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BenReaper

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  1. I'd stay away from Ti if I were you, they are notorious for doing what you are becoming notorious for doing....[emoji6] I'm with Hairy on the Steel frame suggestion. If I were you I'd definitely consider getting something custom made and reinforced in the right places for you. It's gonna cost more for the initial purchase, but I'm sure it'll save you money in the long run.
  2. Did a leisurely peddle around our local farm trails on Saturday morning with a work colleague. Lekker kop skoon maker.
  3. Had a lekker ride with a group this past Sunday. Enjoyed some beautiful scenery around the Keisie/Koo area and stopped for lunch at Saggy Stone breweries. They have some amazingly good food there.[emoji108]
  4. The XT's are excellent dual sport bikes if you're going to ride solo, going to be a bit cramped and underpowered two up.
  5. The new soft tail bag works a charm, I use two bungy cords to strap it down for extra piece of mind, think this cargo net would also work perfectly.[emoji106]
  6. For the coffee side of things I run the small gas stove as in the picture above.For a roadside braai we just build a fireplace with rocks and usually look for sticks and wood where we stop, but this time round I took a bit of charcoal with to make it easier. I do however have a small portable camping braai on the way from a friend.
  7. I have a small aluminium "Fire Maple" kettle that I bought from Cape Union Mart. Still want get a foldable wind screen for this setup.
  8. On Saturday I did what has now become my monthly bike ride. With hectic work hours during the week and some poor weather over the weekends my cycling has taken a knock. This was a lekker mind clearing relaxed solo ride just enjoying my bike and my surroundings. [emoji108]
  9. Lekker man! Daai klong het meer skills as ek.[emoji16][emoji1690]
  10. Did a lekker 260km daytrip on Sunday with a colleague who recently purchased a brand new BMW F850GS. Took him on some smooth dirt roads around McGregor, Greyton and Villiersdorp to get some easy kilometers in as he is new do adventure riding. As per usual my kettle went with and there was a coffee stop with rusks early on and later we stopped to braai a worsie for boerewors rolls. [emoji108]
  11. That's a lekker big ride. Fortunately that bike is a propper "kilometer eter".[emoji106]
  12. I have a generic plastic topbox that I use for town and road use, have taken it offroad once and strapped it down with bungee cords but it's not preferable. Bought an expandable soft bag recently and it works great for day trips.[emoji106]
  13. Awesome, hope you enjoy the hell out of that bike![emoji123][emoji1690]
  14. That happened to me once about 4km on a ride in another town.[emoji2357] Fortunately I was always over prepared at the time and would lug my toolbox and some bike spares around in the bakkie including a spare set of pedals.
  15. Did a lekker Sunday ride with a few guys from a offroad group I recently joined. We did a loop from Ceres through PA Hamlet to Op-Die-Berg, from there we turned right towards Katbakkies Pass. We stopped before Katbakkies under some trees for coffee and some of the guy's played in the sandy dry riverbed. After coffee and rusks we went over Katbakkies and stopped on the other side at some roadside picnic spot to braai for lunch. After lunch we went through the kloof into the Tankwa Karoo and headed to the Tankwa Padstall for some refreshments. From there we headed back on the Tankwa Karoo Road all the way to Ceres. A day well spent making memories with my boy and cementing some new friendships.
  16. I once test rode a mates KLR and it was a very nice bike and for a long time it was on my wishlist, however......Since this F800GS accidentally came my way I now feel more strongly that this is the best bike for me at this moment. Slightly bummed that I sold my DR600 recently, but you have to know when to cut your losses and not hang on to a bad apple for nostalgic reasons. Maybe someday when I can afford it I'll replace the 800 with something bigger to pillion with and also get a thumper again for those more technical solo rides.
  17. Practically is what adventure bikes are for....the rest are fait game.[emoji6]
  18. Did a short day trip with my boy yesterday.
  19. Also quite fond of those 2 channels.[emoji106]
  20. Horrie sheet! I just had a accident in my pants![emoji44]I must really go visit my mate in Oudshoorn for a weekend and come meet you in George. I'd love to see some of your bikes in the flesh. [emoji108]
  21. Didn't manage to fit a ride in this weekend, but did find a few extremely good deals on kit and tyres during last week and the weekend. The previous weekend I did do my first propper dirt ride with a couple of mates and my boy along on the back. Had an absolute blast of a time on ths GS, definitely the best bike for me right now.[emoji108][emoji1690]
  22. It gets super cold super fast.[emoji33]
  23. So after skipping out on the bicycle this past weekend I went out this morning with a colleague and a mate of his for a mtb roadie ride. The mist during most of our ride was extremely cold and left us quite wet.
  24. One of the things I like about my job is that it brings me into people's garages where there's usually common ground to be found with such a stranger. Many a half an hour conversation has been sparked by a bicycle or motorcycle or fishing rod in someone's garage.[emoji846]
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