Vultures can't do any good if the critter ain't dying!

I remember that dude at Rockford pulling bikes out of the trailer! It was a weird scene as they were all choice bikes and they were just being tossed out.

That guy at Rockford somewhat described to me his source where he located all those bikes. If he is going to becoming a new member, I will let him decide if he wants to share that info with the group. Nice guy too.

Tom, can you post more pics? That's like staring at a Hemi Cuda sitting in a barn that you just found. Amazing.

He did it the old fashioned way....calling people who used to race and getting their old race bikes. I think he got over 50 in six months if I remember my conversation with him correctly. Couple of those people I coulda/shoulda called years ago....

He has not sent me anymore pics yet. Perhaps he will tonight? If I get some and he doesn't mind, I will post em.

damn that is a sick collection!

Yeah, I'll take a double cheeseburger, a chilicheese dog, 2 large fries, a vanilla frosty, and 6 Hutch's. To go, please.

Why would one person want that many bikes.. shezz. that is a sick collection. There is everything in there. We need more pics.

Did I spy a chrome JMC 24" hiding in there as well????

I'm a Patterson freak and those photos did little for me.

That guy was classic at the ROck. I guess it shows you don't need a computer to collect!

Is that a lot of bikes??? Rick, Pat does that seem like a lot to you?

That seems like bikes I could fit in my bedroom, then we got two storage units and my garage and my backyard and another bedroom to mess with, so no, it does not look like a lot of bikes to me, but my perspective is a little skewed. hee hee

Gotta be Dugan Neil! He scored those Pattersons last year up in MI.....

I sold Dugan a few of my old bikes. I haven't heard from him in a while is it Dugan Neil we are talking about? He is always asking me to handle online things for him. Not sure if he even has a computer.

I've been to Dugan's house, that could be but I'm not positive. He's a mad man....in a good way...if there is such a thing.

I sometimes resemble the madman remark

Wow, that is a crazy collection. I must have stared at those pictures for 15 minutes just trying to spy every part and bike in the shot.

It is almost a shame that they are all packed in there so tight, that they cant be enjoyed. If he needs storage space in Idaho, I am willing to help out.

Is he new to the hobby? LOL! Nice collection for sure.

Dugan killed me at Rockford (36 - 40) in 2000.... Damn and he's good at collecting too.

he certainly does keep them all in one place so that's good, mine are way too unorganized.

Dugan, He has raced a long time ... And he knows a lot of people. He bought some things from me fri. at the rock. He didnt hesitate on the price eather. Very nice guy I see him at the nationals from time to time..

"He didnt hesitate on the price eather."

So he's paying fair market value for these bikes? That's not as impressive as "finding them right before they were to be taken to the dump".

But from my conversations with him, it sounded like he had one single source for a lot (or all) of those bikes at the Rock, and that he probably got a sweet deal on them. That's impressive.

So is this the same Dugan Neil who sold my dad a Redline MX-II? My dad told me about a "Dugan Neil" who worked at a 7-11 that he used to deliver to when he worked for Langendorf Bakeries, the 7-11 was on Wilshire and Highland in the Hancock park area of Los Angeles just south of Hollywood. I think I met him one time at Ascot but I can't remember...

I take that back, I just called my Dad and the 7-11 was on Sunset Blvd/Curson close to Highland Ave.

[ February 08, 2007, 02:51 PM: Message edited by: Ramon a.k.a Beaner ]

Ramon,
It was more than likely him. He moved out to California in the 90's living with Ronnie Anderson whom owned a few 7/11's I believe.

Deanna, this was in Southern California and it was yeah, mid to late 1980's. I just remember my dad coming home pretty excited that one of the guys who worked at a 7-11 he served was into those "jumping" bikes that I was into...

That's a pretty cool story. Do you still have the bike?

man thats bike abuse.i get all bent out of shape when someone leans one of my bike up against another one. just get me an address of that place, lol

i remember a little blurb in bmxa about dugan and ronnie working at that 7-11. slash came in one night and they talked. seems he was a bmxer, before a rocker.

I want a PATTERSON!!!!!

Deanna, unfortunately that Redline was stolen along with Two P.K. Rippers, and a Diamond Back Silver Streak out of our garage...

My dad would always talk about Dugan, seems he and my dad would chat while my dad was delivering there...I'll ask him if he remembers a "guy" named Ronnie.

It would be kind of cool to see if he remembers my dad because my dad sure remembers him, he even bought a BMXAction sometime in 1987 because he saw Dugan in a race photo towards the back.