McIntosh BR1 on ebay

[jellywrestler]

Is it able to be rebuilt?

anything can be rebuilt...

[MIXONE]

Great exchange rate at the moment too.

[bistard]

Not so Barry, it has been found, albeit pretty well cut up

Shit, I had not heard that they got it back,where was it found?? What the hell were they trying to do when cutting it up???

[jellywrestler]

Shit, I had not heard that they got it back,where was it found?? What the hell were they trying to do when cutting it up???

I'm not one to gossip but...
I did hear that when it was pinched it was in gear, and rather than click it out they pushed it some distance still in gear leaving a tyre mark.
This indicates to me that they were more opportunists than target bike thieves
I know no more than the article you see

[HenryDorsetCase]

So, the auction has ended early "Because the item is no longer available".

[HenryDorsetCase]

I had even told the bank manager i might need a bank draft and found out about shipping and stuff.... dont know if I would have had the balls to make it happen, but now I will never know.

it is totally worth checking out their own site (not ebay): check out some of the Kenny Roberts exotica. Get yourself a KR5 if you've got the wallet. It should be eligible for Bears racing here: it was made in Blighty after all

http://rmdmotors.com/

[HenryDorsetCase]

Holy shit!

they sold one of Spencer's NS500's.

http://rmdmotors.com/freddie-spencers-ns500-nsr250/

Best looking HRC paintjob of all time IMO.

[jaffaonajappa]

Holy shit!

they sold one of Spencer's NS500's.

http://rmdmotors.com/freddie-spencers-ns500-nsr250/

Best looking HRC paintjob of all time IMO.

Im reading that page as: They are selling them, not already sold...?

wont be under 100k. Could well be three times that much actually.....?


I sent them an email....asking em to keep an eye out for some footpegs for a GN250...

[ktm84mxc]

Hope the buyer rides it, 2 many sit hidden away.
Betta keep buying those lotto tickets, C some off those RG's ended up in that pommy's collection seen in classic racer.
Gotta b a web site to keep on file, real bikes run pre mix.

[nudemetalz]

Still can see Dr R Freeth punting 1 around Manukau City circa 1981 doing battle with the Hiscock bros, R Holden, B Toomey, G Williams, V Sharpe etc
The little prat Tony Palmer doing hiz speil on 1 outside Mike Vinsen m/c on beach road before the DR took it 2 Bathurst. Will we ever see those days again?

My old man was the workshop manager at Mike Vinsens in '81-83 and I remember him bringing home a GSX-750 powered one, one of the first road-legal ones made. Apparently people were just staring at it at the lights like it was a spaceship !!
Remember him saying that it just handled incredibly well.

[jellywrestler]

My old man was the workshop manager at Mike Vinsens in '81-83 and I remember him bringing home a GSX-750 powered one

That was the first road mcintosh made from memeory, and the only 750 version.
It was on trade me a couple of years ago out west auckland, think it ended up in queenstown.
He made very few complete road bikes, simply couldn't afford to buy a lot of the running gear so most left his workshop as kits.

the one in japan is quite a bitsa, late model instruments and aftermarket swingarm etc. pretty well no two were identical but there are more 'standard' ones around
Also rare with a gs1000. around that time he made a handfull of kawasakis before switching to suzuki and almost by then the gsx motors were around so most were gsx/katana powered

[ktm84mxc]

Yep those were the days bike shops every where ova a dozen in auk, bought a new bike every yr from vinsens, a real family affair with Mike, David, Ian, Richard.
Cliff , Lester & Mike in the work shop, Clint doing spares/accessories.
Even ended up working for them latter on.

[nudemetalz]

Yep those were the days bike shops every where ova a dozen in auk, bought a new bike every yr from vinsens, a real family affair with Mike, David, Ian, Richard.
Cliff , Lester & Mike in the work shop, Clint doing spares/accessories.
Even ended up working for them latter on.

I did too as a bike detailer at 17 years old in 1987 !!!
I remmeber Cliff, he had a GS1000S from memory...damn thats scratching the memory banks !!!
Dad (Clint) got me a brand new 1982 RM80Z from Vinsens which I raced .

Anyway, sorry getting off the subject here.
Let me help with some eye-candy !!!

[HenryDorsetCase]

I couldnt have afforded it, got an email from Rick at RMD.



Put it this way, if I was putting myself in hock for a bike I would be more likely to buy an RC30, or RC45 (and yes I know they made a buttload more of those than they did of these)

That RG500 he has is a minter though.

[geoffm]

I remember as a Yuff, seeing a Macintosh for sale in Colemnas - $10k. This would have been very late 80s.
Friend of a friend had one when I was at uni.
Great for the time (especially compared to the original GS) but still a big heavy bugger.