pedronicman Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 does any one have any real good pics they could post on here of either or both of the following bikes ridden in 91/92 world championships- ALPHA ridden by Thierry Girard OR /AND ALFER ridden by Lluis Gallach and Josep Arcarons. from memory i saw an alfer on a trials wtc vid years ago and i am just curious to see what something really different and rare looks like bring back any memories?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckwizard Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Manuel Casado Trial Collection - Excellent site for photo's of rare spanish bikes. http://www.trialmc.com/marcos/base.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasgas249uk Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 I've been searching for an Alpha to buy for about a year now , with no luck so far. There is zilch on the net about these bikes and from what i recall i dont remember knowing anyone riding one other than the factory riders. The most famous of their bikes were 2 stroke mono's with front and rear discs. They looked very similar to Fantic's 245 range and had white plastics with purple / green with yellow graphics !!. Although i've only been able to find one pic of the bike i do have 3 videos with them on. They are available from Duke. The 86 World round at Peterfield features them . One of either the 87 English world round and Bilsten 87 World round also features them for a short while. These bikes are very rare and came along at the same time other weird and wonderful manufacturers were venturing onto the scene such as Merlin , Mecatecno , Garelli monos , JCM ,JJ cobas , Gas Gas Haley , JP Motos. All of these small manufacturers came onto the scene facing fierce competition from the big factories and produced bikes that were different. I love em all !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedronicman Posted February 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 the petersfield world round in the uk was in 1988,i was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasgas249uk Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 So was i , clearly in a time warp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-shock 250 Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 I was at the '91 world round near Preston and there was an alpha being ridden there by thierry girard, i later bought a video of the trial which went on sale on Martins SWM stand at last weeks malvern show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2fargone Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 (edited) These are the best I can do, hope they help Alpha Edited March 15, 2006 by 2fargone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2fargone Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Alfer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 They do come up for sale now and again, and not expensive. Most of those who bought got there fingers burnt when Alpha went bust.The most sought after are the Honda engined first model with Stainless Steel frames, some people say only 14 were made and others say 40 odd. Nice bikes but I think the power was all wrong, it was an over bored XL and was lumpy to say the least, but very sought after now........I rode last Sunday and I say one of the first 2 strokes in very good condition. If the air cooled mono class takes of here it might make a comeback but for the moment its like the JCM and others from the same era no one is interested..........maybe I should invest.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasgas249uk Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 No, dont buy one.........leave them for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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