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by **mxmort** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:19 pm

Hey lads
I picked up this frame & forks with a Porsche head decal
I remember seeing Porsche bikes back in the day at the Porsche shop out the back of Rose bay in Sydney
Pretty sure it is a mtb by the forks
Can anyone tell me about these and if it is legit (pics would be awesome)

by **BNA** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 1:40 am

by **HappyHumber** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 1:40 am

How much you want for the cement slabs?

Sorry, bike is nothing special. There were "Porshe" (nb. spelling) bikes around in Aust for a bit in the 70s, pre the modern MTB era. This frame looks like a pretty garden variety, consumer level, mid to late 80s MTB. No cantilever studs on either the forks rear stays also suggest it was just a caliper equipped cheapie.

Any treadlies you see branded with properly spelt "Porsche" and Stuttgart crest etc. would be just labelled under license from other bike manufacturers anyway. Much like I have seen Ferrari and even HSV MTBs.

Someone has just stuck the Porsche crest sticker on this at some point, sorry.

by **ldrcycles** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 9:36 am

What happyhumber said.

by **sogood** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 9:43 am

With a Porsche sticker like that, can't possibly expect much. :mrgreen:

by **HappyHumber** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 9:49 am

sogood wrote:With a Porsche sticker like that, can't possibly expect much.

I doubt even the sticker is a licensed product, somehow. I'd be more convinced with the Wolfsburg crest

(one for the VW nuts there)

by **ldrcycles** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:48 pm

My dad still has the remains of his first car in the paddock, an old beetle with the wolfsburg badge on the leading edge of the front bonnet.

by **MTBer Max** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:45 pm

Have you seen the new Porsche bikes?

by **HappyHumber** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:25 pm

Sorry, I'd sooner a work horse than a show pony

by **ldrcycles** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:44 pm

HappyHumber wrote:Sorry, I'd sooner a work horse than an overpriced show pony

Fixed that for you

.

by **trailgumby** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:06 pm

MTBer Max wrote:Have you seen the new Porsche bikes?

Cranks Bros wheelsets - a triumph of form over function. All the independent reviews I've read of bikes fitted with them rave about how much better the bike feels when fitted with something else.

by **bigdragon** » Tue May 07, 2013 9:03 pm

I was told these Porshe's were actually made by Ricardo before they became Ricardo. I was told this by the owner of Clarke's Cycles in Adelaide some years ago. I think it stopped because Porsche did get in touch with Porshe. I actually had a set of the Waterslide Decals for Porshe at one point. Sadly long gone.

by **HappyHumber** » Tue May 07, 2013 9:08 pm

The story maybe true, bigdragon and I have read some internet anecdotal story to similar effect previously - but I don't think the OP's bike is such an example of the South Aussie bikes, somehow.