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Hi guys - did a quick search and couldn't see any info: I need to get 3 bikes from Cape Town to Joburg / Pretoria - in about three week's time. Could you perhaps tell me what sort of cargo / train / truck freight service is available and how much I can expect to pay? Its impossible to find...

First time I saw the term used, was on a post on here today -- I learnt to ride in SA. Never wore anything more than flip-flops and shorts... even rode to school every day, right up to final year, wearing my SCHOOL DRESS, ankle socks & babydoll shoes. Scrapes, bruises and roasties were part...

But where's his TOOLBOX??? What kind of man, has a garage, with no toolbox???? I'm a girl, I don't even HAVE A GARAGE (I work on the pavement in front of my house and on my living room floor) and even I have a toolbox!

I owned a KTM until recently as well as some XTs. Although the KTM is an absolute ecstacy to ride, I decided (with heavy heart) NOT to use it for the "big trip", for a few reasons: 1) Replacement parts cost a fortune. I fall off a lot. And lose things. On a trip to Scotland, the KTM's side...

Hey Blazes... Is the camera branded Archos too?  Would be interested to have a look, if you have any links / pics / supplier info?  What is the specs of the camera? The Archos recorder is easy to come by - but didn't know they do a camera combo?

I think I'm going to like it here! :angel5:

ROFLMHO !!!!!! :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

Now I'm wondering... do you mean to burn as a smoke signal??  Bit destructive, imho.  ;D ;D

Holy crap!!  That is the bees knees and absolutely EXACTLY what I would want... however at £800 :eek7: :eek7:... it costs almost more than my bike did!! https://www.globaltelesat.co.uk/satphone/Thuraya_SG-2520.html And then I still have to buy air time... What does ATTGAT mean?

Yah. Nothing WRONG with that... But I'm specifically talking about NOT on dirt roads...  I even saw two guys stand up as they approached a petrol station in town...

Who is this gentleman, Mr Jan Staal?

Hey guys... I'm leaving the UK in 10 weeks to ride to Cape Town by myself.  I wasn't planning on taking a GPS at all - how can you get lost -- you just keep going South... until you can't go any more... THEN YOU'RE THERE! Unfortunately I discovered there's a few people who actually worry about...

Awwwh.... Secretly I was hoping that they were taught lovely manners... and were simply showing their respects to a lady biker...

Is it because they have very uncomfortable seats? Just asking - it really was quite interesting when we rode around your ways last:  I swear, every time a couple of blokes on beemers come past -- they stand up on the pegs. Perfectly tarred road.  Not a speck of slippery stuff to be seen...

Well, if you rode a PROPER bike...  :biggrin: Yamaha lists all their manuals from 1997 onwards...

"After the rediculously easy riding on the gravel, John and I started feeling smug: we can do this - what's to worry!" We swaggered into Maun, well before the trucks, high on life on the long road and ready for some more action. Once the group caught up - we set off to find a place to...

As my feet were swept of the footpegs, and I clung to the handlebars for dear life, I had a distinct feeling of being dragged behind a boat with waterski's on. It all had to do with the fact, that we had been riding since dawn. Keeping focussed was virtually impossible, as each 10 dusty yards...

Hey Misty! Fabulous to see other girls on bikes! I thought SA girls are taught to stay in the kitchen, once they've learnt how to make putu pap and koek sisters!! Clearly your upbringing has slipped a little bit! :pot:

ABBREVIATED VERSION (for people with short attention spans, who have the cheek to want to know everything those with concentration abilities knows) "KEEP THE BIKER SPIRIT OF FREEDOM, PASSION AND BROTHERHOOD ALIVE.   ESPECIALLY BROTHERHOOD. ITS ABOUT RIDING, LIVING, EXPERIENCING & SHARING WITH...

Aaawwhhh... already!? Don't worry, we will play nice. And as for those emotions:  "Illegitimis nil carborundum"