petercd

Im from South Africa (Cape Town) and this was pretty much my first rebuild, so not much involvement I guess. I got the itch from reading all the old popular mechanics my dad had lying around, and usually there was an Enfield being ridden with a bloke in a suit and hat in the advert pages, so I guess it must have fermented in the old subconcious till the "midlife thing" came along. This particular bike was a 1996 import from India where they are still being made, it had stood for 10 years and really needed a rebuild, so needless to say was well within my buget. :)

the roads are pretty good, keeping in mind I havent been overseas at all, so I dont know how ours stack up to theirs. Its only the country roads (less travelled) that get a bit bumpy but they are still tarred. I havent seen the "Long Way Round" so I cant compare where they went with my town, but biased as I am ...I like it :)