Just got a melvern star dragster she is a bit rusty but is fully functioning just needs seat padding replaced. I'll be using it to get down the beach and to the train station. Gunna keep it ratty chuck some new tires on higher bars on and maybe a light and a mirror. Could anyone give me an idea on an approximate age of this ?
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I've been going a little bit crazy as I havnt had a Vw project for three months because we are traveling in the kombi. Not having a garage makes is a bit hard ;-)
Thought this might keep me entertained.
Bizarre 路
Very early 1970's
They were the rage in about 1971.
I was about 10 馃榿
ClockworkMonkey 路
nice lookin bike! where did you find that?
jimmybay 路
Thanks lads I got in from a second hand shop they had heaps of retro gear got it pretty cheap too馃槑
I'll update the pick when it's on the road
pod 路
maybe shoot dragsters for life a PM ,as he dabbles a little in the old dragster bikes
jimmybay 路
Cheers mate I'll flick him a pm 馃檪
dragsters for life 路
its not a malvern its too short to be a malvern
heres some pics of some malverns i have
its even shorter looking than the first malverns (which were 69 and the shortest of them) im thinking its an oxford as it has no mounting holes for the sissy bar
heres my oxford
dragsters for life 路
it could even be a malvern star wildcat (little kids dragster as it has the tiny bars but the no sissy mounting holes are still pointing me at oxford, put up some pics of the head tube as it should have two holes for mounting the star, there is also no chaingaurd bracket, post up a heap of pics of it i could tell you for sure with more pics
1970 long frame bronze cap malvern first year of the longs
1969 short frame bronze fork cap only year for this length
olympic dragster from bentleigh cycles 72
73 74 repco 737
75 repco standard
75 76 malvern long with sports shift
72 hanimax with extras
and some other random crap
just so you know i am serious
dragsters are my thing
dragsters for life 路
Bizarre wrote:Very early 1970's
They were the rage in about 1971.
I was about 10 馃榿
first was the malvern short in 69 then from 70 on it was the malvern long frames and other brands hit the stores christmas 70 into 71, most the stuff you find these days is pretty much 71 up as that was when the craze hit hard
jimmybay 路
Wow man that's a he'll of a line up 馃檪
Thanks for posting the pics and helping out im new to dragsters it's a bit hard as the short frames have such subtle differences. I post a heap more pics in a couple of days when I pick it up 馃檪
Gringo_54_oval 路
damm thats a collection.
i love the old school BMX with the yellow tuffs 馃憤
dragsters for life 路
i do all types of bikes
heres a couple others i built
customs
ClockworkMonkey 路
those are some awesome looking bikes dragsters!
Daring33 路
Gringo_54_oval wrote:damm thats a collection.
i love the old school BMX with the yellow tuffs 馃憤
Me too! That's just like my bike except for the hand brake (mine is a back brake) and the reflectors on the tuffs. Mine's still hanging in my Dad's shed will have to dig it out one day and clean it up, wish it was in as good condition as the one in the photo.
edit: Actually now that I have seen the close up photos I can see that the bike is black where mine is a cola sort of colour
Great collection dragsters for life
greedy53 路
bloody great i now am humbled
dragsters for life 路
some of my larger bikes
the guys were right in telling you to send me a message
dragsters for life 路
i could do this all day
thats enough for now
Bizarre 路
are you married??
that is some addiction you have 馃お
1303Steve 路
Hi
I seem to remember Dragstars being around in the mid 60s in Sydney. A local shop had a similar looking bike called an Oxford Cycle.
I was doing a chemist run in late 60s and early 70s, I fitted sissy bars and ape hangers to my regular Malvern Star, 1971 I got my 1st bug.
Steve
65standard 路
maybe shoot dragsters for life a PM ,as he dabbles a little in the old dragster bikes
pod says "dabbles a little". That's some serious dabbling or a very catchy disease. Brilliant collection and took me back a "few" years in time.
Gringo_54_oval 路
Holy shit main.
Thats a serious collection. Awsome!!!!!
I restored my old mongoose freestyler that i had when i was 14. It was at my mates house under his house.
And for xmas i got a 24" PK Ripper quad angle. Its so nice to ride. Iv also got a serious downhill MB for the Oaks trail. Loads of fun.
If i was rich id be doing what youv done. 馃憤