scale motorbikes

[RohaN]

Hi all,
Does anyone know of a cheap online shop that sells scale model motorbikes? I'm after some of those pre-assembled usually 1:18 scale ones that cost a fortune in bike shops, but look like they've been put together in under 30 seconds but someone in a sweatshop & certainly arent worth $50 retail.

Cheers!

[Matt]

im not confident, but try www.frontlinehobbies.com.au

theyre in newcastle NSW i think.

[remotebandit]

wot you after rohan , i used to sell 1:18 bikes ( on road and off road ) but still have the wholesaler contact .

Let me know .

Adam .

[RohaN]

Hey cool.
Well i'm going to look for:
2005 Suzuki SV1000s
Triumph Speed triple
Ducati 996s
Yamaha TRX850

i'm pretty sure the Ducati & the triumph will be easy to find, but the TRX and the SV might prove more elusive

thanks for the help guys

[remotebandit]

ill find out on Wednesday next week as ill go for a drive and check out what they have for ya ( possibly pick up some more models for me as well ) . I can assure you the SV wont be available so if you see that somewhere just buy it .

[RohaN]

cheers :D

[Propane]

i got some mini road bikes ( petrol running ) if you want...

$400 each ( new ).... i got 20 of them to move :)

[RohaN]

what like those little 50cc pocketbikes?

$900 fine if you get caught riding one on or beside a road where i am.
my housemate got done about a month ago. turned out to be an expensive pizza he went to pick up

[JD]

dam perth sucks - I think pocket bikes are legal here :D i see people on them all the time.

[remotebandit]

im sure its aus wide , i paid 900 for mine and after 3 days use before they got banned i coulkdnt even sell it for half tha

[RohaN]

yeah i think it's aus wide.
I'm in sydney and they get you for 2 "offences"
1.operating a vehicle without a insurance/greenslip
and
2. riding an unregeserable vehicle on public roads

$450 a pop.
!rant
they only fined my housemate with those 2, however he got off lightly, as he was moderatly pissed, doing a wheelie across a set of traffic lights without a helmet. !burnout

[Propane]

do what i use to do... DONT STOP !!!

Go to the local park.. piss the ranger off.. drive to one side of the park and wait to he drives around to that side, and then drive back to the other side..

Also know your local pathways....


And yes.. mini 50cc bikes with all the running gear.. even has electic start of a mini car battery.. half size..



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[RohaN]

this was a cop, heh, if it was a ranger he'd have just ridden off.

[Propane]

Still dont stop for anyone... dont even look back :)

[ned]

f*cking with rangers is fun.

did it the other day on the trx450r. get on a grael road and let him catch up and then blast him away, snakey all over the road throwing dust everywhere. then pull off the road and wait in the ditch till he goes flying past then turn around and go back again.
just make sure you have enough power to get away from em and dont do it to cops cause THEY will catch you.

[Propane]

cops never got me :) i use to live in mindarie and ride north to the alkimos each afternoon...

On the way home is the tricky part, i use to take the roller door remote hit the local pathway to my street, and use to open the roller door while im down the street, and then race in like batman with the door closing behind me.. hehe

[ned]

ahaha. me and a mate had do that one time on the fiddys. cops saw us at the skatepark down the road from my joint. we cut across the park and luckily i had left the door up...cam screeming into the garage pressed the button and just as the door shut we heard/saw the boys in blue go past my place.

[BAGES]

wtf? back in my day I would have been labelled a "forum whore" by Matto if I hijacked a thread like this .........

[ned]

well at least we aernt talking about the merits of why footy is better than soccer in a scale motorcycle thread.

bah, its still non rc related.

[remotebandit]

oh well ill bring it back on track .

Im going on Wednesday to this wholesaler Rohan as a definate , ill take a camera in there and post a few photos of ALLOT of models they have in high res large for detail , you can just circle the ones you like and ill price them for ya off the pix .

Ill crop down size the pix here if anyone else is interested in anything .

Adam .

[Propane]

omg mark... lol classic... now back on track - i wouldn't mind seeing some more pic's remote :)

and no more hijacking !!! im really bad at it and i don't need others influencing me !!!

[avablast]

or u can get a tamiya 1:12 pre assembled road an race reps

[RohaN]

Hey thanks remote, sounds cool, 1:12 scale or 18, its all good!

Heh king, those 350 banshee motors were insane, they had them in the old RZ350 roadbikes.
had a ride of one once, no torqe, noisy as all hell but christ they had some squirt when you hit the power - it was like a lightswitch

[remotebandit]

some pix as promised , i had to shrink them severely as they wer huge and would take ages to load on the page

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[remotebandit]

if anyones interested just give me the pix number undr the pix ( eg : cropped_dscf0966.jpg ) and explain the position of the bike your after ( im not familiar with models so wont get them off that description ) .

Ill give you a price off that

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RB - 43_cropped_dscf0962 - 2 choppers on RHS on second shelf?
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[RohaN]

hey cheers remote, could i've a price for:
First picture (43_crop_dscf0968.jpg) one of those honda race reps or the Blue Yamaha thats just peeking out right at the bottom of the frame under the honda boxes.

and from(43_cropped_dscf0965.jpg) the black bike at the top middle of the frame with "triumph" on the box.

awesome, do you know if theyre the same models Kmart sell? some look quite similar

[ned]

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43_cropped_dscf0965.jpg- all atvs on right hand side.