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| | | essbjay | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 01/02/2012 | | Posts | : | 328 | | Location | : | Melbourne (ex Lowestoft, UK), VIC, Australia |
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| | Posted : 19 Oct 2015 - 04:42 Post title : ATWR Placque Run - Bunbry-Perth-Dongara | | |
I'll throw more of the Placque photos in the relevant area later but thought these deserve a separate look... 
Dario, who'd organised the run told us we had a 'surprise' when we got to Jurien ... a small beach-side crayfishing village about 230 kms north of Perth. (on the way to Dongara)
Well surprise, surprise, surprise...!! Ian Boyd had opened up his mostly Vincent personal collection for us to have a browse around.
Around 70 bikes with every Vincent model from '32 to the late '50's. BSA Rockets 3, Benelli Sei, Aerials, race Nortons from the IOM TT winners, 9 sec '57 Vincent drag bike, speedway bikes, 1 off Egli framed Vincent engines and even a "brand new" 1200 being built that's in the middle of his kitchen bench !!!.
The mans a walking Vincent/HRD encyclopedia and a great guy to open up and spend time with us all drooling over the collection.. as well as the 4.2, manual E-type, the Jag 420G and the Offenhauser Speedway car. There's also drone engines from the 50's which are a flat 3, with 6 pistons and a 2 stroke..!! All for 17 h.p.
ALL of the bikes run and are kept in fully working order as Ian also has riders that he has to race them in events like the Collie and the York Historics meet.
I've seen the occaisional 2 or 3 Vincents at the classic shows but there's around 50 here.... awesome..!! Thanks Ian. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As for the rest of the trip... we found Ducati Diavels throw up a lot more gravel & stones than other bikes so they got sent to the back...especially after punching a hole in the Kwacker 1300's rad..!! ... but the universal balance was performed when one of the Duke's riders lost his 'fob' and although he could start it with a pin code couldn't open the tank to re-fill. Ride home in the ute for the Duke but the Kwacker was fixed with some new liquid metal cyanoacrylate even though you could put your finger through the rad core...impressive..!!
| Colin Chapman once said: "If you add horsepower you'll be quick on the straight,...but if you remove weight you'll be quicker everywhere.." ....so why in hell did I buy a Thunderbird...!!!
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| | | Leethal | | Zeus | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/01/2011 | | Posts | : | 6,407 | | Location | : | Australia |
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| | Posted : 19 Oct 2015 - 06:17 Post title : Re: ATWR Placque Run - Bunbry-Perth-Dongara (Re: essbjay) | | | Wow!! Thanks for the photos mate, I have drool all over my keyboard.
| Experience is something you get just after you needed it 
1600,Foran Razorbacks, Meerkat bypass, Dyno tune, real headlight,plenty of chrome,switchblade pegs, Hagon Nitro shocks & Ikon progressive fork springs etc. Scorpion Western Low handlebars. PH adjustable fork caps.
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| | | Swagger | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 15/04/2012 | | Posts | : | 1,100 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 19 Oct 2015 - 08:07 Post title : Re: ATWR Placque Run - Bunbry-Perth-Dongara (Re: Leethal) | | | That's a superb collection of bikes ... can you imagine the fun that must have been had establishing that pile? Lucky chap ... living the dream and a decent human being for sharing like that.
| The Force is strong in this one
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| | | essbjay | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 01/02/2012 | | Posts | : | 328 | | Location | : | Melbourne (ex Lowestoft, UK), VIC, Australia |
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| | Posted : 19 Oct 2015 - 08:17 Post title : Re: ATWR Placque Run - Bunbry-Perth-Dongara (Re: essbjay) | | | Couple more pics of the "brand new" HRD engine being engineered at the mo... on his kitchen bench.. 
| Colin Chapman once said: "If you add horsepower you'll be quick on the straight,...but if you remove weight you'll be quicker everywhere.." ....so why in hell did I buy a Thunderbird...!!!
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| | | AleXL4 | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 17/09/2012 | | Posts | : | 571 | | Location | : | Gympie, Queensland, Australia |
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| | Posted : 19 Oct 2015 - 09:08 Post title : Re: ATWR Placque Run - Bunbry-Perth-Dongara (Re: essbjay) | | | Magnificent collection of extremely fine machinery
Wow
| Enjoying the Journey
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| | | gwight | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 26/04/2011 | | Posts | : | 761 | | Location | : | Broken Hill, N.S.W., Australia |
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| | Posted : 19 Oct 2015 - 10:18 Post title : Re: ATWR Placque Run - Bunbry-Perth-Dongara (Re: essbjay) | | | What can I say, seeing this collection would be better than sex !
There's nothing better than seeing a fully restored & working Vincent
Cheers, essbjay.
Guido. 
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| | | GerPa | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 10/12/2011 | | Posts | : | 1,919 | | Location | : | Mackay, Central Queensland, Australia |
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| | Posted : 19 Oct 2015 - 10:34 Post title : Re: ATWR Placque Run - Bunbry-Perth-Dongara (Re: gwight) | | | Ya Never know what some B's got hidden in his Shed ??
| May-2011-1600, 20306 Tune, Mustang Vintage Solo Seat, Meerkat Cat Bypass, + Meerkat Modified Short TORS ,K&N Air Cleaner,K&N Oil Filter, JBQ lifting system, Gold Plug Magnetic Sump Plug,Dart Fly screen, Rivco Risers, GiPro Gear Indicator, Breakaway Cruise Control, Avon ISO Grips, Scorpion Western Low Handlebars, Kury Switchblade Pegs, Garmin Zumo390LM,Michelin RC2 on Front RC 3 on ,Modified Rear Drive Pulley Hub Bearings (Mat1600/Alex4 Modification) Front Susp: Std & 7.5W Oil /126mm Air Gap & Rear:Hagon Nitro's with 26Kg/cm Springs + Lots of other "Bling" stuff.
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| | | Irish | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 28/10/2013 | | Posts | : | 854 | | Location | : | New England, NSW, Australia |
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| | Posted : 19 Oct 2015 - 10:44 Post title : Re: ATWR Placque Run - Bunbry-Perth-Dongara (Re: gwight) | | |
gwight wrote:
What can I say, seeing this collection would be better than sex !
There's nothing better than seeing a fully restored & working Vincent
Cheers, essbjay.
Guido. |
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 Hopefully your wife doesnt read this,Guido or ya might be going on a diet
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| | | gwight | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 26/04/2011 | | Posts | : | 761 | | Location | : | Broken Hill, N.S.W., Australia |
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| | Posted : 19 Oct 2015 - 10:55 Post title : Re: ATWR Placque Run - Bunbry-Perth-Dongara (Re: Irish) | | |
Irish wrote:
gwight wrote:
What can I say, seeing this collection would be better than sex !
There's nothing better than seeing a fully restored & working Vincent
Cheers, essbjay.
Guido. |
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Hopefully your wife doesnt read this,Guido or ya might be going on a diet |
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Nah, Dermot, not likely ! you know the old saying, "Its too high to eat grass"
Guido
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| | | Irish | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 28/10/2013 | | Posts | : | 854 | | Location | : | New England, NSW, Australia |
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| | Posted : 20 Oct 2015 - 09:29 Post title : Re: ATWR Placque Run - Bunbry-Perth-Dongara (Re: gwight) | | | I shoulda put this in the jukebox, but couldnt find it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yw2yKNLEPc
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| | | essbjay | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 01/02/2012 | | Posts | : | 328 | | Location | : | Melbourne (ex Lowestoft, UK), VIC, Australia |
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| | Posted : 13 Jan 2016 - 08:17 Post title : Re: ATWR Placque Run - Bunbry-Perth-Dongara (Re: essbjay) | | | Bump
| Colin Chapman once said: "If you add horsepower you'll be quick on the straight,...but if you remove weight you'll be quicker everywhere.." ....so why in hell did I buy a Thunderbird...!!!
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