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From: Pip Luscher on 3 Jul 2010 15:58 On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 07:33:08 -0700 (PDT), darsy <darsyx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Jul 3, 3:14�pm, Pip Luscher <plusc...(a)live.invalid.co.uk> wrote: >> On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 11:14:17 +0100, "Nige" <de...(a)btinternet.com> >> wrote: >> >> >The C90 is *everyones* first off roader :) >> >> Mine was a DT125. > >cheat! Would it help if I said that it barely ran and the rear mudguard was held on with string? No? suit yourself. It was my first bike; first motor bike I ever rode. Bought off a schoolfriend who wanthed to upgrade to a YZ for racing. I first rode it in a car park. A police station car park. In Hong Kong. -- -Pip
From: Pip Luscher on 3 Jul 2010 16:06 On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:55:45 +0100, Scraggy <scraggy(a)abuseisgoodforyou.org.be> wrote: >I am available for pre-departure advice and training on the machine gun. >May I recommend something in 7.62 x 39mm from the former Soviet bloc or >China, an RPD for example. > Whilst an old model, they are both cheap, available and effective.(1) >Useful for hunting(1) when the inevitable breakdowns while >geographically disorientated occur. > >(1) TM Charlie Croker Hah. -- -Pip
From: Domènec on 3 Jul 2010 16:29 "Andy Bonwick" <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> escribi� en el mensaje de noticias news:074v26dj6vq8aac483k06u4upr16j7rgrd(a)4ax.com... > On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 20:18:08 +0200, Dom�nec >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touareg_tea > Do you honestly think we won't get beer in Morocco? To be honest, I don't know, Spaniards going to Morocco are more concerned with smokeable stuff ;)
From: YTC#1 on 3 Jul 2010 17:07 On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:49:08 +0100, Andy Bonwick wrote: > On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 14:20:07 +0200, Dom�nec <domenec.sos.valles(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >><stephen.packer(a)gonemail.com> escribi� en el mensaje de noticias >>news:1jl0s9y.43s1au1aacip1N%stephen.packer(a)gonemail.com... >> >>> So, those that have been paying attention will know that Andy's latest >>> stupidity is a proposed desert rally. >> >>Er, this is serious or in the same wavelength of the Africa Run? > > Serious. We're planning on doing the Tuareg Rally in early 2012. > > It'll be easy. It will be warm :-) Glad to see you have dropped the cold ones. :-) -- Bruce Porter XJR1300SP, XJ900F, Pegaso 650 Trail (x2) one red one grey POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/
From: darsy on 3 Jul 2010 18:13
On Jul 3, 8:09 pm, "Lozzo" <lo...(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote: > darsy wrote: > > On Jul 3, 4:47 pm, Andy Bonwick <nos...(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote: > > > On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 02:18:43 -0700 (PDT), darsy <dar...(a)gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > I'd be interested too. > > > > Is that interested as in going to Morocco or doing the offroad > > > experience? > > > the latter. > > > > I'll phone them next week because I want to know if they have bikes > > > suitable for those amongst us with a shorter inside leg measurement > > > and if I'm asking for Adie I might as well ask for you as well. > > > despite being short, I do have a 32" inside leg measurement - having > > owned a CCM R30, a BMW R1150GS, a Triumph Tiger 1150i, and currently a > > KTM LC4 Supermoto, I'm not bothered by tall bikes. > > > And yes, you can take that as a bite ;-) > > Was the Triumph taller to accomodate the extra 195cc engine capacity? oops. -- d. |