Can anyone else decipher the bits that aren't blindingly obvious?

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Back the day MTs could be bought from the military disposal agencies for a lot less than they are sold for today They were sold in three categoriesFordPrefect wrote: ↑Tue Jun 26, 2018 6:32 pmI know it wasn't road registered till December 2012, which had lead me to believe it was one of the last to sold off. If it really went for disposal in 1999 where did it spend the intervening years I wonder?
All very curious!
It also raises the question, were the Royal Marines as apt at injuring themselves on the bikes as the Army lads?
In your own words a 'tale' Military bikes have been used for decades They had practical use. If they didn't, they would never have been boughtFordPrefect wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 5:50 amI'm not underestimating the riders, I'm just going on what I've been told by numerous ex army guys who always come talking to me when they see my bike. The most common tale they tell is that the bikes didn't see much use as "they didn't like letting the lads out on them because they mucked about and ended up in the infirmary."
I was very greatful to guys like you, I once needed a Saladin at short notice. Mine was burnt out one day, picked up a replacement the next, it was in excellent conditionMonkey104 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 28, 2018 11:12 pmI pissed my boss off and was sent on an mt accounts course for my sins.
The mt I ran had 6 mt 350s. I ran the mt for 3 years before I was let back in to the fold. The only time those bikes moved is when I took them out for jolly or I rode them the half mile yearly around to the garage for their service.
Having said that I was on excercise in Poland for 6 weeks and I lived on that bloody thing! Route recces, tank escorts, route maintenance etc. I couldn’t wait to get rid of it.
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