'm just catching up on the forum after months away & I'm amazed, to say the least, that the thread hasn't 'lit-up' over it.

Good to see you back online JC.. 
I "lit-up", I tracked him down and phoned "Mr Collect those Alron's Murray" 
cheers A

[VMX60]

John
 
Guy walked into sth west Yamaha dealer wants a Ossa motor for a Alron lucky the dealer got his phone number
So two of us VMX ossa owners go on the hunt 6mths of calls/text go unanswered we both give up Then that out of blue Sunday call by the other ossa guy gets the break drives 3hrs then finds a bare roller that the owner has been told is rare and the price is $3000 after a long afternoon he buys it for a lot less as there not a lot left to restore
 
Mitch/Barry think only one was made ?
 
Never say Never
 
Will send photos as the project progress
 
Murray

[VMX60]

Just brought a few TWO WHEEL mags to get the Blue Alron test one of the other issues

February 1974 had this ad look at that classic lineup of brands plus Brian is riding a Alron   







No Jap brand bikes at all

[VMX247]

I've tracked down Brian Clarkson. He thinks he still may have his records from the shop at Granville. If he has (& can find it) he maybe able to  check how many Alrons he sold, but he lost a lot of paperwork in a flood a few months ago, so we maybe too late. He's fairly sure he sold "3 or 4 x400s" ("People liked their grunty power") & "2 x250s" - MXs). He says the 400's g'box wasn't any/much worse than the Husky's (which he rode for many yrs prior to the Alron) as far as he can recall but rings/pistons didn't last as long. Someone stole his 400 from a friends place at Bathurst. He sold lots of Rickmans for them too - mostly road ones but "quite a few VR-engine MXs" too. He knows nothing of the supposed Rickman 250 Enduro RL supposed built & "sold about 30" of.

Murray great to get old paper articles..good stuff 

[VMX247]

This months progress for us.Thank you Red Alert just the best quality. 

[VMX60]

Just got three of these Iron ons out of the USA 








Rare find

[VMX247]

Rare find..did you get a free Honda one thrown in also ?   
Ebay sellers ~ some mothers do have em ..
You won anyway finding that Blue Gem     

[VMX60]

No free Honda iron ons   


Does that mean I got ripped off on Ebay        

[VMX247]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221031758772
Sweet as !!    10/10

[firko]

Nice bike but there's no way it's pre 65 legal.