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	<title>The Bike Blog</title>
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	<description>A 30 year journey through Motorcycledom</description>
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		<title>V-Max is back!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[









Net.Work  Europe - V-Max is back!







Word on the street: V-Max is back!































There’s  been talk on the street for some while, bikers chatting in hushed tones about  the rumoured return of The Legend. Now it’s official, Yamaha has proudly  announced that one of the most talked about bikes of the last quarter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bike.za.net/wordpress/2008/06/v-max-is-back/</link>
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		<title>Seweweekspoort and Gamkapoort</title>
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On 30 May 2008 I had the to go to Ladismith, Cape for business. Rain was forecast but seeing as we&#8217;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&#8217;d take my chances and left home around 7H30, just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bike.za.net/wordpress/2008/05/seweweekspoort-and-gamkashoek/</link>
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		<title>Sleeping Beauty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Close to the eastern most part of the Langeberge, in the Southern Cape, lies Riversdale.
Having spend many a happy day on my Grandparents farm near Novo, every time I get close to Riversdale and I get the clean, almost antiseptic smell of the various types of Agathosma (aka buchu) shrubs I&#8217;m instantly transported back in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bike.za.net/wordpress/2008/05/sleeping-beauty/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;No Flowers&#8221; Motorcycle weekend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greetings, Please will you post our invite on your  site. 
We are having the &#8220;No Flowers&#8221; Motorcycle weekend  on Sat 31st May and Sun 01 June. People for some reason only visit the West  Coast during the flower season - come check out how fantastic the Sandveld is  without flowers.
Program - [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bike.za.net/wordpress/2008/05/no-flowers-motorcycle-weekend/</link>
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		<title>Parenting tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Firstly, This is a work in progress.
Secondly, this is tips from a biker, so don&#8217;t expect pearls of wisdom. But I have 2 kids which I love dearly and have learned a thing or two from them. Here are some:

Sarcasm doesn&#8217;t work they way you&#8217;d expect. You&#8217;ll get an honest answer to the sarcastic question: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bike.za.net/wordpress/2008/05/parenting-tips/</link>
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		<title>The all important IUB code of ethics.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The all important IUB code of ethics. Compiled by Axel and immediately accepted by all and sundry:

1. Refer to your bike in the feminine gender it makes it easier to call her a bitch when she is broken .
2. When riding with a passenger and no windscreen duck down unexpectedly when an eighteen wheeler goes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bike.za.net/wordpress/2008/05/the-all-important-iub-code-of-ethics/</link>
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		<title>Um, helloo - my bike is not a &#8220;Recreational Vehicle&#8221;!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“motorcycles are no longer a cheap mode of transport, they&#8217;re now recreational vehicles.” - Larry Hagman in a Discovery Channel interview.

The other night I was watching a video someone taped from the discovery channel. I think the program was called &#8220;The history of Harley-Davidson Motorcycles&#8221;. I enjoyed the video even though I&#8217;m not a Harley [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bike.za.net/wordpress/2008/05/um-hellooo-my-flippin-bike-is-not-a-recreational-vehicle/</link>
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		<title>The cell phone thieves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two mean looking bikers are sitting on their big V-Twins in front of Cape technical college waiting to pick up a third. Minding their own business.
White Toyota with 3 gentlemen with thick golden chains around their thick necks pulls up and parks about 2 cm from said big V-Twins, obviously trying to scare them into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bike.za.net/wordpress/2008/05/the-cell-phone-thieves/</link>
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		<title>Lane splitting - how to do it safely.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Weaving through traffic is a skill that takes time and practice to develop. All important is bike contol at low speeds, being alert, being pro-active and the more experience the better. So practice, practice practice.
It is also the reason a lot of us ride bikes, and the scenario most likely to have us experience the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bike.za.net/wordpress/2008/05/lane-splitting-how-to-do-it-safely/</link>
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		<title>The original IUB charter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not to be outdone, the clever folks at Bike/IUB decided every self respecting combination of hooligans needs a Charter. So here&#8217;s ours.

This is serious. It was written in 1997 when IUB was started.

If you are a biker stuck in an office or unable to ride because your bike has been:

Broken
Stolen
Reposessed
Misplaced
Locked in by your partner/mother
Put on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bike.za.net/wordpress/2008/05/the-original-iub-charter/</link>
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