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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Beetlejuice welcomes everyone to the 6th annual IUB Birthday Bash. The first Award goes to Axel who is awarded the fastest bike / fastest rider combination.

The job of Master of Ceremonies is handed over to Axel
Various nominations were received for “King of the road” but this year’s award goes to Pierre. Pierre […]

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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 […]

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I got that proper riding feeling while standing there with a rumbling tummy, shivering, on top of a majestic mountain and looking out over a beautiful valley.
OK so this’ll be a short report as it was a short trip. Rain was forecasted for Sunday so we didn’t know what to expect. It certainly looked like […]

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It was a chilly start to the day, 6:30am and I was on the road in full leathers to the N1 One-stop where we were going to meet up. Indicator had decided that the IUB boys were getting far to soft and he decided an Icicle Run would soon toughen us up. Arrived at the […]

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Indi, Pierre, Axel, Gill, Henesia and myself participated in the first annual CMA economy run organised by the Strand/Gordons Bay/Somerset West chapter of the CMA on Sunday.The weather was OK, if a bit windy. We met at the Firlands Service station and as we were a bit late we had to fill up and set […]

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Ever since the last top end run at Saldanha Beetlejuice has been planning
his revenge against The Bastard FZR From Hell (or F’ing Ell as he now calls
it). He was seen searching the intarnet for terms like “NOS”, “power to the
people” and “Submissive asian twins”. Obviously in an effort to get power to
the unsubmissive Asian twin […]

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The BFFH weaved amongst the taxis and cars on the taxi hell run from the City Center to the start of the N2… It’s 5pm, rush hour, and the BFFH weaves amongst the taxis and cars on the taxi hell run from the City Center to the start of the N2. The taxis are […]

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Ok so we survived our little trip and here’s Gill’s version from the pillion seat. I think it just about says it all except that in some places it sounds like I just drink beer and sleep - not true at all. As far as the bike goes I think that the rear cylinder runs […]

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Cape Point
I feel myself obliged to document the events of the past weekend in the hope that it might bring a smile to a face or two. Friday was, as usual, a special day. I booted the ‘rauder at about 6:30 in the morning and set of on the half-hour ride to work. My favorite […]

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