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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