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108k miles on mine now!  No issues other than crank nut came loose. Not hard mileage though.

LOL!  nope not rented :) I hang on here as I lived in SA for 20 odd years. Grew up there in fact. Love reading ride reports on here - especially the ones in SWA oops I mean Namibia ;) Been there a couple of times since with the brother in law but he moved to Australia. Would love to do Nam on a...

if dirt roads are a must see here: https://redbikejohn.com/Wilts%20Big%20Bike%20Ride%20June%202011.htm i planed to do more of this on the tnere but ended up racing more and more

Just to expand the - why not a road bike question. Yes it could be done on a road bike but currently the xt is my only bike capable of doing it. I wanted a bike that could go trail riding, was cheap to buy, very good on fuel, and not too big or heavy for the daily commute into work, a 52 mile...

Xt660z is my do everything bike. Its my first trip there and there are quite strict rules on where you can ride plus with my wife on board its not feasible to go on the dirt, not with road bias tyres anyway. This trip wasn't about dirt riding as it was our holiday - not mine alone. I race enduro...

well its taken a while to finish but its all done. could have wriiten more it was such a great place but i think almost 7000 words is long enough!  plenty of pics plus see the links at the top of the page to many more. get a cup of tea/coffee or three and enjoy! :) read all about it here...

Been to the IOM plenty of times. On sportsbikes first but then on dirt bikes after a bit of a brake. Some of the glory days are over but its still a good crack.  There is plenty of 'home stay' ie B&B type accommodation but the island is very popular so you need to book well in advance.  most uk...

The 660 lump is easy to work on, have you not thought about doing it yourself?

Blue MB5 for me! crashed it in the garden within five minutes of getting it on my birthday  :imaposer:  Boy did that thing give me some pain!  flipped doing a wheelie, smashed into a car that turned in front of me  and many many more ........  ::) convinced my mum and dad it was too small  ( ...

oi - where's the rest of the report  ;D ? what is an ex sa biker supposed to do sitting in london on a late shift? work? nope! come on. i just brewed a tea to finish thi soff and clicked on page three..............  :-\

hell its too long ago now to remember the guys names. i think we were last but one from the end?  yep those crappy old ones!  i remember there were PE guys in the bungalow but more English/Durban guys. i think the PE guys were further along near the front?  Our corporal was killed in a car crash...

July - Bravo Company. 

This thread was a good read today as i sit in a wet cold England. I was a British immigrant and while I didn’t need to go into the army I volunteered in std 8 at school!  I had a xr250 (old steel tank 1980 model) that I used to ride to school and play on the mine dumps on the weekend.  I ended...

You still interested? If so I can give you the number of where its kept.

no joy selling this yet so ................ make an offer  :'(

Open to offers.  ???

Ok. The bike was in good mechanical order when we left SA back in 1990 and has been laid up ever since.  It had taken a knock shortly after it had the custom spray job done (a car backed into my wife while she was sitting at a stop street). Anyway to get her back on the road in the meantime we...

I'll type up a description of known faults tonight when I get home.  Like I said earlier I saw one on gumtree for R30 000 in the cape and my brother in law said one sold in jo'burg for 40K recently. Considering the jo'burg prices but the fact it needs work we would be looking at offers 30K and up. 

lke i said i can't getting any pictures until tomorrow as i'm in london and bike is in jo'burg!  i'm waiting for brother in law to send a pic.