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Originally Posted by Gary Fountain (Post 8302565)

Great eye for detail classic1. It was a beaut ute....but I sold it. Got a Stato. now; miss the ute though.

(do you thing any other forum members (ozneddy excluded) knows what we're talking about?)

Seppos need to learn to embrace the ute.

Ozneddy, I'd borrow your utes too but 2000km is bit far to travel to go to the tip.

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Originally Posted by Gotte (Post 8302893)

Wonderful bikes. I love the style. Are they originals, though, or have you built the frames yourself? I wonder because the term "boardtrack motorcycle inspired bikes suggests you built them.

Thanks for the praise. The orange bike started life as a pre WWII Wards Hawthorne. I built the fork and the "tank". The black bike with the X on the tank is a Firebikes frame with my own custom built fork and seat mounts. The black and white frame is a1950s Hawthorne with a modern triple tree fork. The green "Harley" is a 1960s Evans bike with a Chinese 2-stroke engine. The fork on that bike is a 1950s Monark springer.

Great bikes boardtrackfan. You must have a great eye for what goes with what and plenty of skill to be able to build your own forks. Thanks for the info.

Sorry purevl, I didn't understand. The bike (I think) you're refering to is my 'shopping' bike. Its an old Aussie built track frame with some interesting parts i.e. large flanged Prior hubs and an inch pitch drive train. No toe clips so I can wear normal footwear to the shop. No brakes - who needs them at the pace I ride it at. (It's probably my most ridden bike.)

Ozneddy - sounds like a couple of great utes mate. The XP must be a classic.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x...4/DSC00100.jpg

Shopping bike? I can't even get my hands on anything decent with track drops around here...

-Kurt

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Originally Posted by Gary Fountain (Post 8308354)

JJ Special. Is that out of JJ Stewarts old shop? A couple of years ago I was up at Bendigo for the Madison and had a yap to JJ, who was down from Ozneddys neck of the woods. Hadn't seen him for about 15 years. He's still the same.

I can remember him still having a race with the pros in the 1970's. He must have been in his late 40's or early 50's then, and was still using the old inch pitch stuff

Hi Classic1,

I'm not sure but i think you are right about the JJ Special - nice bike to ride.

Kurt, Sorry to hear that. They're getting rare around here too.

Not all of my collection, but here is a quick shot I got today of my Merckx Collection. I was just about to start cleaning them. The Pearl white Corsa 01 is not in the shot as I already had packed it. I think I will not have any time to get a shot of my whole collection as I have to get them all packed by Monday. I wished I had some of you guys here to help.:lol:

Rare day in Belgium when it was actually nice.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/...15757d7c_b.jpg

Would you trust us helping you? It would probably rake you some time to actually miss one of your Merckx's. Probably enough time to make a quick getaway.

They truely are a wonderful sight, thanks.

I hope you take more photos of the whole group when they are finally unpacked.

Now you've got me daydreaming: a beautiful day, in Belgum, with a different Merckx to ride every day of the week, and your new buddy is Eddy himself. Now that is living!