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One more thing about the heat... Plan to leave early as the sun rises. This is the best time to be riding, as the traffic is light and the sun has not gotten hot. By 2pm or so, you'll want to be under shade. After four, it gets comfortable again, but when the sun goes down around 8, it will be...

I just got back from an awesome trip there. I used www.capebikerentals.com and was very pleased with them. They are conveniently located right downtown in Cape Town. There are also a couple other bike rental places right on the street, so even if you don't get squared away before you arrive, you...

East Side View towards Cape Town (you can see table mountain from here) West Side

East side of the pass West side of the pass

Just got back from the beautiful and amazing Western Cape. I decided to rent an F800 for it's extra weight capacity (https://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=544510) but I did manage to spy one XCountry there:

Thanks for the advice. B was nice and fast...only about 40 minutes from Llandudno to Table View. The penguins at SANCCOB were always fed on time. All the pics from the trip are on ADV rider for you to enjoy: https://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=544510 Thanks!!!

Hey, Wild Dogs! Thank you for all your advice and help to plan my trip to SA. It was unbelievably awesome! Here's a few pics from the trip. The rest are on ADV Rider here: https://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=544510

Oh, cool! I'll try to make that. Thanks!

Hey guys, thanks for the advice. My trip plans have scaled back a lot. I'll be renting a F800GS, and sticking around the western cape, but it seems that there is plenty of amazing riding to keep me busy around there.... https://wilddog.net.za/forum/index.php?topic=42923.msg838940#msg838940

Hey Wild Dogs, My trip to visit your beautiful country is almost here. I'll be there in less than a week, staying in Llandudno for the first half and Trout Haven, south of Rawsonville for the second half. I've had to scale back my plans a lot from my original idea...

Riding through snow, thinking of South African sand...

Tickets bought...YES! NYC to Cape Town Jan 11 SA 204 JFK at 10:30, Jan 11 JNB at 08:35, Jan 12 Economy(G) Non-stop 343 SA 327 JNB at 11:00, Jan 12 CPT at 13:10, Jan 12 Economy(B) Non-stop 738 Cape Town to NYC Jan 30 SA 346 CPT at 15:10, Jan 30 JNB at 17:10, Jan 30 Economy(B) Non-stop 346...

Cool. I'll be renting a 650.

Shot from Route 3S between Cusco and Cachora... A lovely stretch of road. https://www.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cachora,+peru&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=58.685917,61.171875&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cachora,+Peru&ll=-13.558392,-72.797642&spn=0.142847,0.119476&t=h&z=13

Peru is awesome. It has everything from deserts to snow-peaked mountains and deep jungle. Here's a shot I took in the ica desert last year. I haven't done any motorcycling there yet, but hope to some day. The roads I have been on there are just calling out for a 650.