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posted on May 17th, 2013 at 11:00 AM
return of the vw dragbike
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
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posted on May 17th, 2013 at 11:25 AM
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.
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posted on May 17th, 2013 at 11:28 AM
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
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posted on May 17th, 2013 at 01:39 PM
Awesome stuff!
Just in case no-one has seen a VW powered drag bike have a geez at this
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posted on May 17th, 2013 at 03:19 PM
Thats incredible! This is gonna be awesome!
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posted on May 17th, 2013 at 05:11 PM
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Awesome stuff!
Just in case no-one has seen a VW powered drag bike have a geez at this
Imagine how fast it would be with todays tyre technology, it smoked half the track, Pete you must carry your nuts around in wheel barrow
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posted on May 17th, 2013 at 05:53 PM
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Thats incredible! This is gonna be awesome!
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posted on May 17th, 2013 at 07:09 PM
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
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posted on May 17th, 2013 at 07:50 PM
Is there any good photos anywhere???
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posted on May 17th, 2013 at 08:51 PM
Thats absolutely bad to the bone !!!! Now that will be a crowd pleaser . Mike McCarthy
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posted on May 17th, 2013 at 09:03 PM
Have you got a supercharger yet?
We have a marshal with methanol ready twin SU carbs here
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posted on May 17th, 2013 at 09:47 PM
Noice
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Have you got a supercharger yet?
We have a marshal with methanol ready twin SU carbs here
Geoff no we havn't anything suitable , the marshall would be perfect , is that the one off Mark Walkers v twin , i sold it for
Mark ,went to paul muller ,then think to you , what sort of money you need
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posted on May 17th, 2013 at 10:08 PM
that's the one
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posted on May 17th, 2013 at 10:42 PM
thats it , remember the ramtubes , i ride the v twin for a while ,for mark, damn horrible to ride , didn't handle ,
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posted on May 18th, 2013 at 12:24 PM
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
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posted on May 18th, 2013 at 12:26 PM
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
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posted on May 18th, 2013 at 08:20 PM
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
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posted on May 18th, 2013 at 08:29 PM
Spill the beans Henry
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
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posted on May 18th, 2013 at 09:16 PM
yea gota figure out a starter motor yet Henry ,andra officials wont like the old way at ALL
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posted on May 18th, 2013 at 09:17 PM
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
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posted on May 18th, 2013 at 09:18 PM
a young Jim an Sam thornley
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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
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Mike ,not me in the vid ,its Stan Pobjoy, his was much more spectacular an faster than mine
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posted on May 18th, 2013 at 09:39 PM
good one of Joe Cook , try doing this today at a meet
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posted on May 18th, 2013 at 10:52 PM
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!
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posted on May 19th, 2013 at 08:20 PM
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
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