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I bent the crash bar on one side of my R1200GSA in a little off I had...  :mwink: On one side the crash bar now almost touches the cyliner head protector. The other side is fine and the gap between the crash bar and the cylinder head protector is what it should be. Is this fixable? is there...

I wonder if these will be available in SA  ??? https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/831429-REG/Liquid_Image_367RLIQUID_IMAGE_Impact_Series_HD_1080p.html The Impact Series HD 1080p Off-Road Goggle with Full HD Camera (Red) is one of the Xtreme Sport Cams from Liquid Image. It combines a...

I wonder what the grid will now look like for next year...  ??? https://www.wheels24.co.za/BikesQuads/Suzuki-pulls-out-of-MotoGP-20111118 TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki has withdrawn from motorcycling's premier MotoGP championship until at least 2014 to reduce costs amid the global economic downturn...

I bought my 4-year old a son a nice helmet from people who are emigrating to Australia. The boy was in his class and his dad used to drop him off at school with his bike sometimes. I think my boy is a bit young to go on proper bike rides, but I want to start taking him on short rides in and...

Some pics I took last night: Wish I had a longer lens. This was taken with a Nikkor 300mm f/4 and a TC14EII 1.4x Teleconverter. Anyone else took pics?

https://www.wheels24.co.za/BikesQuads/Husqy-unveils-900cc-BMW-heart-20110530 Meet Husqvarna’s new 900cc parallel-twin engine that's expected to power the company’s adventure tourer which will have its public debut at the EICMA show in Milan later in 2011. Based largely on BMW’s 800c...

We decided that all of us need a bike trip, even if it is a short one, so Max worked out a route for us in and around the Vredefort Dome. We met each other at the Barrage the Saturday morning, rode gravel from there to Parys, and had a good breakfast at O’s. The rest of the day was spent...

https://www.wheels24.co.za/News/General_News/BMWs-two-millionth-motorcycle-20110513 BERLIN, Germany - BMW Motorrad has celebrated the two-millionth motorcycle to roll off the assembly lines at its plant in Berlin Spandau. Motorcycles have been manufactured on this site since 1969 and bikes from...

Some pics of the Offroad Riding Course we attended at Country Trax, Amersfoort, during the last weekend in September 2010.

On my way to work on the N1 South this morning I was passed by a guy on a R1200GS just before the Rivonia offramp. He waved as he passed me, and then moved to the left lane of the highway to take the Rivonia offramp. Just before the offramp he made a quick move to pass the van in front of him...

Another brillaint day at Kyalami. Can't wait for tomorrow!

Had a great afternoon at Kyalami, and can't wait for the rest of the weekend  :ricky: Standings after the first qualifying practice today: 1  84 M. FABRIZIO ITA Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 2  35 C. CRUTCHLOW GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda Team Yamaha YZF R1 3  65 J. REA GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda...

I am famous! :ricky: (Yes, that's me in the pic...)

Overheard Clinton Pienaar at the AMID show yesterday. They are taking two bikes there to compete in the TT, he's riding one of them. 29 May to 11 June 2010. I wish we could see more of the races over here in SA.

DAY 1: Route: Centurion > Johannesburg > Kroonstad > Bloemfontein > Reddersburg > Smithfield > Rouxville > Zastron Distance: 650 km The rest of the group left from Bethlehem at 10:00 on Thursday, but since I still had a lot of work to do I left my house in Midstream at 13:30 to catch up with...

We usually do a trip for a week at the end of April every year, and during that trip we also start throwing ideas around for the following year’s trip. So, during our 2008 trip in Southern Namibia someone mentioned the Cape West Coast and it was on. When we do these trips we always follow one...

DAY 0: Route: Centurion > Johannesburg > Frankfort > Tweeling > Reitz > Tulie's Farm Distance: +/- 290 km After an extremely hectic day at work, doing my best to tie up what feels like hundreds of loose ends, I say stuff it and get on my bike and ride to Tulie’s farm. Along the way I meet up...

Any other WD's working at the Campus? And "howzit" to the Wild Dog I ran into on my way home today, going down Sloane and Main Road towards Pretoria after leaving the Campus. Riding a R1150GSA with orange WD stickers on the topbox, WD sticker on the helmet and WD buff around the neck? :ricky:

:o Quoted from this article: https://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5302107 Four derivatives of the Multistrada 1200 will be released on the SA market. The base 1200 at R195 000 has a 112kW engine derived from that of the 1198 sport flagship with four engine mapping modes - sport...