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Re: Sprite/Alron
« Reply #135 on: August 01, 2009, 08:10:03 pm »
That would be the one, looks a million dollars will have photo's monday hopefully.
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« Reply #136 on: August 01, 2009, 08:23:15 pm »
Quote from: MC 61 on August 01, 2009, 08:10:03 pm
That would be the one, looks a million dollars will have photo's monday hopefully.

bring it on MC 61-keep finding them  8)
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« Reply #137 on: August 01, 2009, 08:46:59 pm »
JC,

The research on this thread is unbelievable.

As I mentioned to Allison, the only paperwork with this bike was a business card from that time the bike was purchased. It just quotes the brands carried and the current address (for that time). On the rear it has Ron's home address where the guy picked up this bike.

Do they still make BP Powerstroke mix listed  ;D  ;D

I do believe now that this is Mitch's bike or the one he road as in the box with the headlight is the very extra heavy flywheel (you mentioned). Will take a photo and weight it tomorrow.

This just gets better.





 
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« Reply #138 on: August 01, 2009, 09:46:37 pm »
VMX60 That business card is a treasure in it's self.  :-*
I love this old ephemera stuff- collect a wee tad me self  ;D



Will this fit mine(Sprite) ???
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/VILLIERS-STARMAKER-BARREL-AND-HEAD_W0QQitemZ260452181929QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Motorcycle_Parts?hash=item3ca428e7a9&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177

reply on emails......also they fitted marcell and greeves challenger
(long stroke) barrel to the sprite as well frank
hipkins was the engineer, barrels do come up but
there far and few between the marcell one needs
hard chroming but is already bead blasted.
the marcell barrel would fit the 36A
the starmaker is incompatable with the 36A engine
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Re: Sprite/Alron
« Reply #139 on: August 01, 2009, 11:07:38 pm »
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Re: Sprite/Alron
« Reply #140 on: August 02, 2009, 09:22:48 am »
Quote from: VMX60 on August 01, 2009, 08:46:59 pm
JC,

The research on this thread is unbelievable.


I do believe now that this is Mitch's bike or the one he road as in the box with the headlight is the very extra heavy flywheel (you mentioned). Will take a photo and weight it tomorrow.

This just gets better.

VMX60, thanks for yr encouragement. 

Mitch tho't at first that it was his bike (in the pics) but said his bike didn't have the shocks modified. He then tho't it may have been Roger's MX bike, but Roger said his had the Phantom/Stiletto motor & I'm fairly sure he confirmed it had a down pipe. I wonder if its Graeme Sully's enduro bike or RL's, but Tossa &  others say that RL never rode in the dirt so probably didn't have one of his own. It could well be Mitch's tho, w that extra grab rail on RHS & extra bracket behind LHS footpeg could have been to bolt the 'car to. Any other strange brackets that the 'chair' may have been bolted to?

Either way, I'd say it was one of the "development bikes" ridden by Mitch or Graeme Sully.

I'd say the "hot' pipe was just a quick/cheap fix somewhere along the line, or perhaps a detuning for the sidecar trials. They originally used an SDR-type pipe as far as I can tell which surely would have given better performance for enduro work. There is one pic that sort of shows it, but my scanner aint working so I cant send it to you at present.


MC61 - welcome aboard, & we look forward to yr pics & any other info you can give. Is it a 250 or 400 yr talking about?


Does anybody know the whereabouts of Graeme Sully??
Or John Rudd, the journo/correspondant who wrote some of the TW articles?
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« Reply #141 on: August 02, 2009, 12:31:27 pm »
400, was featured VMX issue #7 I think????
Have spoken to owner will email some photo's Monday will post Monday night if I can.
Cheers Mark.
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« Reply #142 on: August 02, 2009, 01:41:37 pm »
JC

Have a look at page 7 Alron tank photo. Left hand side under tank , that would be the top sidecar mount. Also on page 8 aircleaner shoot, the bracket can be clearly seen.

This might confirm the bikes history :o



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Re: Sprite/Alron
« Reply #143 on: August 02, 2009, 03:01:04 pm »
Quote from: MC 61 on August 02, 2009, 12:31:27 pm
400, was featured VMX issue #7 I think????
Have spoken to owner will email some photo's Monday will post Monday night if I can.
Cheers Mark.

So thats Graeme Dustings' one??


Quote from: VMX60 on August 02, 2009, 01:41:37 pm
JC

Have a look at page 7 Alron tank photo. Left hand side under tank , that would be the top sidecar mount. Also on page 8 aircleaner shoot, the bracket can be clearly seen.

This might confirm the bikes history :o

Thanks VMX60, I'd say its definitely Mitch's bike that once had the 'chair' attached. You did say earlier that it had quite a few extra brackets welded on
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Re: Sprite/Alron
« Reply #144 on: August 02, 2009, 06:48:37 pm »
Quote from: MC 61 on August 02, 2009, 12:31:27 pm
400, was featured VMX issue #7 I think????
Have spoken to owner will email some photo's Monday will post Monday night if I can.
Cheers Mark.

Look forward to see the Pics Mark, i wnat to send them to Shuffle (Grant Dargue) who's dad owned the bike for many years before Macca bought it off him.

i will ask him about the history of it when his dad got it and before. it may be tracable to the first owner?
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« Reply #145 on: August 02, 2009, 09:34:19 pm »
Had a good and informative Alron day today at modern MX, :o  very interesting.
OK JC I believe you now  :o   ;D
See you with the Red at Wandering Tossa-my shout.  8)
cheers Alison
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« Reply #146 on: August 02, 2009, 09:56:29 pm »
I haven't been reading this much, but these pics are from a classic PE in north QLD.
There on the  endurobiketalk.com forum.
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« Reply #147 on: August 02, 2009, 10:33:15 pm »
JC

Looks like a phantom top end with a up pipe :o
What a nice piece of Aussie motorcycle history
Sure we all need detail photos of that OSSA/ALRON ;D ;D
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« Reply #148 on: August 02, 2009, 10:54:04 pm »
I may be loud and obnoctious (if that's how it's spelt!!) sometime Alison.  but just sometimes!! mmm.  Will look forward to seeing you at Wandering.  Christine will provide the other bottle and the cheese.  Could be a long night.  hope you and Steve have a ball in QLD

Isn't that a great find in from QLD of an original ALRON.  great find Noel.

would love to have the old man's (Mitch) bike, wish i'd found it.  Wouldn't have been great to get him to restore it. aaah well maybe next time, great find though

I almost forgot, going to beat the old man up.  i rode passenger on the trials sidecar and at that time it didn't have any grab rail, think the old bugger was trying to get me to loose a couple of fingers in the rear wheel.  Could qualify as a crash test dummy in the Alron Story


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« Reply #149 on: August 02, 2009, 11:03:49 pm »
I'm glad I changed the thread topic name to Sprite/Alron,its seems to get a few more people posting and finding these Alron's...Thanks NSR3  8)
Cheese and wine -Go Rat Bench Racing  ;D
Looking forward to the search of more RL bikes.  :P
Thanks VMX60 for sharing, hope to catch you at Wandering Mill Farm also.  :)
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