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From: Fr Jack on 3 Jul 2010 10:54 "Nige" <deead(a)btinternet.com> banged this out on the bongos: > >The C90 is *everyones* first off roader :) Nope. Mine was a pre-disastered CD175. Tough wee bike - it took some serious knocks and just carried on... -- Fr. Jack K1100RS I hear you talking, but the words are kinda strange.
From: frag on 3 Jul 2010 11:08 In article <30d1dfeb-9336-4c60-a186-aed99d3ac9a1 @a30g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, darsyx(a)gmail.com says... > > On Jul 3, 2:58�pm, frag <ne...(a)ukrm.co.uk> wrote: > > In article <1jl22sj.1dabmz4xqbe6tN%stephen.pac...(a)gonemail.com>, > > stephen.pac...(a)gonemail.com says... > > > > > > > > > Dom nec <domenec.sos.val...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > <stephen.pac...(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? > > > > > About as serious as Andy ever gets. > > > > Has anyone else said they would like to go along on 4 wheels rather than > > 2? > > that's more tempting. > > > I'm still looking for someone who'd be willing to go halfers on doing it > > in a 4x4. > > shite-old-Landcruiser's what you want for that. Too heavy? I was thinking smaller and lighter. Something like a Jeep Wrangler that's already been modified and kitted out with a winch, beefed up long travel suspension, uprated gearbox/transfer boxes/diffs, etc. Something like http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1825974.htm It'd need to have been built by someone who knows what they're doing but there'll be someone in here who can tell the difference between a crappy conversion and good work. > Though for Africa, you'd need the ob. machine-gun platform. Heh, that'll be fun driving on and off the ferry over the Channel: "What are the shotgun cases for sir?" "Pikeys" [1] "Would sir like to get out of the vehicle and step this way..." [1] One would say the 'N' word here but I'll leave that to Nige :) -- frag
From: stephen.packer on 3 Jul 2010 11:26 darsy <darsyx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > shite-old-Landcruiser's what you want for that. What about a shite old hilux like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8963323(a)N05/4757219141/
From: ogden on 3 Jul 2010 11:25 darsy wrote: > On Jul 3, 2:58 pm, frag <ne...(a)ukrm.co.uk> wrote: > > In article <1jl22sj.1dabmz4xqbe6tN%stephen.pac...(a)gonemail.com>, > > stephen.pac...(a)gonemail.com says... > > > > > > > > > Dom nec <domenec.sos.val...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > <stephen.pac...(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? > > > > > About as serious as Andy ever gets. > > > > Has anyone else said they would like to go along on 4 wheels rather than > > 2? > > that's more tempting. What, a week in a car in the desert with Frag? I thought champ was the one who'd had the bang on the head. -- ogden | gsxr1000 | rgv250
From: ogden on 3 Jul 2010 11:27
frag wrote: > In article <30d1dfeb-9336-4c60-a186-aed99d3ac9a1 > @a30g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, darsyx(a)gmail.com says... > > > > Though for Africa, you'd need the ob. machine-gun platform. > > Heh, that'll be fun driving on and off the ferry over the Channel: > "What are the shotgun cases for sir?" > "Pikeys" [1] > "Would sir like to get out of the vehicle and step this way..." > > [1] One would say the 'N' word here but I'll leave that to Nige :) Natives? I believe the mot du jour is 'chocko'. In Sutton, anyway. -- ogden | gsxr1000 | rgv250 |