I rode a BMW G310 from Johannesburg to Cape Town for a 10 day tour (link here). This is a small honest report on how I found the bike.Not going to rehash all the specs, heaps of press release type ‘reviews’ already published.Let me first say I chose the bike […]
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Day nine I depart Oudtshoorn and ride route 62 which seems like the route 66 of South Africa featuring in most ride reports. First up is the excellent Huisrivier pass. Then I stopped like everyone seems to at Ronnies Sex Shop. Its a bar with a story and seems uninterested […]
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Day Seven Up early today shopping for a phone. The big name models are too much but a local carrier branded Android phone is affordable. (See part two for why I am talking phones) The phone stolen was 4 years old but still ran better than this new one. Reminds […]
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Day four. Leslotho. Leaving Clarens I enjoyed more of the Golden Gate national park. Difficult to capture in a photo but grand landscapes as I had hope to see in Africa. Next stop Leslotho. Perhaps the most casual border I have crossed. A teenage guy at the immigration stamps my […]
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I have decided to bring forward the last few big ticket items on my bucket list of rides before I make excuses not to do them. One of those always included South Africa, so I am going to try ride from Johannesburg to Cape Town. It’s a very long way […]
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I hope to complete half of my initial bucket list of rides in the coming months. Every trip I gather experience to try something more ambitious. I’m riding places now solo I never imagined. This has reaffirmed I might not be a total dumbass and there is some merit to […]
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Another item ticked off my list, I rode up to Motegi to visit Honda. I was waiting for two fine days in a row, I had to settle on one and a half, the finest period for the month. To get north is either a 120km detour to avoid Tokyo […]
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Motorcycle #8 No logical reason to buy another bike at the time. Visiting the HD/BMW dealership they had one example of the final Buell XB series, a 2009 XB12R.The ongoing issues with my Brutale contributed to my decision but in hindsight I could have fixed the MV. This last model […]
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Wait! It’s not as much as it seems – just everything spread right out as next photo shows once together. I’ll list what I take for trips beyond SE Asia before showing my one way baggage method. (SE Asia far less) From the rear is my Alpinestars Andes goretex jacket. […]
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The type of motorcycle does not matter. The wind on my face is the same…
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In between heat waves and typhoons a fine week appeared. Time to ride. Previously I toured the remote Goto islands then Tsushima. Now Sado island was beckoning me. I decided to trace some of the route used by an annual event here known as Coast to Coast Twisty Butt. An […]
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A friend recently told me he cannot afford to buy gear for motorcycle touring which got me wondering how much does a basic kit set you back. My home region the licence plate logo says “Sunshine State”, like Florida. I rode for years without owning wet weather or winter riding […]
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