Whats wrong with this pic ?

[YUMASTEPSIDE]

Found this on the web but it took me a minute to work out what was wrong with it !

                         Roger

           

[evo550]

.......it's made in Spain? 

[JohnnyO]

Hand operated gear lever?

[YUMASTEPSIDE]

............close but no cigar 

                  Roger

[David Lahey]

er... the little monty has the wrong paint scheme on the tank?

[Hoony]

Right hand chain drive ?

[YUMASTEPSIDE]

........come on !! Aren't there any bully men out there ?   

             Roger

    Bingo ! Hoony

    Chains on the wrong side, does that look like a bully motor ? and what's with the jockey shift ?

[DR]

they're only 50's not that there's anything wrong with that

[David Lahey]

Sorry YUMASIDE, the motors in Chispas were not made by Bultaco.

........come on !! Aren't there any bully men out there ?   

             Roger

    Bingo ! Hoony

    Chains on the wrong side, does that look like a bully motor ? and what's with the jockey shift ?

[David Lahey]

And before some asks, the Chispa motor is a 3 speed 49cc Ducati Mototrans

[VMX247]

Bugger you Hoony    I even went all the way down to the shed and couldn't work the back sprocket area out . ..If I had just posted what I though I would have holeshoted you..   ..of course the only time in our lives I would have ever holeshot ya     
cheers

[David Lahey]

Theres a story about the Montesa 50 kids trials bike in Australia. The Aussie importer thought there was a market for them with Australia Post as postie bikes so they imported some (10 or 20, I can't remember) for Australia Post to evaluate. The bikes that come up for sale now and then in Australia are probably from that batch.
A kids trials bike that was actually used for a serious purpose was the big-wheel TY80 Yamaha. At Queensland Alumina in Gladstone, Queeensland, there were lots bought and used for on-plant transport, so there have been lots of them around here ridden by kids ever since, after they were sold off by QAL.
As well as the TY80s, QAL bought lots of Honda CT110s and TS185ERs.
At my current workplace (Gladstone Power Station), we recently sold off our fleet of aging XL100s (red and black 1979 model?) that had been used for on-plant transport since new.

[VMX247]

Theres a story about the Montesa 50 kids trials bike in Australia. The Aussie importer thought there was a market for them with Australia Post as postie bikes so they imported some (10 or 20, I can't remember) for Australia Post to evaluate. The bikes that come up for sale now and then in Australia are probably from that batch.
A kids trials bike that was actually used for a serious purpose was the big-wheel TY80 Yamaha. At Queensland Alumina in Gladstone, Queeensland, there were lots bought and used for on-plant transport, so there have been lots of them around here ridden by kids ever since, after they were sold off by QAL.
As well as the TY80s, QAL bought lots of Honda CT110s and TS185ERs.
At my current workplace (Gladstone Power Station), we recently sold off our fleet of aging XL100s (red and black 1979 model?) that had been used for on-plant transport since new.

wow lucky Queenslander's .obviously not BHP. why get rid of them now ? has it become a liability issue ?

[David Lahey]

Theres a story about the Montesa 50 kids trials bike in Australia. The Aussie importer thought there was a market for them with Australia Post as postie bikes so they imported some (10 or 20, I can't remember) for Australia Post to evaluate. The bikes that come up for sale now and then in Australia are probably from that batch.
A kids trials bike that was actually used for a serious purpose was the big-wheel TY80 Yamaha. At Queensland Alumina in Gladstone, Queeensland, there were lots bought and used for on-plant transport, so there have been lots of them around here ridden by kids ever since, after they were sold off by QAL.
As well as the TY80s, QAL bought lots of Honda CT110s and TS185ERs.
At my current workplace (Gladstone Power Station), we recently sold off our fleet of aging XL100s (red and black 1979 model?) that had been used for on-plant transport since new.

Both at QAL and the Power Station, the bikes had been ridden to death and parts had become hard to get (uneconomic for the company to pay a bike shop to keep them going). Don't forget they were not weekend funbikes, they were ridden daily for 20+ years. Lovers of old bikes snapped up the TY80s and XL100s and willingly fixed them up. We have a few of the big-wheel TY80s in use in our local trials club.

wow lucky Queenslander's .obviously not BHP. why get rid of them now ? has it become a liability issue ?

[YUMASTEPSIDE]

were these the Chispa ?

         

             Roger