Wolseley - Cape
It was a dark stormy night, the wind was howling and the trees were heaving and sighing like old men looking for their bedpans, the birds were strangely quiet, the air was laden with anticipation, you know that moment just before the lead crystal glass break at the Nelson Mandela Children’s fund, black […]

continue reading.....

Not quite the Eastern Cape
The idea was to use a wedding in Sedgefield on Saturday to use as a stepping stone to ride on and explore the Eastern Cape - seemed like a reasonable plan, with Jane driving and myself riding. She would then drive back and I would carry on, on my own.
We duly […]

continue reading.....

Saturday afternoons at a bike rally means different things to different people.
To those who partied Friday night it’s usually a time to start lookig for booze again as some sort of logic creeps back into their battered brains. Usually they’re into the programme in no time at all and can drink huge amounts without getting […]

continue reading.....

George for Lunch - Knysna for supper
The idea was to take a ride to Knysna, when I mentioned it to my work colleagues I was asked “oh what are you going to do in Knysna?”,
My reply was “its all about the ride baby!!!!”

- Trip report by Scorp

It was Valdezugar on the VFR800, Louis on his […]

continue reading.....

Sunday Axel, Bobby, Wayne and myself and off course about 100 other people we don’t know attended the Boland Bikes Advanced Riding School at Killarney. We did roughly 30 laps for the day….

The sharp ones amongst you will remember Bobby and I clubbed together and gave Axel a paid up track day as […]

continue reading.....

I lost the front at the end of the pit straight - a tight left hander. I was most likely just another dumbass pushing the limit, but I’m just the type that can’t really enjoy myself unless I’m doing just that. So I’m not complaining.
This Advanced Riding school was also on a Sunday, but […]

continue reading.....

UB 2005 Birthday Bash at Hangklip Hotel
An introduction and welcome
Axel was nominated MC once again and everyone was welcomed to the 7th Annual IUB birthday bash.

A brief summary of things that happened in the past year.
Last year Ladyhawk couldn’t eat as she was suffering from a little morning sickness and she was not feeling too […]

continue reading.....

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 to go […]

continue reading.....

It was a nervous, worried looking bunch that showed their faces for the P2BP run.
Every couple of seconds someone would glance at the clouds, hoping it would stay clear. There were a fair number of bikes about, but not the numbers you’d usually associate with a Sunday morning.
Our mission looked doomed. There’s no way we’re […]

continue reading.....

What a great weekend it was. I drank more beer in two days than in the entire of last year! And that stuff Neil had in that dark green bottle was positively evil…
I left work around one with a lot to do still outstanding but I decided what the #$%^&, it can wait and no-one […]

continue reading.....