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I have been playing with Q30. If you spray on a few times (after allowing it to dry) it gives a very good temporary thick rubbery clear coating. I have been testing it on my new GSA1200. The centre stand gets sandblasted. The Q30 so far has prevented the paint being blasted off. Now to test...

My wife and I have just done a very quick visit to Zimbabwe via Botswana by bike. At the bots/zim border they battled to find the codes for a bike for the Zimbabwe TIP.  Wasted 40 minutes at the counter while they hunted for the codes, even Harare did not have them??  kept apologising. Very...

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HARLEY-DAVIDSON ANNOUNCES NEW AFRICA BIKE WEEK LOCATION AND DATES By News Editor - Oct 5, 2016 For the ninth consecutive year, Harley-Davidson® Africa presents the largest free motorcycle event in South Africa, Africa Bike Week™ 2017. The event takes place from Thursday 27th April to...

South Coast to present new biking event. hopefully they take lessons fro the ABW and improve the event. PRESS RELEASE BY RAY NKONYENI MUNICIPALITY AND UGU SOUTH COAST TOURISM: In a progressive step to expand on the tradition established via Africa Bike Week, local stakeholders the Ray...

There is a nice garmin download for gps points for mountain passes for south Africa. its great for planning trips. I am looking for something similar for GPS points for toll booths.  Not the toll roads, but the toll booths them selves.  in a garmin you can set it to avoid toll roads (that...

GSA LC 2016 much smother than the GSA LC 2014 I know it is the same bike BUT.  my 2016 is better - smother, sounds different and gear changes are like butter. my bike was one of the first GSA LC's in south Africa, so one of the first made.  I did over 40 000kms in the 18 months.  the software...

need advice:  best place for tyres in joburg.  for GSA LC tkc. i am coming up to joburg next week my tyres will be completely smooth by then, who does tyres in the joburg area.  i know full throttle in Edenvale does tyres, do they do tkc's.

Wade Young wins SA enduro title after terrifying knife attack in the transki Wade Young. (Dirt Racing) By Quintin van Jaarsveld Wade Young on Saturday cemented his place at the summit of South African enduro just 24 hours after nearly losing his life. The Paddock prodigy and his friend and...

My GSA LC 2014 front shock, has failed - I have done about 23 000kms.  it is being replaced by BMW, spare is being flown in from Germany. I googled it and also looked on all forums world wide, I could not find another shock that has failed world wide for the GSA LC, mine seams to be the first...

Are our motor bike helmets good enough at the back of the head neck area. Quote from RIP Phil Hughes.  "This was a freak accident. Hopefully some advances are made in protective gear as a result." The company that made that helmet, explained that all the protection was concentrated at the...

WARNING ABOUT SILICONE. ever wonder why some lubricants say "silicone free" There is a reason why some lubricants don't have silicone. Do not to use silicone spray on electronics.  And from experience my first GSA gave me a few problems with switches not working and Michael James Kuit told me...

Why are riders so scared of riding through the former Transkei; Durban to EL? Some people love it; some hate it. The Transkei is much a mind set. Yes the towns are not great.  Umtata is better with the one way system but still a nightmare, go via the steel bridge and bypass the town through...

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GO ANYWHERE, DO ANYTHING | ADVENTURE BIKE COMPARISON TEST MC Comparo: Aprilia Caponord 1200 vs. BMW R1200GS vs. Ducati Multistrada vs. KTM 1190 Adventure vs. Suzuki V-Strom 1000 Imagine someone told you that you were going on a motorcycle ride tomorrow. You aren’t told how long it will be...

My son and I went to Kyalami with Ryder for a “track day” with our dual purpose GSA1200’s.  Our first time on the track.  What a lot fun.  We rode up from Durban and back, straight onto the track without changing tyre pressure or any fancy gadgets.  I can highly recommend this; going fast...

another responsible manufacture  KTM bikes in footbrake recall 2014-06-12 KTM is recalling the LC4 models 690 Enduro R and 690 SMC R MY2014 by South African dealer franchises. A news release from the company says that during routine testing during production KTM discovered that the tools...

PLEASE be careful out there, far too many bikers down recently.  And we bikers are not always innocent. I had very, very close call going up field’s hill, Wednesday morning, a very close bike accident.  Which would have ended in death and a criminal record for the innocent party? I was doing...

Are the days of big engine bikes over?? With the efficiency and power of smaller motorbike engines of today, are we going to follow the footsteps of Dakar and F1 and others. With fossil fuels running out, anti speeding, anti motorbikes, very efficient electric engines, climate change and...

Who has read the SUPERBIKE MAGAZINE - BMW vs KTM. Very interesting.  I have the GSA1200 LC -I have not ridden the ktm so can't comment, except for what I have read and heard.  Two really great bikes and look forward to riding many miles and doing some great adventures with BMW and KTM...