Ri Rides: Tales of the Purple Turtles

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Tales of the Purple Turtles

The Purple Turtles refer to my Suzuki DR650s - currently 3 of them. Why purple? I had the seat shaved to lower the bike somewhat, and chose purple for recovering it because the upholsterer didn't have red. And turtle due to my blinding speed on these paragons of vice.

My ride reports:

• Wazzup
• Old Lady and the Purple Hooligan (2015)
• Thumper Bash (2016)
• Western Cape Bash Malagas (2017)
• Oasis-Sutherland - Better Stick to Gravel, Dear (2017)
• Going Solo to a Hot Gig by a Frosty Guy (2017)
• Napier Quickie: Dux Taken for a Ride (2017)
• Thumper Bash - Cookie Monsters and Mud Wrestling (2017)
• Cederberg-Tankwa Karoo - a Minion, Marbles and Mountains (2017)
• Cederberg Oasis Spit Braai - (Gippo) Guts and Glory (November 2017)
• Karoo Krismis - Dorre Karoo na Groene Tuinroete (2017
• Garden Route Ride: Who Let The Dogs Out?! (2017)
  
• Oasis for the Soul... and the Social (April 2018)
• EC Bash - Purple Hooligan Rides Again (2018
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Farm (2018)
• Thumper Bash - a Drive Report (2018)
• Garden Route Ride: Dust, Heat and a little Snow (2018)
• Cederberg Oasis Spit Braai (April 2019)
• Northern Cape Crawl - Slow and Slower (June 2019)
• Tankwa Trek - Oh I Don't Know Where I'm Going (September 2019)
• Farewell to Andy: Andy660's Last (SA) Ride (2019)
• Old Postal at Last (2019)
• Up The Creek Without a Permit (July 2020)
• Kareedouw Afkuk (August 2020)
• Licenced to Ride: Singles Tour (13 - 28 October 2020)
• Alice in Hondaland: Not-A-Honda-Launch Report (13 February 2021)

Random:

• DOOMED! (2019)
• Pussy Fever in Pretoria: Short Ride-along Report (2019)