Recent content by D man

To Mr and Mrs NiteOwl, what an epic trip and stunning ride report. I always have such admiration for anyone travelling into the less obvious parts of Africa. It takes massive kahunas. Respect!

A RR involving Namibia always grabs my attention, looking forward to this one.

Stunning RR XRRX, looking forward to the rest of it.

Thanks for that, it's an angle I would never have considered.

Morning All, I have an 800XCx, almost 15 000 kays done and have recentlyexperienced a disconcerting issue (well...actually this has happened about 4 or 5 times) - a total loss of power when riding, it's as if the fuel supply has simply been cut off.  On each occassion this has happened, I have...

Every now and then a truly stunning RR appears, this is one of them.  Well done!

Hi, we went there in 2010, also avoided Zim and basically travelled around ZIM in a clockwise direction.  Take a look at the ride report - https://wilddog.net.za/forum/index.php?topic=49760.40 Cheers, D

Stunning RR, thanks for the effort you've taken in creating it.  Amazing pictures.

Love your ride reports, always well written and interesting.  Looking forward to the rest of this one.

What a stunning RR.  I'm always in such awe of riders who attempt solo trips, especially those, such as this one, that venture far off the beaten track. Well written, entertaining.  So glad it happened to pop up again as I missed it initially.

Can answer two of your questions - Petrol is available in Letlhakane, there is also a Spar and a bottle store.  Wood can be bought at Kubu Island, we borrowed a wheel barrow to take it back to the camp site. Cheers, D

You're doing almost the exact route that bmad et al did in May 2010 - read this ride report. https://wilddog.net.za/forum/index.php?topic=49760.0 There is pretty much nothing happening at Monkey Bay, Cape McClear is the place to be and more specifically Fat Monkeys.

So I spent Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning looking at all the wiring under the tank etc and, without me finding anything obvious, I have got the bike to start.  I removed all the insulation tape that was there, checked all the wiring and then taped it up again. I simply don't know - I...

I'm going to spend the weekend looking into this.  I am a little sceptical that I will be able to find something that has escaped people far more technically aware than me.  But I have nothing to lose.

Many thanks for all the advice, I'll do some checking myself before throwing more money at the problem. And yes, it is an 08 model.  :) Cheers, Don