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Hi all, I'm looking for a place to get new tyres for my KLR 650, both front (90/90 21inch) and back (130/80 17 inch). Anyone know of a place anywhere between tofo Mozambique and Lilongwe Malawi I might be able get those? Thanks in advance!

Thanks for helping me and watching out for me Martin! Yes I just left grootfontein and am on my way to the caprivi now. Staying at Roy's camp. In grootfontein I needed to get some more repairs done on the bike so I was able to catch up a bit with the writing. I'm almost up to date now. Just have...

I really enjoyed the resting at Ai-Ais but after a day of hanging around the springs I was quite ready to move on again. I first visited the fish river canyon viewpoint. It's a pity you're not allowed to do day hikes down. I enjoyed the view though. Quite amazing you can walk down the whole...

Cool, I will keep an eye out for him! Definitely will say hi if I get to meet him. :) Thanks for the tip. Will remember that for next time!

Proper adventure part II After getting back on the tar I continued onto vioolsdrift and made a quick run across the border to Namibia to get some fuel at noordoewer. Back in vioolsdrift I was in dubio where to stay. I had actually planned on taking one day longer on this part of the trail and I...

Haha, happyfeet, more people seem to wonder. ;) The way I see it it is about managing risk. I guess it is a difference in risk people are willing to take though. I'd say I'm willing to take it up to a level where things would get extremely uncomfortable if things go wrong, but not where I think...

Part four: proper adventure After centurion I decided to drive across the country to head up to Namibia. I drove over uppington to Augrabies falls to chill there for a couple of days. After doing some research I found out there was a 4x4 trail leading from pofadder all the way to vioolsdrift on...

Part three: a week of learning: beers and bikes! After the sani-pass adventure I wanted to get the fan fixed and have the bike checked out one more time. Through wilddog advice I ended up at groenie's place. The fan problem was quickly fixed. We had to replace a fuse. But he wouldn't let me...

Part two: a bit more of an adventure The first day we drove to royal nathal national park. We were driving 2up so we had to squeeze a bit with the luggage but after repacking a bit we got everything to fit. We drove most of the route along the R103 which gave us the chance to skip the bigger...

Allright, after all the wilddog help, hospitality, and generosity I've encountered so far I decided I owe you guys a trip report. I'll be updating it step by step, since I've got quite some adventures to catch up to, and I have to type everything on my phone. Let's start with the plan: I'm...

Who knows a good Kawasaki mechanic in Jo'burg? I'm taking a KLR650 up from Cape Town to Nairobi. On the way I noticed I need to get the radiator fan fixed though. And I would also like to get my battery and gearbox checked out. Anyone knows of a good place that might be able to help me? Thanks...

Thanks for all the advise guys! So in the end I followed the majority it became the KLR650. Really happy with my choice. :) After reading technomadic Jim's trip report, and seeing how happy he was with his small CTX200, I started considering smaller bikes as well...

Cool jagsding! Tanks a lot. I just arrived this weekend. Will send you a message. Daffers expect a report on how it went in a couple of days/weeks, depending on the ease and speed of the process. ;) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I arrived in Cape Town a couple of days ago for a ride I'm planning from there to Nairobi. After researching and looking at the market for bikes to buy for this trip I basically narrowed down my options to these two: - a KLR650 with 230000 km on it. Decently serviced, crash bars in place and...

Hey Daffers, I've been following this discussion with great interest since I'm planning to do a similar trip. I'll be arriving in Cape Town in around three weeks time to buy a motorcycle there and register for a TRN. I'm planning to do a trip up the east coast to Tanzania in the coming months...

Hi all, I just registered here. I'm a Dutch guy planning to make a big motorcycle trip along the east coast of southern Africa. I've been reading up on information and I registered here in the hope to gather more, and possibly find some souls who'd be willing to exchange some tips and help over...

Yes, thanks a lot! Already spitted through Jim's whole ride report, awesome journey! :) Indeed quite similar to the thing I would like to do.

Hey guys, Let me introduce myself. I'm David from the Netherlands  and planning to travel to South Afrika somewhere mid April. My plan is to fly into cape town, buy a motorcycle there and travel up to the north-east, to Mozambique and Tanzania and finish in Nairobi (if I make it that far. My...