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im off to africa woo hoo
« on: December 23, 2008, 10:54:09 »
was accepted yesterday ,all a bit scarey as never done anything like this before .. :lol: :lol: 8-[


http://www.enduroafrica.com/home.htm
Matt

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Re: im off to africa woo hoo
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2008, 11:17:54 »
WOW! I'd love to do something like that!

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Re: im off to africa woo hoo
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2008, 11:23:01 »
my mate and i were talking about having a biking holiday abroad ,and he came up with this  :lol: all for a good cause and a trip of a lifetime ...the only thing that worries me is the fund raising but 5 grands not a lot to raise ..might sell advetising space on my helmet  :D
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43 with the mental age of tarmac and a harpsichord

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Re: im off to africa woo hoo
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2008, 12:46:23 »
There are cheaper ways to do it.
I sat round a camp fire in Senegal with this fine bunch on desert prepped Honda 90's

Looks like fun though and I'm only jealous of people that can ride a proper bike properly.
I stand about an even chance of pottering about on a Honda 90 without incident but would need to have emergency airlift insurance if I swung my leg over one of those and went off roading.
Watch out theres a tigger about!

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Re: im off to africa woo hoo
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2008, 15:43:12 »
£5k seems a lot for less than 2 weeks away, but I guess some of that's going to charity.  About 3 times that saw us take spend a year taking our 101 from the UK to Cape Town and shipping it back.

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Re: im off to africa woo hoo
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2008, 17:33:08 »
Nice one Matt, really pleased for you. If you get one of those charity pages let us know so we can make a donation otherwise you'll have to pop round for it!
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Re: im off to africa woo hoo
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2008, 18:53:20 »
thanks guys ,most is for charity it buys the bike and other stuff ..chris i will be having a giving page ..eventually  :lol: gonna have to tag along with some of the laning events to get some practice  :D :D
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Re: im off to africa woo hoo
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2008, 06:55:44 »
Whoa,
good Luck Matt, loos great fun

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Re: im off to africa woo hoo
« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2008, 08:15:18 »
Very, very envious! :drool:
Watch out for the big cats. According to a documentary I watched last night, lions have worked out that the prey of the two legged variety use these long straight flat bits of ground and are now lying in wait and picking off those who are walking or stood by broken down vehicles! :shock:

 






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