Hi all joined in '07 and have yet to do a post ( Doug Kephart will be impressed ) now for the Submarine R A, Allan pretty much told the story, the machine came from Milton ( Brisbane inner western suburb ) ( Howard, Colac I here you say, mate you will haye to stop smoking those dried apple leaves, and say hello to the lovely Lorna old mate ) near the XXXX brewery and was completley submerged in the January 1974 flood some years passed before the bike changed hands and the motor was stripped I was at the owners home when he had it out on his driveway at the gutter giving it a kerosine overhaul, his words were, Bob the motor is f....d( maybe the gearbox and tank ) as well, I am just going to pack it all with grease and put it back together, sometime later after the owner passed away it was one of a dozen or so machines that were bought by Monty Moore in Sydney, when Bill Parker bought the bike he was not aware of it's condition, caveat emptor as they say, it' a pity this is not mentioned in the auction blurb ( GOOD condition ) especially for out of town or maybe overseas bidders. no sour grapes I have had my DT5 since 1976 and am building a DT6 with some trick bits, and an R A. I'll be at the auction to get some photo;s and hope Allan is the sucessful bidder, roll on Friday, must give you a bell some time Howard, kind regards Bob Barlow.
