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They are Suzuki DR350s Electric start trail machines, modified in the Curragh with long range tanks and bark busters and off road tyres , when they came back to ireland the S+t tech people in Dublin had a seizure becuase the petrol tanks were not of the origional maker ie suzuki , and impounded the bikes in Clancy Bks dublin until the tanks and tyres were removed enclosed picture again if you notice in the pic you can see the origional yellow colour coming tru the hastely painted fork gaiters etc
I notice in the photo of the 2 Bandits,both of them have scuffed panniers. Either they park them down a narrow alleyway,or they have both been "down the road".
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
Well I can Tell you the east have six Bandits, four are off the road, and two of those are officially wrote off because of crash damage
Crano
33% rate of attrition is about what I expected from using bandits as DR motorcycles. Actually, it's a bit better than expected.
What genius thought an over-powered racing bike was practical for any army?
Take these men and women for your example.
Like them, remember that posterity can only
be for the free; that freedom is the sure
possession of those who have the
courage to defend it.
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Liberty is being free from the things we don't like in order to be slaves of the things we do like.
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If you're not ready to die for it, put the word freedom out of your vocabulary.
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The classic army issue tache and army blue...I love it!!!
I'm not sure they are actually taches. The Everoak helmet had a wierd facemask thingy. The Gardai Binned it when they fitted the radios in the helmet. Worst helmet in the world by the way.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
the HDT Diesel bike is suitable for Kerosene or Diesel from Civilian sources or NATO Diesel without the addition of a small qty of oil , which our nissin's seem to need when supplied by NATO spec fuel in missions overseas
The classic army issue tache and army blue...I love it!!!
Itchy, the reason for the blue was that these bikes were former Presidential Escort
bikes, Yamaha 500's, as pointed out. These were subsequently replaced by the
Kawasakis (550?), which in turn were recently (last 2 or 3 yrs) replaced by the
Honda Deauvilles in current use. But I agree, I can't understand why the DF don't have an
off road bike in its inventory. And do the DF use quads? The Brits use them quite
extensively. I remember reading an article a while back where an ex-Falklands squaddie
commented that the quad would have been an extremely useful piece of kit for the
Falklands terrain....
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