Haha. It was painted with the leftover paint from that truck actually........and my wife said the same thing. Weird huh?
To quote Bindi Irwin......"Khaki is not a colour. It's a lifestyle." Lol. Obviously she gets it.
Haha. It was painted with the leftover paint from that truck actually........and my wife said the same thing. Weird huh?
To quote Bindi Irwin......"Khaki is not a colour. It's a lifestyle." Lol. Obviously she gets it.
Last edited by whatcharterboat; 07-08-2012 at 02:45 AM.
Mark16
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I like the quote but Im not sure Id be quoting Bindi Irwin out loudOriginally Posted by whatcharterboat
youll have to get some stickers made up for the sides of the fairing
"DESERT STROM" (its a play on words)
Re: Bindi >> Sorry I have teenage boys....
Like the "Desert Strom" idea too. Better than "Strom Trooper". I did get some ExPo stickers for it though.
Apologies for getting your thread off track but sometime would love to know how your Strom has been for you.
Mark16
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John
Im not sure you can get a thread like this off track, its an extension of the conversation not the topic
WRT the bike - love it
it reminds me of myself, its big and ugly and spends its time carrying the wife around and has at least one purpose in life.
its got just a tad under 60K on the clock (the bike not the wife) and apart from a new set of rear sprocket rubbers and tyres has run without fault
the back of the truck was designed specifically to take either a strom or GS b,mer but at over 25K it looks like I stick with the strom, although once ive put the 19.5's and parabolics on im not sure how im going to get it on and off (increased ramp over angle)
Im thinking of trading up to a later model in Darwin but it will depend on the color for that year (thats the wife) black for the past couple of years and BRIGHT RED for this year doesnt impress her - might come and get some of that desert tan of you - that'll teach her
But all in all its a good old bus - if you dont mind ugly and quirly its the bike for you
Last edited by blackduck; 07-08-2012 at 09:07 AM.
Stu.
Found a pic of this late model Strom repainted virtually the same colour
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Mark16
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NICE
Adventurer
Broome and Cable Beach
Its very much like every other town up the west coast
One activity is the camel ride along Cable Beach at sunset
I was going to take the truck down to the sand for the mandatory photo but the place is chockers with tourists in thier 4wd's doing the only off road work they will ever do
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Instead I managed to photograph what looked like an Earthcruiser outing but it was actually camels all dressed the same
(dont take offence EC mob its just a joke)
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Last edited by blackduck; 07-18-2012 at 03:07 PM.
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Derby - only 200k up the road from broome so an easy drive
sending the dragon and camera off to the horizontal falls tomorrow and will post pics if she manages to take any good ones
cant go myself cause little planes arent built for fat bastards - plus it costs $650 each and id rather save that money for my suspension and singles
but in the mean time
heres a BOAB tree
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Explorer
Hey is that beige??
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NO Alan
Thats "Desert Tan" a robust and masculine color for any canter or motorbike (V Strom) for the adventurous man of the 21st century
Beige is not a color - its a stage of life
and if you need an expert opinion ask Billy Connelly
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