after much debate, plenty of Jack Daniels an hassling from some good mates ,an lack of any real nostalgia bikes ,some of you may know i built an raced a vw bike along with Stan an Thornley Bros in mid seventys we are starting on a build , along the lines of my original one , only blown this time for nostalgia racing, an all vw drag days....... if they let us

Hi

This will be cool. Do you know what happened to Rick Thorley? You said Thornley Bros, is that the same guy?

Rick used to work at our local council.

Steve

gday steve , yea there was three bros , Jim owned an built it , Sam rode it , Rick was quite young at the time an was the goeffer, but no ,dont know where they all are now

Awesome stuff!

Just in case no-one has seen a VW powered drag bike have a geez at this

Thats incredible! This is gonna be awesome!

naa steve theere not that big , you can still get 4" slicks ,we dont want it to go all that fast , resonably fast,lots a noise an plenty of tyre smoke , with todays tyres n track prep, it 'll break the driveline, an wont be a good show

Is there any good photos anywhere???

Thats absolutely bad to the bone !!!! Now that will be a crowd pleaser . Mike McCarthy

Have you got a supercharger yet?

We have a marshal with methanol ready twin SU carbs here

Noice

that's the one

thats it , remember the ramtubes , i ride the v twin for a while ,for mark, damn horrible to ride , didn't handle ,

Owesome
I saw Joe Cook's bike in the last 60's or early 70's a Ravenswood drag's when I was a wee tacker.
It was the fastest bike in Aussie, it only ran 9's is I recall ,but then it was crazy fast and a site to watch.
There was a bike like for sale about 15 years ago
it maybe still around , have a talk to some of the old racers

Owesome
I saw Joe Cook's bike in the last 60's or early 70's a Ravenswood drag's when I was a wee tacker.
It was the fastest bike in Aussie, it only ran 9's is I recall ,but then it was crazy fast and a site to watch.
There was a bike like for sale about 15 years ago
it maybe still around , have a talk to some of the old racers

Hey Pete, are you going to show the modern world how we used to start the drag bikes as well? (before Starter motors) - not too sure if ANDRA would approve

Spill the beans Henry

yea gota figure out a starter motor yet Henry ,andra officials wont like the old way at ALL

I posted your vid on another VW website here in the US , I really am impressed with your ability to build and drive that monster, hats off to ya. Mike McCarthy

http://ultimateaircooled.com/simplemachinesforum/index.php/topic,15904.0.html 

a young Jim an Sam thornley

good one of Joe Cook , try doing this today at a meet

My god it's funny how this is popping up in conversation again.... I was only bench racing here in WA with some dubber mates, and I was telling them about yours and Stans bikes.... Now we have you posting here with your intentions!.... Awesome news!

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!! are those blokes holding the bike back with rope so he can do his burnout????????

the marshall blower pics damien put up here, is off Mark Walker's blown vtwin (late with blower removed ) i rode for a while , home built billit ,4 valve quad cam ,2lltr nitro ,be double nostalgic with that blower whistling away between my legs again

Madman!

Awesome