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Offline Marc.com

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Re: GLEN BELLS YAMAHA
« Reply #30 on: July 28, 2009, 06:59:31 pm »
I think we are being a little harsh, the bike is clean and ready to rock for pre 90s class.

I remember ditching a 250S (same as T basically) to buy a YZ250U...it was a revelation, discs both end and real grunt off the bottom end.... rather have a nice U.
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Re: GLEN BELLS YAMAHA
« Reply #31 on: July 28, 2009, 07:11:07 pm »
I remember when that bike was built and Belly supplied a lot of the parts for it, from memory i think he supplied the forks.
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Re: GLEN BELL'S YAMAHA
« Reply #32 on: July 28, 2009, 09:25:51 pm »
Can't find a single pic of a Glen Bell YZ250T with WP USDs.

I've been through all of my old ADBs, and there's an early season pic with a set of Simmons USDs, but EVERY other photo shows the bike with the standard Yamaha forks.
Deakin ran WPs pretty consistantly, but if Bell used them, it was for the blink of an eye...

So its not even a good replica!  :o





A few more here:
http://s46.photobucket.com/albums/f128/annaandnathan/Bikestuff/Bell%20Pics/

The Mallee Masters pic is of an 86 S model.
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Re: GLEN BELLS YAMAHA
« Reply #33 on: July 28, 2009, 09:37:35 pm »
Nice Bike, remindes me of Brocky's  commodore.
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Re: GLEN BELLS YAMAHA
« Reply #34 on: July 28, 2009, 10:08:53 pm »
nice bike
when this post first came on i was going to say something
but i dont need to now ::)
brads right  geoff built it up as a replica
and he does have glens simons usd forks they are on his yz490 8)
maybe the guy who got it thought it was the real deal ::)
prob worth $5000-$6500 ;)
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Re: GLEN BELLS YAMAHA
« Reply #35 on: July 29, 2009, 05:42:18 am »
and just to think that i dumped a perfectly good frame a few months ago cause i couldn,t get a carton for it !   any thing ready to rock in that condition has to be worth good money , any one who has built a bike to ride will know the amount of time and money that goes into a pre 85 or 90 bike
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Re: GLEN BELLS YAMAHA
« Reply #36 on: July 29, 2009, 09:05:42 am »
Just heard from old mate & he says it is a rep but glen had a hand in building it. Still not the real deal. I only ever remember Glens bike with Simmons forks not W/P.
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Re: GLEN BELLS YAMAHA
« Reply #37 on: July 29, 2009, 09:31:03 am »
Quote from: ba-02-xr on July 29, 2009, 09:05:42 am
I only ever remember Glens bike with Simmons forks not W/P.

Yeah, if it was an 86 model.

Edit with a bit more careful wording:
Yeah, if it was an 86 model in that paint job.
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Re: GLEN BELLS YAMAHA
« Reply #38 on: July 29, 2009, 09:34:20 am »
Quote from: ba-02-xr on July 29, 2009, 09:05:42 am
Just heard from old mate & he says it is a rep but glen had a hand in building it. Still not the real deal. I only ever remember Glens bike with Simmons forks not W/P.

If that's the case, the seller is certainly misrepresenting what he has.  :-\
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Re: GLEN BELLS YAMAHA
« Reply #39 on: July 29, 2009, 01:43:04 pm »
Just noticed the pipe is black. Ment to be white.
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Re: GLEN BELLS YAMAHA
« Reply #40 on: July 29, 2009, 03:22:22 pm »
New development. I just got this from the guy selling

                                                                                                                                        Gday, I have just had confirmation By Geoff Holmes that this is the Malbaro bike glenn rode.
Geoff is one of Glenns close friends and the one who restored the bike.
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Re: GLEN BELLS YAMAHA
« Reply #41 on: July 29, 2009, 04:03:49 pm »
Are these the forks your on about?  :-\
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Re: GLEN BELLS YAMAHA
« Reply #42 on: July 29, 2009, 04:07:21 pm »
Nice bike, whats it worth time will tell,
Brett
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Re: GLEN BELLS YAMAHA
« Reply #43 on: July 29, 2009, 05:58:03 pm »
Quote from: ba-02-xr on July 29, 2009, 03:22:22 pm
New development. I just got this from the guy selling

                                                                                                                                        Gday, I have just had confirmation By Geoff Holmes that this is the Malbaro bike glenn rode.
Geoff is one of Glenns close friends and the one who restored the bike.

That may or may not be the case - a buyer would never know  - no detailed shots, no information offered, no history, no specs, just reassuring trust ::).
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Re: GLEN BELLS YAMAHA
« Reply #44 on: August 01, 2009, 11:51:12 am »
Firko what welding did your mate do to the bike. Just interested.
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