Africa Twin owners and wannabes thread

[buggsubique]

A bit of work to do yet. Gotta do the tank, and also some red & blue rally stripes on the rear side fairings...

Another 1500km and the odo will be back to all zeroes. Then i'll have a brand new AT again! No?

[Night Falcon]

front looks way better than the last time I saw it. Nice work Buggs

[Padmei]

hey bubbs do you learn unarmed combat in the army? if so has anyone needed to use it in the last 20 years?
Just curious


Oh yeah nice bike/s

[buggsubique]

hey bubbs do you learn unarmed combat in the army? if so has anyone needed to use it in the last 20 years?
Just curious


Oh yeah nice bike/s

Yes and Not sure, but probably. It teaches you a lot of personal safety and defensive aspects aside from just dropping some dude wearing a different uniform.

[NordieBoy]

aside from just dropping some dude wearing a different uniform.

Probably mainly used to drop dudes wearing the same uniform...

Too much

[buggsubique]

Probably mainly used to drop dudes wearing the same uniform...

Too much

don't laugh

[NordieBoy]

don't laugh

Too late

Anything new we learned in the Airforce was applied badly at Saturday parties. Usually near the end of the night.

Although I don't know where the guy who tried jumping through a wall got the idea from. It's not in the manual...

On his second attempt, face first into a kauri beam...

Oh how we laughed

[Waipukbiker]

Pretty much the same applied to me when I was in the Green machine (camo machine now). The mind still boggles at some of the antics that went on inside (and on top) of the 30x20 and 40x20 ft mess tents in the field.

[Woodman]

hey bubbs do you learn unarmed combat in the army? if so has anyone needed to use it in the last 20 years?
Just curious


Oh yeah nice bike/s

You shouldn't need lessons from him just because you are sick of people bagging your BMW. You should be pretty thick skinned now anyway after owning a KLR for a few years.

Give peace a chance.

[Underground]

I like the white, the RD04's and later models came out with some weird colour schemes so it will be totally different in a kind of timeless way.
Easy to see you coming too.....so we can all stand aside!

[buggsubique]

So I now own a second AT. This one is an RD07 and is very much either a project bike for restoration and modernisation or I'll harvest it for spares to prolong the life of my RD04. I actually think I'm going to do a bit of both - swap in the 'new' engine (60000km) to the RD04 and rebuild the RD04 since it has just ticked over 100k. May even just do the top end on it...will see. Point is either way I will still have an AT to ride while rebuilding. With the RD07, the best thing is that its missing its front fairings and headlight subframe & dash. Just begs for a Rugged Roads / Boano Rally Light setup and digital dash....but will see. Cant do too much too quickly as wife will get grouchy at me.

Anyhow, just wanted to brag.

[Night Falcon]

Bragging is quite appropriate...a new bike is always worth a good bragg.

[dino3310]

photos needed for proof of said brag

[buggsubique]

photos needed for proof of said brag

I haven't actually seen it and won't till I'm back in NZ in December... took a punt. A glass half empty type would say she's a wreck. An Africa Twin owner might say she's a blank canvas. http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoser.../264424877.jpg My old man picked her up for me so she's now in storage at Waihi Beach.

[clint640]

. With the RD07, the best thing is that its missing its front fairings and headlight subframe & dash. Just begs for a Rugged Roads / Boano Rally Light setup and digital dash....but will see. :

Cool! I'd be thinking of leaving it naked for hardcore adventuring - farkle up the suspension & go for a rat/madmax/military look. Keep the now super ttidy RD04 for more gentlemanly adventures.

Speakin' of which, are you planning on a W.A.R this summer?

Clint