From: Champ on 3 Jul 2010 11:39 On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 07:37:12 -0700 (PDT), darsy <darsyx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >shite-old-Landcruiser's what you want for that. > >Though for Africa, you'd need the ob. machine-gun platform. Toyota Hilux, then -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Andy Bonwick on 3 Jul 2010 11:47 On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 02:18:43 -0700 (PDT), darsy <darsyx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Jul 2, 9:56�pm, ogden <og...(a)pre.org> wrote: >> �wrote: >> > So, those that have been paying attention will know that Andy's latest >> > stupidity is a proposed desert rally. >> >> > So I booked a day here: >> >http://www.yamaha-offroad-experience.co.uk/ >> >> > Would recommend it to anyone- these people deserve to do well. >> >> Hoping to do that in a month or two for the same reason if Andy pulls >> his finger out. My off-road experience amounts to a day of riding trails >> (and falling off) in Fuerteventura and I'm not sure that's going to >> suffice. > >I'd be interested too. > Is that interested as in going to Morocco or doing the offroad experience? 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.
From: darsy on 3 Jul 2010 11:48 On Jul 3, 4:26 pm, stephen.pac...(a)gonemail.com wrote: > darsy <dar...(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/ that'd do it - though as I said, need someone with a welder to mount the gun platform on the back. -- d.
From: Andy Bonwick on 3 Jul 2010 11:49 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.
From: darsy on 3 Jul 2010 11:49
On Jul 3, 4:25 pm, ogden <og...(a)pre.org> wrote: > 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? Christ no - I didn't mean to imply that. > I thought champ was the one who'd had the bang on the head. Oh well, I had a seizure - that's nearly as good, isn't it? -- d. |