years ago 2004 04 founder timothy hunter area served australia new zealand germany poland usa ireland belgium spain italy canada france website www.thumpstar.com.au thumpstar is a pit bike manufacturer that was founded in australia in 2004 by timothy hunter a motor cycle dealer and racer . contents 1 history 1.1 first two years 1.2 terra moto 1.3 hornet industries 1.4 improvements 2 frame design 3 models 4 references 5 external links history edit hunter came across a pit bike at a 2003 trade fair . he considered that he could improve on the model and make his own pit bikes . in april 2004 with the assistance of a taiwanese company thumpstar bikes began to be produced . 1 2 first two years edit the first thumpstar models were released into the market between 2004 and 2006 . they were the jnr 90cc super hunge 110cc and the professional hunge 125cc . the most successful was the professional hunge with its cnc tuv certified full billet t6 heat treated alloy frame . thumpstar became a well known pit bike brand with global sales turnover reaching more than a 45 million in its first 13 months of business . problems with infrastructure and trademark infringements by other company s selling counterfeit thumpstar s caused its demise . 1 terra moto edit learning from this hunter in 2007 changed thumpstar s name to terra moto and secured its intellectual property . but unlike thumpstar the models didn t sell well and shortly after manufacturering ceased . 1 hornet industries edit in 2011 that hornet industries pty ltd of perth contacted hunter with the aim of producing thumpstar s. an agreement was signed may 10 2012 to restart the company with 3 new models the tsx 88cc tsx 125cc and tsr 160cc . from 2013 thumpstar began developing junior motocross bikes releasing its tsb c tsx c and tsr c competition models in 2015 . thumpstar s have competed in the world mini moto champs in las vegas with riders including mike brown dan cartwright and mike leavitt . by 2015 thumpstar was making sixteen models from 50cc to 250cc and five varieties the tsb basic tsx mid range tsr racing tsk kids and tsc competition . the bikes were designed for youths trail riding motocross and pit bike racing . 1 in april 2015 thumpstar declared chartreuse as its official colour . 1 improvements edit in 2016 model upgrades include pipe bomb dw 1 exhaust on the tsx and tsr models to obtain better performance . 3 the tsr 150 advantages from additional improvements to suspension damping and handling with the newest designed rear linkage whereas the tsx 140 enjoys a brand new seven series aluminium rims and a upgraded exhaust . the tsk 50 its been fully redesigned and created as child friendly as attainable together with smaller geometry front and rear brake controls on the handlebars and removable training wheels . 4 frame design edit thumpstar was the first pit bike company to manufacture bikes with an alloy frame . the model pro hunge 25 which used the alloy frame was one of thumpstar s most popular models as it was lightweight and performed well . this model can be found in countries around the world . 5 models edit hunge 10 discontinued hunge 25 discontinued tsb 70 6 tsb 110 6 tsb 125 6 tsb 125 3d 6 tsx 88 6 tsx 125 le 6 tsx 125 sw 6 tsx 125 bw 6 tsx 140 sw 6 tsx 140 bw 6 tsr 88 pro 6 tsr 125 pro 6 tsr 150 3d 6 tsr 160 pro sw 6 tsr 160 pro bw 6 tsk 50 6 references edit a b c d e about thumpstar . thumpstar australia . 2012 05 10 . retrieved 2016 01 05 . www mxnewsfeed com st 084 html.pdf . scribd.com . 2013 04 27 . retrieved 2016 01 05 . john stuart 2015 12 12 . pipe bomb exhaust and thumpstar sign a deal . pipebombexhaust.com . retrieved 2016 01 05 . thumpstars revealed . press release . dirtrider downunder . retrieved 2016 01 05 . thumpstar product information . reaperbikes.co.nz . 2014 10 19 . retrieved 2016 01 05 . a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p thumpstar australia models . thumpstar australia . retrieved 2016 01 05 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title thumpstar & oldid 722133596 categories minibikesmotocrossoff road racingdirt bikingmotorcycle manufacturers of australiaaustralian companies established in 2004hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages espa olitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 26 may 2016 at 05 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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