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Looking forward to the ride, going to be differant, but sure its going to be a jol. A good group going - it can only be fun.

Thanks a million

Hi does anybody have the GPS co-ordinates for Oasis. I am hoping to have a run up there next weekend.

At Vic falls. for those that have never seen it i suggest you make a plan ASAP to get here and come have a look. Absolutely mind blowing. Tomorrow we head for Lusaka met a guy and his wife at the guest lodge and they have invited us to stay the night there. Will need to get new tyres again as...

A lot of riding since the last report. We stayed in Lubongo over nigth an hot the road early in the morning and headed south to our lovely sterch of enduro road - 98 k`s of af kak. We managed without any spills but had some very close calls. Arrived at the Border and no problem going back into...

Driving in Luanda for those that dont know is scary particularly if youare riding with a fully loaded bike and your GPS keeps wanting you to go down one way streets. But we learnt quickly and followed the locals over the pavements, and through the traffic. It was well worth the rdie up just to...

So here we have it. Dear Willy I have spoken to the Secretary General (Director -General) of the Niger Foreign Ministry and they have indicated that travelling through Niger on you planned route is not possible at this time due to the security situation. I have also spoken to colleagues in...

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Comms pretty bad so reports will be internmittent. Left Windhoek on Sunday Morning and had a good ride to Oshidongwa. Very quiet road barirng cows  and goats crossing at random. Spen the night at fantasia Guest house in Oshidingwa and headed for the border early in the morning. Arrived at 07;00...

In Windhoek Spent the day sourcing tyres. Finally found some Michellin Sirac`s at Super tyres in Windhoek. For those who do not know Windhoek DO NOT USE super tyres in the centre of town as they do not do bike tyres, use the branch on the north side of town. We spent most of the day going from...

Part 2 Felix Unite to Windhoek The day started well with no wind and good weather. Roads were nice and quiet. When we arrived at Keetmanshoop and saw that my back tyre had also ripped out the knobs same a Phils yesterday. With 500 km to go to Windhoek this was a very scary ride. Spare tryes...

Finally the trip has started. Cape Town to the Isle of Man up the West coast of Africa 2 Riders Willy van Niekerk and Phillip Deacon both seasoned riders. I am more of a track racer ( hence # 111) and Phil is more of a off road rider. Our bikes Hinda XR 650 L`s. Both 2012 models with Dakar...

Bike preparation on going Following items fitted 1:/ Long range tank 2:/ Dakar fairing 3:/ Hella socket 4:/ In line fuel filters 5:/ GPS mounting made 6:/ 3000 lumen spots Still require 1:/ front sproket to change to 16 2:/ Luggage rack 3:/ On/off road tyres - knobblies no good for our trip...

Both bikes are 2012 XR 650 l`s. We are busy with the outfitting at the moment. Compling lists of what we need don`t need, could need, would need. We are planning on absolute minimum hoping to see what we can find as we travel. Busy with Visa`s - the long drawn out process. Feeling like a...

We should be leaving Cape Town around the 16 / 17th April.  As stated earlier we are going to be doing hard riding as we are on a tight shedule and have 40 days to complete trip.

Looking foreward to the next instalment.  :biggrin:

I have 40 days to complete the trip to Dublin Ireland in order to catch a pre booked ferry. Total distance according to goggle 14000 km so we need to cover a average of 350 km per day to meet our target not including time lost at border crossings flat tyres etc. If we find that we are not going...