Recent content by badseed

Absolutely.

I'm no riding god and do regular trips to Kaokoland  (8 times in the past 24months). We ride all the sandy riverbeds, often with less experienced Euro clients and the 690's / 701's we re rent do it with ease. Although most of the trips are done without bike luggage and a support van we've done...

:)  Actually a rear wheel bearing on our support vehicle Hilux . You have to make a plan when you have 6 New Zealander clients expecting the tour to go ahead.

I had to do a dash from Kumanjab to Outjo the other day (154km) on the 690. The fuel light came on with 40km to go and I dropped speed from flat-out (170) to 90 and just made it into town. Going back to Kumanjab I reduced speed to 150 and made the trip with only 10km on the fuel light. Speed...

Perhaps BM will do what Honda did with the 250 Rally and get a group of independent riders to test the little GS over a week in a place like Cederberg. Independent riders and not journalists who have to keep their sponsors happy.

Sadly no matter how much I look at it I can't see it anymore of an adventure bike than a Honda CD200. Prettier but not much else.

Bedoel jy nou 'n vroulike of manlike atleet? C'mon answer please. We all want to know!

Now back to the GS310. Cut back all the bullshit and accept it for what it is. BMW wants a toe hold in the small bike market and don't have the capacity or expertise so they co-opted an Asian manufacturer to build a little bike and will 'attempt' to control the quality of the end product. It...

If you're naive enough to believe the Sherco Dakar bikes are anything other than full factory race bikes built in Europe by the Sherco race team with the TVS sponsor logo then I won't even attempt to convince you the earth isn't flat.

Ask Dakar finisher Joey Evans why he refuses to wear a neck brace. He firmly believes it was the brace that caused him to be paralyzed in the first place. I watched a crowded room of noisy believers go dead quiet when he dropped that bombshell after last years Dakar. Perhaps the latest models...

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