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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
Yeah, I remember taking Chris and Alex to the ALMS and CART races when they were younger, and seeing Dreer's bike on those trips. So, the '03 time frame sounds about right. Regardless, they were beautiful machines. All of the little bits, the details were so well done. Shoulda bought one then, when I had the chance. I don't remember that he was really "selling" them per se, though - it always seemed like he was showing us what he was "going to be" selling. I'm not sure how many guys were lucky enough to actually get one, or how many are really out there.
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He was building and selling them. In fact he had sent me a whole sales package with photos of the various builds (also Triumphs etc), price lists etc.
I then called him and spoke to him about a project, but he wanted a donor bike and I didn't have one. I was in Asia at the time, but eventually chanced upon a derelict Commando in Singapore which I wanted to ship to Kenny. This must have been in the late 1990's. When I finally got hold of him he told me he wasn't building custom bikes any more, but was involved in a larger venture. I guess this was the "new" Norton.
I lost track of him after that.