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Oct 24, 2013 | 11:56 AM

#11

Johnny K

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It was built for the British Army rifle SA-80. Weird lookin' thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SA80
As I understand it, these things were used mainly for courier and scout work.

Oct 26, 2013 | 03:43 PM

#12

oakspeed

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From: London, UK

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoadKing_Bob

I'm trying to figure out just what those cases are designed to fit.

the ones for the french and italian army were made to hold their white flags.

Oct 26, 2013 | 06:55 PM

#13

tar_snake

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From: Directly above the center of the Earth

Quote:

Originally Posted by oakspeed

the ones for the french and italian army were made to hold their white flags.

The French are always prepared for that...

Oct 26, 2013 | 07:10 PM

#14

CISO1969

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From: Exton, PA

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny K

It was built for the British Army rifle SA-80. Weird lookin' thing.

SA80 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

When the SA80 bullpups replaced the SLR The first versions they got issued were POS.

Old joke was "How do you field strip a bullpup?" then the squaddie would pretend to drop the weapon as the answer

Mar 25, 2014 | 12:53 PM

#15

Johnny K

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I have one of the American ones - a slightly bigger engine (500ccs) but otherwise the same bike. The Air Force had a few for special ops in the 90s. The Army was going to buy a bunch but then decided they only wanted vehicles that ran on JP8, not gas. So Harley sold off their last ones in 99 and 2000 in dealers.

The case on the back is for the British SA80 series rifle. It won't fit an M16 (the front sight is too big). To my knowledge, they never made a gun case for an American rifle. I know the USAF ones just strapped the M4 carbine across the handlebars.

Mar 25, 2014 | 04:06 PM

#16

ConfuciusSay

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Joined: Aug 2008

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From: USA

Quote:

Originally Posted by oakspeed

the ones for the french and italian army were made to hold their white flags.

I have some of those rifles for sale-never fired and only dropped once!

Mar 25, 2014 | 05:49 PM

#17

ChickinOnaChain

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That's pretty cool. Denim green too!

Mar 25, 2014 | 06:10 PM

#18

Glockmeister

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Joined: Jul 2012

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From: Northwestern Nevada

Quote:

Originally Posted by zeus33

I was wondering the same thing... Where's the gun turret.

It's England, they don't need guns. All they need is a whistle and a billy club on a tether to swing around their finger while they ride down the street.

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