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Welcome! => Welcome => Topic started by: filmote on August 30, 2012, 11:53 AM

Title: Newbie from Australia
Post by: filmote on August 30, 2012, 11:53 AM: Hi,

I am a collector of Australian bikes, namely the Repco Hotfoot and the Malvern Star SuperMax. I host tribute sites to both these bikes here > www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/hotfoot.php (http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/hotfoot.php) and here > www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/supermax.php (http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/supermax.php). So why am I here? The Repco Hotfoot was really popular in the early '80s in Australia and was made by Giant. The same bikes were built for other regions including the UK and sold under many different names. In the UK, they were sold as Falcon Pros, Falcon Beta and so forth. I am guessing they were also sold under different names .. I want to collect information about all of these variants for my site.

Some of my bikes ..

(http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/images/bmx/mongoose/mongoose1.jpg)
1981 Motomag

(http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/images/bmx/kuwahara/kuwahara1.jpg)
2007 Kuwahara KZ-1R

(http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/images/bmx/redline/redline1.jpg)
1984 Redline PL-20 Carrera

(http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/images/bmx/hotfoot/newPads_5.jpg)
1985 Repco Team Hotfoot

(http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/images/bmx/sting/sting1.jpg)
1983 Speedwell Sting CrMo (same as a SuperMax)

(http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/images/bmx/supermax/supermax10.jpg)
1981 Mavlern Star SuperMax

(http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/images/bmx/redline/Redline400CFin1.JPG)
1987 Redline 400c

(http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/images/bmx/hotfoot/82TeamFin_1.jpg)
1982 Repco Team Hotfoot

(http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/images/bmx/hotfoot/blackHottie_1.jpg)
1982 Repco Hotfoot XGusset
Title: Re: Newbie from Australia
Post by: hotdog on August 30, 2012, 12:20 PM: Welcome to the site mate,you've got some crackin' bikes there. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Newbie from Australia
Post by: brummie on August 30, 2012, 12:22 PM: welcome ro rad mate
great bikes you have there :)
Title: Re: Newbie from Australia
Post by: filmote on August 30, 2012, 12:25 PM: Thanks .. looking for any information I can get on Falcon Pro BMXes ..
Title: Re: Newbie from Australia
Post by: Bob_Acid on August 30, 2012, 07:02 PM: Welcome in, some tasty bikes you have there matey :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Newbie from Australia
Post by: bobafett on August 30, 2012, 11:02 PM: Welcome mate - nice bikes :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Newbie from Australia
Post by: BMX1973 on September 01, 2012, 11:07 AM: welcome mate :daumenhoch:

Love the Malvern Star are these bikes fairly easy to get in OZ or are they still hard to find.
Title: Re: Newbie from Australia
Post by: Mdbh on September 02, 2012, 09:24 AM: G'day mate :daumenhoch:

Your bikes are lush!
Title: Re: Newbie from Australia
Post by: filmote on September 03, 2012, 10:34 AM: Funny .. for an Australian made bike there seems to be very few of them around compare to say the imported Hotfoot or Mongoose. The CrMo SuperMax (Identical to the Spedwell above) is a great bike and is identical to the Redline MXII with the only difference being that they have a 1" top tube whereas the Redline has 1 1/8" tube. A lot of SuperMax frames have the Redline stamp on the bottom as they were made in the same factory.
Title: Re: Newbie from Australia
Post by: not johndub71 on September 03, 2012, 11:10 AM: Nice bikes esp the black one, and hello!
Title: Re: Newbie from Australia
Post by: Devilock on September 08, 2012, 11:00 AM: Alright mate, is this Trent...?!
Title: Re: Newbie from Australia
Post by: filmote on September 08, 2012, 02:41 PM: The black one came out really nice .. it is by far the cheapest build of the lot!

Trent? Trent the Aussie who is building a BMX Bandit replica??
Title: Re: Newbie from Australia
Post by: Devilock on September 08, 2012, 04:12 PM: Quote from: filmote on September 08, 2012, 02:41 PM
Trent? Trent the Aussie who is building a BMX Bandit replica??

Yeah! ;D

You mates with him?
Title: Re: Newbie from Australia
Post by: filmote on September 13, 2012, 10:35 PM: I have met Trent a couple of times - I helped him out with a seat post for his PK Ripper and have traded some bits with him. I am a big fan of SuperMax bike > www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/supermax.php (http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/supermax.php) < and have been watching his most recent build with anticipation.

Is he on this site?
Title: Re: Newbie from Australia
Post by: Devilock on September 15, 2012, 01:32 AM: Quote from: filmote on September 13, 2012, 10:35 PM
I have met Trent a couple of times - I helped him out with a seat post for his PK Ripper and have traded some bits with him. I am a big fan of SuperMax bike > www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/supermax.php (http://www.bloggingadeadhorse.com/supermax.php) < and have been watching his most recent build with anticipation.

Is he on this site?

Not yet but Ive asked him to join...! ;)
Title: Re: Newbie from Australia
Post by: griff on September 15, 2012, 07:56 AM: Welcome :daumenhoch: