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Yes 14-48 is great all round, I find with the 15-48 the bike loses a bit of grunt in 6th but still goes well. Do you have any issues with your top chain guide melting? Mine is not lasting but I’m not sure if it’s the lube or friction at high speed. I will look for Teflon aftermarket or try make...

That would be awesome, I’m off to Knysna on another adventure, when I’m back I will get in contact Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes very happy with my choice, light = fun. Do you have any nice routes around Breedtnek? We ended up doing lots of tar from there which wasn't great.

Oh the seat  :-\ It's hard as hell. Not fun when sitting for too long, fortunately the terrain I rode enabled me to stand a lot. I am considering the seat concepts comfort seat but it is very expensive and the way I see it is, if I made it this far I may as well stick with the standard seat.

For all the 500 lovers out there and the 690 riders sitting on the fence, below are my views and experience on the trip as well as sub-sequential upgrades. I believe this is the ultimate travel bike especially if traveling alone. I fortunately managed to stay upright the whole way except for...

Day 18-19 Rhodes - Clarens & Home I set off from Rhodes heading back up Lundean's Nek, down the other side out towards Zastron. From there I headed up along the Lesotho boarder to Clarens. Not the most enjoyable route but was keen to get home so opted out of traversing Lesotho. I overnighted in...

The Ben 10 is a fantastic challenge, would recommend it to anyone

Day 17 Eliot - Rhodes 360KM Quick, early Breakfast in my room and was on the road by 7:15. The first pass for the day was Barkley Pass which was the only tar pass in the challenge, and the only one I somehow managed to delete the photo after I took it. It's a great twisty pass with magic views...

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Day 16 - Queenstown - Elliot 375 KM - Ben 10 Rain 1 Tank Slap 0. This was the first rain I encountered on the trip, it was drizzling when I left and pouring all the way to Dordrecht. I had a poncho rain jacket which did little to keep me dry and warm, I was frozen when I arrived at the small...

Do It  :ricky:

Day 15 Cape St Francis - Queenstown 490KM Early start in windy conditions, it was overcast and looked like I was in for some rain. I fought a strong crosswind to Humansdorp where my heading changed and gave me some wind relief. I took the old road to Jeffrys Bay and then to Uitenhage, It was a...

I finished the trip in November, so updating as I can. Done another 2000KM loop to PMB and back since and still loving the bike.

Day 14 Knysna - Cape St Francis 405KM Off at 7:15 couldn’t pay the lodge as reception was closed. Hope they aren’t too upset that I settle late. Went up the hill, through an informal settlement and then straight onto the forests roads. I passed through the state forest reserve and then onto...

Day 12 Riversdale - Knysna Fisrt stop was Mossel Bay where I took a quick drive through, looked like just a regular costal town, nothing really stood out for me. Groot Brackrivier is a little town just outside of Mossel Bay and defiantly a place I could spend a day in next time around. I went...

At this point it's trial and error for me. (More trial and hopefully no error) There is no definite answer so to start I was changing every 1500KM to be safe and checking the oil quality when I drain. My last service I stretched to 3300KM but using a very high quality Motul synthetic oil, when I...

Day 11 - Franschhoek - Riversdale I tried to stay another night but my room was booked so by the time I was all packed up I decided to carry on, it was a beautiful days ride through the farmlands which were rural but no electric fences or other security devices which you see on some of the...

Day 10 Cape Town - Franschhoek I picked up my bike at 10am and headed off on my planned route to Riversdale. I ended up taking the wrong route through town and got delayed for some time. By the time i got to Franschhoek it was lunchtime so a pizza and a beer sounded like a far better idea than...

Day 9 Lamberts Bay - KTM Cape Town 350km I found it very difficult to leave, the accommodation was so comfy that I easily could have stayed. I had made a booking for my service at KTM so packed up and hit the road, The majority of the route was tar unfortunately but the scenery was great and...