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Glad you guys enjoyed the video. Yeah, Richard (the kiwi) was hilarious. It was great meeting up with those two again in zanzibar. Making this video has gotten me itching again though. Perhaps this time up the california coast to vancouver and east through canada to new york. This trip will...

WildDogs....WE  MADE IT and boy was it LEKKER!!! The trip didn't take us thiiiis long as it concluded towards the end of September 2012. Since getting back (was away in Africa for 2+ years on a volunteer service), I've been in what has felt like a crazy blur of rekindling of old friendships...

Cheers! Yeah, we're hoping we can get rid of them pretty easily too in Dar. In Lusaka now and heading to TZ in a couple days!

Hello, Have to make this short for now but will be selling TWO 2012 Honda XR125's in about 3 weeks from now in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Quick specs: 2012 models, white and black, registered in South Africa ~7000k, bought and used for a cape town to tz trip, still ongoing and going great btw...

Greetings Wild Dogs! Thanks for all of the help over the last couple of weeks. Your tips and advice and words of encouragement went a longgg way. With that said, we are now OFF on our trip, day 3 to be exact. To sum up, we purchased two XR125's with very low miles, created a homemade pannier...

Thank you SO much guys for the words of encouragement and warm welcomes. As for the trip-planning, I have been very busy. My mate has flown in from San Francisco, we've bought a lot of "necessary" things for the trip, decided on a route out of SA and to Tanzania, carnet and doc issues, etc etc...

Again, overwhelmed with all the warm suggestions and support. Just going to throw this out there but is anyone: not busy today (Sun, Aug 05), have a car/or any form of txp, and willing to go from the Long St area in Cape Town (and pick me up) to Kuilsriver to go look at a potential bike with...

Jupiter: understood. really leaning more towards the XR's now

IDR: dont think ill be able to time it with the migration as im hoping to start riding from CT in a week or two but thanks for the suggestion. and zim...im sold, thank YOU

Kfukuda87 = K for my first name Ken; fukuda is my japanese surname; 87 = year i was born cheers! kfukuda87

Thanks to all for the replies, really. Fuzzymuzzy: roads in liberia/sierra leone/ivory coast/guinea were the same way. got it, thanks IDR: thank YOU. really starting to rethink botswana/okavango. might just do kruger or ngorongoro in TZ as my one safari. noted all your recommendations for SA...

Again, so overwhelmed with the plethora of kind and helpful comments. TVB: a pair of new XR125s..been starting to hear that more and more and to tell ya the truth, that option is starting to sound even better and better. Only worry is of course, will the 125cc be enough...since ill be sticking...

Wow, overwhelmed by all the kindness. Alpine Al: reaaally appreciate that. at the moment, not planning to go to that area but if i do, will contact you for sure. thank you thank you thank you! Zebra: stretchy cargo net, sounds like a darn good idea. noted Jupiter: thank you, cheers! Jamber...

Greetings! Name's Ken and new to this forum. As the title says, I am looking for TWO (2) cheap, small, bikes for a Cape Town to Nairobi trip that my mate and I will be doing as soon as we get the bikes and needed gear. Looking to spend about ZAR12,500 max. Know I might sound like a lazy arse...

Hello! Name’s Ken and still very new to this forum. Here is a link to my introduction: https://wilddog.net.za/forum/index.php?topic=103712.0 Anyway, our vision for The Trip: Ethos: Travelling on a tight budget on lightly packed, small bikes. Pitching tents and camping most of the time. Want a...

Greetings! Name's Ken and originally from California from a town right near San Francisco. Just flew into Cape Town from West Africa where I spent the last 2 years serving as an American Peace Corps volunteer teacher in a very rural and undeveloped village in Liberia. At 25 years of age, I can...