The Bike Blog

Buffalo Rally - Port Elizabeth

Chris — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:29:26 +0000

The cop was shouting : “We’re supposed to be polite to you guys and then you come and do stuff like that, THAT WAS A RED LIGHT AND AN ILLEGAL U-TURN”. He had his hand on his gun…. Aaah the Buff has come and gone. Months of planning and skimming bread and milk money to [...]

Heavenly Bodies

Chris — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:36:25 +0000

By Gavin Wooding I was nominated to write a report on our Sutherland trip. I’m hopeless at writing ….. ,anyway here goes. FLTR Axel (Simon), Captain Crash (Bobby), BeetleJuice (Chris), The Shining (Neil), me (Gavin) When I watched the weather on TV and saw the temperatures at Sutherland being so cold, I wondered what it would be like [...]

Swellendam to Bonnievale and back via the railway line.

Chris — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:51:48 +0000

Had to goto Ashton today. Boring tar ride is the quickest way. But wait, I thought, why not take the Voorhuis/Bruintjiesrivier road to Bonnievale and from there to Ashton. Dirt, scenic, some water crossings, hopefully. I got to Ashton and had my work done in 5 minutes, then saw a sign to a Viewpoint and decided [...]

Um, helloo - my bike is not a “Recreational Vehicle”!

Chris — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:54:46 +0000

“Motorcycles are no longer a cheap mode of transport, they’re now recreational vehicles.” - Larry Hagman on Discovery Channel The other night I was watching a video someone taped from the discovery channel. I think the program was called “The history of Harley-Davidson Motorcycles”. I enjoyed the video even though I’m not a Harley fan. Anyway, this [...]

Lane splitting - how to do it safely.

Chris — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:51:27 +0000

Weaving through traffic is a skill that takes time and practice to develop. All important is bike control at low speeds, being alert, being pro-active and the more experience the better. So practice, practice practice. Beating traffic jams are also the reason a lot of us ride bikes- and the scenario most likely to have us [...]

We do the Iron Butt

Chris — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:32:04 +0000

THE IRON BUTT RUN PART 1 by Beetlejuice, PART 2 by Axel The digital speedo is going 270,271,270,271…. The throttle is to the stop. I can feel the vibrations through my jacket into the pit of my stomach as I lay flat on the tank. The engine sounds like a spitfire engine as the plane dives earthwards after having it’s [...]

Niekerkshek, Suurbraak

Chris — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:11:25 +0000

1- DR650 in front of abandoned railway house. Lots of these around and a sad sight. 2 - Inside is in a sad state. Wonder whom these properties belong too. 3 - Back over Tradouws Pass 4 - Getting creative 5 - Suurbraak, need to see whats on the other side of the river. While in Suurbraak, I ventured into [...]

Montagu, Touwsrivier, Warmwaterberg

Chris — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:04:08 +0000

With work being crazy the last month, I never got round to updating the website and post some pics. So heres some from last weeks ride. I will try to give some more info. I was in Montagu on my DR650 when I got called out to Touwsriver. I had two options, take the Koo tar [...]

Puntjie

Chris — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:15:19 +0000

There are a number of ways to reach Puntjie. If you’re riding a DR650SE or any dirt capable bike, you can take the Blombos road from Riversdale or the Vermaaklikheid road closer to Heidelberg. Both will take you about an hour and you will travel through an agricultural landscape on quite good gravel roads. However, the [...]

Seweweekspoort and Gamkapoort

Chris — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:41:43 +0000

On 30 May 2008 I had the to go to Ladismith, Cape for business. Rain was forecast but seeing as we’re having a bit of a drought and the Karoo area where Ladismith is was in the grips of a 3 year drought, I decided I’d take my chances and left home around 7H30 on [...]