Author Topic: Aussie bike thread (Read 6936 times)

Coastvl · « **on:** April 17, 2007, 12:42 PM »

Alrighty then lads. This thread is for info and pics that might be needed by you guys (and gals)
Vegan has requested some info so I thought I'd kick off with a few pics from our Vintage gathering in Nov 2005.
Enjoy.
Glenn
Crossrider

Older, first model Supermax by Malvern Star. Yes like Nicole Kidman rode in BMX Bandits. She rode the later model though.

Coastvl · « **Reply #1 on:** April 17, 2007, 12:59 PM »

The Quicksilver "Helium" Team frame. Strange and useless. The second rarest of the Aussie frames.

The BBR proto frame. Welded by the Quicksilver frame builder in his spare time. 3 only exist in 20" style. All 3 are accounted for.

The Vortex Mini. This is an early model. My son races a later model.

Vegan · « **Reply #2 on:** April 17, 2007, 01:01 PM »

Bring em on dudes, I'm currently smitten with Aussie bikes since sourcing parts for the crossrider

here's my effort at a repro:

from this pic:

And plans are afoot for another Aussie classic

shhhh

brass monkey! · « **Reply #3 on:** April 17, 2007, 01:05 PM »

smart,

I have a Aussie BMX Gathering T-Shirt, got it off ebay from Pete (Porker)

Coastvl · « **Reply #4 on:** April 17, 2007, 01:11 PM »

LOL Beautiful. Top job.
Heres a few more....
Repco Hotfoot. Team mosel and regular.

The Repco monoshock. I'm currently building one of these with Motomags.

bmxmatt1974 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 17, 2007, 01:13 PM »

cool, might try and get myself an aussie bike to build

Coastvl · « **Reply #6 on:** April 17, 2007, 01:14 PM »

The blue Helium Quicksilver and the BBR belong to Pete. He's a great guy and does a lot for Aussie old school BMX. His band the porkers play some of the gatherings.

brass monkey! · « **Reply #7 on:** April 17, 2007, 01:16 PM »

Quote from: Coastvl on April 17, 2007, 01:14 PM

The blue Helium Quicksilver and the BBR belong to Pete. He's a great guy and does a lot for Aussie old school BMX. His band the porkers play some of the gatherings.

yeah, he sent me some links, they play Ska/Punk stuff don't they ? Is he famous then ?

which reminds me i need to chase him up on some Stu Thomsen Tee's he was going to print for me.....

Coastvl · « **Reply #8 on:** April 17, 2007, 01:49 PM »

Quote from: monkeybiscuits! on April 17, 2007, 01:16 PM

Quote from: Coastvl on April 17, 2007, 01:14 PM
The blue Helium Quicksilver and the BBR belong to Pete. He's a great guy and does a lot for Aussie old school BMX. His band the porkers play some of the gatherings.

yeah, he sent me some links, they play Ska/Punk stuff don't they ? Is he famous then ?

which reminds me i need to chase him up on some Stu Thomsen Tee's he was going to print for me.....

I wouldn't say he was famous but they have a good following. I have one of his CD's and it's good.

kdw712 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 17, 2007, 02:20 PM »

think i have one of those hotfoots

sold as another brand over here in UK so i am told

Vegan · « **Reply #10 on:** April 17, 2007, 02:24 PM »

Would you part with it for cash?

Moza · « **Reply #11 on:** April 17, 2007, 02:28 PM »

Stuff the bike I wana live there lol

snav69 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 17, 2007, 04:54 PM »

Here's a better pic of the Hotfoot

Paul

harris · « **Reply #13 on:** April 17, 2007, 05:11 PM »

i got one of them frames hear .

beard1973 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 17, 2007, 05:21 PM »

Those Crossriders are very nice... and quite rare!!!

But have you ever seen one of these.....

kdw712 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 17, 2007, 06:50 PM »

so what year would this frame be then
1982 ?

kdw712 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 17, 2007, 06:59 PM »

ooooh check this one out

very nice

http://www.bmxmuseum.com/bikes/giant_bicycles/2717

MartyC · « **Reply #17 on:** April 17, 2007, 09:40 PM »

Quote from: beard1973 on April 17, 2007, 05:21 PM

Those Aussie Crossdressers are very nice... and quite rare!!!

Very subtle Beard but not so true, look.....

beard1973 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 17, 2007, 09:44 PM »

I live 'Down Under'....

gt0733 · « **Reply #19 on:** April 19, 2007, 12:41 AM »

good thread coasty. some very nice resto's there. i have a few pics from BITD (around 1980, i think) of a friend on his super maxi. it was painted silver and had red alloy components. if i've got time i'll scan them and post them up

Vegan · « **Reply #20 on:** April 19, 2007, 09:29 AM »

Quote from: kdw712 on April 17, 2007, 06:50 PM

so what year would this frame be then
1982 ?

That's crazy dude - I've had 3 frames now with the following numbers G0783 G0683 G0684 - they;ve all been similar though and not like this - the rear drop out has a triangle cut out

Can anyone shed light on this number? It surely can't relate to the country as that frame is an Aussie frame and the three I've had have all been from Surrey area (that's not to say they aren't Aussie but I doubt it)

kdw712 · « **Reply #21 on:** April 19, 2007, 10:12 AM »

from what i remb of the Vintage thread (which i can't find over there at the mo )

these were a generic type frame which was used by a few companies in different areas like UK and OZ
sure in the UK they were peugeot or puch or something

the solid rear drop according the repco ad means its the better frame
the cutout meant it was the lower spec frame - poss mild steel not sure on that

Coastvl · « **Reply #22 on:** April 19, 2007, 11:57 AM »

This is a few pics for Matt. This frame is owned by QuicksilverBMX on Vintage. (Reece)

Vegan · « **Reply #23 on:** April 19, 2007, 12:04 PM »

Quote from: kdw712 on April 19, 2007, 10:12 AM

from what i remb of the Vintage thread (which i can't find over there at the mo )

these were a generic type frame which was used by a few companies in different areas like UK and OZ
sure in the UK they were peugeot or puch or something

the solid rear drop according the repco ad means its the better frame
the cutout meant it was the lower spec frame - poss mild steel not sure on that

Do we know who the manufacturers were?

The frames I had had gusset plates but not inbetween the top and down tube (Crossrider style) but 2 triangular plates below the downtube (Redline style) two of the frames had 3 concentric circles and one was just flat metal.

I've been searching for the right frame for my Suzuki Samurai rebuild which has the concentric circles in the plates