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Africa Twin XRV750T RD07A Year: 1996 Mileage: above 90.000km Location: Pretoria I used the bike for my southern Africa roadtrip in 2011. Before my trip the bike had some heavy maintenance. All parts that needed attention. The bike developed a camchain rattle, so took it apart. One camchain...

Is it allowed in South Africa to ride a 125cc motorcycle with your car license? Like it is in a lot of countries?

Is there a chance i might find Heidi's somewhere in Namibia? My tyre is wearing down fast, and i dont think i will be able to do another 5000+ km. I've done already 9000+. After the 5000 i will be in Gauteng but in case i wont be able to make it there...

Hi guys. At the moment i'm in Zambia and on my way to South Africa. Soon i will enter Namibia. I've been looking forward to Namibia for sometime. Today i've been doing a bit of research and planning and have come up with the following route...

A few days back on the roads in Zambia, i hit a well hidden pothole at about 100 km/u...  :'( Luckily little damage, but there is a dent in my rear rim. Yesterday i hit a bigass sheep full in the belly while doing 80 km/u. It was already dead and laying there, luckily nothing! The Africa Twin...

Today I will leave home to start my trip through southern Africa. in 2009 i visited South Africa, and had 3 weeks of fun riding a bike around. Did something like 5500km and felt is wasnt enough. So now I'm going back, but this time a little longer. I will be on the road for little over 4...

Where can one change money against good rates? With the national change offices and banks, usually one gets a bad exchange rate. So i know of this exchange office in Amsterdam (Lorentz Exchange) where I got a commission free rate very close to the actual value of the Dollar. I know you can also...

For a trip i'm looking at my gear and what sleeping bag to bring. From june till august i will be in SA, Moz, Malawi, Tanz, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia Note: I know it can be cold in SA around that time of year, so probably wont be camping then... I will bring a cotton sleeping bag for the...

What do you guys think of a shock protector like the Shocktube one from R&G? Surely it wil protect the rod from stones and debris, preventing dents and leakage as a result, but... Will it overheat the shock? Since it's provided with tiewraps, i presume one should be able to keep it in...

So here's the story about my Africa Twin. Since I spend quite some time & money on it already and I kept it against my own plans, i though  would share my experiences with you guys. For some time i've been saving hard and dreaming about a trip through Southern Africa. My idea was to buy a bike...

Since I will have to ship my bike to South Africa a little sooner than i expected, I will probably have not yet fitted new tyres. Also I will have to shop for a spare. 90/90 21 and 140/80 17 (Africa Twin) How's general supply on Heidenau K60 tyres? Low on stock, very few shops who stock it...

Hi all, in june this year I made a wonderful trip to south africa. I rented a bike and wandered around for a bit. And now I want more... The idea is to go from South Africa to Tanzania, by bike of course, to pop around at a friends place for a beer or two, and head back to SA via another...

From the 6th till the 26th of June I'll be in SA for a bike trip by myself. I will rent a BMW F650GS from Samatours in Pretoria and start touring on monday the 8th of June. I have no experience yet with non-tarmac roads, but I'm not shy of a bit of gravel  ;) Since I haven't been to South...

Hi all, At The HUBB forum, someone kindly brought this forum to my attention (see topic: https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/sub-saharan-africa/touring-south-africa-by-myself-41399 ) So before I start posting, I thought I'll introduce myself: I'm Bas Lips from Schiedam  (home of Ketel1) ...