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    Awesome Motorcycle Route - Soweto. Motorcycle Diaries Radio 702

    Awesome Motorcycle Routes on www.flamesonmytank.co.za continues. I will be chatting about this route on Motorcycle Diaries Radio 702 at 9:40am this Sunday 18 March with Udo I'm 55 years old and this is the first time I have ridden through Soweto - and I have lived in Jozi all my life. With my...
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    Lightweight Camping gear training. Possible date 4,5,6 May 2012. ???

    Rob_A said - Now for the masterplan - bike breaks in the middle of nowhere and you decide to walk out of it. First, walk into the veld, dig a hole and put riding jacket, gloves, pants, hemet etc into black plastic bag and bury (hopefully in soft sand). Mark the spot with GPS for later retrievel...
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    Lightweight Camping gear training. Possible date 4,5,6 May 2012. ???

    Thanks for taking the initiative Boer! I find the less I take, the better the tour with the bonus is that my bike handles so much better. BUT what you do take is mission critical
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    Very Interesting about Motion Induced Blindness

    Nothing's new when you have made 18k of posts but newbies need this this stuff. Good post !
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    World's best adventure routes

    I met Robert Wicks when I assisted him with his first book "Adventure Motorcycling". Now his fourth book is available from haynes.co.uk for 25 pounds book H4945(mine has not yet arrived yet) Epic motorcycle routes in Asia, Africa, N & S America, Oz, NZ and Europe. Books comes complete with...
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    Bike courier

    Give Peter Baker a call 079 909 7926. He runs a great outfit dedicated solely to motorcycles. He himself is a biker (track) and knows stuff
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    How NOT to load a GS

    +1 But innovative
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    HUGE motorcycle needed for bucket list

    :laughing4:  :laughing4:  :laughing4:  :laughing4: She is a lady!!
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    HUGE motorcycle needed for bucket list

    IDR . . . yep that's what I mean . . Beautiful bikes. I love my 1100GS but one day I will go over to the dark side and buy as a third bike like one of these beauties. Let me know about accessibility, when available generally (weekend, weekday, from where) . .  once you have details. Thanks
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    HUGE motorcycle needed for bucket list

    Thanks . . .  useful comment  :)
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