Is motorcycling allowed?

[BenReaper]

In light of the above post I did a few ride on the GSXR and within a few months I realised I was use to the power again and becoming reckless by riding reckless and fast as if the roads were my racetrack.

 

Started looking at alternative options and being an avid mountainbiker I inevitably became interested in adventure motorcycling. After extensive research and deciding what I really wanted/needed I ended up looking at something in the mid engine size market, something I could relatively comfortably pillion my wife along with but also do the odd funduro with.

 

Was planning on buying a KLR once my GSXR was sold but then this bike came along ticking all the right boxes and at a price I couldn't let it go by at.

 

So 3 weeks ago I collected my 1986 DR600 and what a bike it is.[emoji108] Second weekend of ownership the wife and I attended the anual Canola Run in Caledon having a blast of a time in the mudfest and last weekend I took my boy for a short Sunday trip up to Stettyn Dam for a quick fishing trip.

[Spokey]

In light of the above post I did a few ride on the GSXR and within a few months I realised I was use to the power again and becoming reckless by riding reckless and fast as if the roads were my racetrack.

Started looking at alternative options and being an avid mountainbiker I inevitably became interested in adventure motorcycling. After extensive research and deciding what I really wanted/needed I ended up looking at something in the mid engine size market, something I could relatively comfortably pillion my wife along with but also do the odd funduro with.

Was planning on buying a KLR once my GSXR was sold but then this bike came along ticking all the right boxes and at a price I couldn't let it go by at.

So 3 weeks ago I collected my 1986 DR600 and what a bike it is.[emoji108] Second weekend of ownership the wife and I attended the anual Canola Run in Caledon having a blast of a time in the mudfest and last weekend I took my boy for a short Sunday trip up to Stettyn Dam for a quick fishing trip.

Lovely bike! If you find yourself in the Hoekwil area I can share great routes for such a machine. I have a KLR and frequently do long day rides trying for at least 75% dirt during the 6 plus hrs. You have beautiful places to ride too!

Enjoy your DR.

Edited September 22, 2018 by Spokey

[Hairy]

In light of the above post I did a few ride on the GSXR and within a few months I realised I was use to the power again and becoming reckless by riding reckless and fast as if the roads were my racetrack.

 

Started looking at alternative options and being an avid mountainbiker I inevitably became interested in adventure motorcycling. After extensive research and deciding what I really wanted/needed I ended up looking at something in the mid engine size market, something I could relatively comfortably pillion my wife along with but also do the odd funduro with.

 

Was planning on buying a KLR once my GSXR was sold but then this bike came along ticking all the right boxes and at a price I couldn't let it go by at.

 

So 3 weeks ago I collected my 1986 DR600 and what a bike it is.[emoji108] Second weekend of ownership the wife and I attended the anual Canola Run in Caledon having a blast of a time in the mudfest and last weekend I took my boy for a short Sunday trip up to Stettyn Dam for a quick fishing trip.

what a way to spend a day!

[BenReaper]

Lovely bike! If you find yourself in the Hoekwil area I can share great routes for such a machine. I have a KLR and frequently do long day rides trying for at least 75% dirt during the 6 plus hrs. You have beautiful places to ride too!

Enjoy your DR.

Thanks Spokey, will definitely take you up on your offer if I find myself in your neck of the woods. [emoji106]

[BenReaper]

what a way to spend a day!

What a way indeed! Heading out again tomorrow. [emoji106]

[BenReaper]

Spent Yesterday afternoon on the motorbike again with my boy.

Did some railway service jeeptrack and some back roads between the farms around Slanghoek and Rawsonville.

Quickly racked up a 100km's with plenty to see.

Even gave the little guy a go at the controls for a short while.

Edited September 24, 2018 by BenReaper

[Allrounder]

Lekker man!! 

 

My wife and I did close to 500 km over the weekend of which 180 was fully loaded. Sho she can pack a lot of stuff for 2 days away. 

 

Everything was on the grey stuff......

[sawystertrance]

Went for a ride around Swartland to look for flowers. On the way back, the best I saw were in Paarden Eiland!

 

 

[Allrounder]

Can one buy something like kit bikes? Where they send you everything in a box and you must assemble it yourself?

 

should be a great project. (I dont know enough to buy an old VFR400 and do a rebuild.) but if everything is in a box, i should be able to manage.  

[Andymann]

Can one buy something like kit bikes? Where they send you everything in a box and you must assemble it yourself?

 

should be a great project. (I dont know enough to buy an old VFR400 and do a rebuild.) but if everything is in a box, i should be able to manage.  

 

A lot of guys at Yamaha insisted on assembling their bikes themselves.  They used to come with a trailer and load the crate and off they went.

 

Wasn't too much to assemble though - usually only wheels and handlebars, but it was the thought that counted I guess!

[Andymann]

Can one buy something like kit bikes? Where they send you everything in a box and you must assemble it yourself?

 

should be a great project. (I dont know enough to buy an old VFR400 and do a rebuild.) but if everything is in a box, i should be able to manage.  

 

You should buy yourself one of those el-cheapo Chinese things, and strip it down completely and then slowly rebuild it, replacing all the cheap bolts and bearings with decent stuff.  It will be a bit of cash, but will be the best learning experience you will ever get, and if you do mess something up, at least you won't be losing too much cash.

 

My dad did that for me when I was 12 - he bought three old DT125's (the aircooled ones) and said right, now you build one out of the three.  What I learn't over the December holidays that year was absolutely invaluable.  And it kept me out of **** too!

[RocknRolla]

A lot of guys at Yamaha insisted on assembling their bikes themselves.  They used to come with a trailer and load the crate and off they went.

 

Wasn't too much to assemble though - usually only wheels and handlebars, but it was the thought that counted I guess!

 

A guy in my complex bought a bajaj pulsar, and did exactly that, he used the bike for years to commute. 

[Allrounder]

You should buy yourself one of those el-cheapo Chinese things, and strip it down completely and then slowly rebuild it, replacing all the cheap bolts and bearings with decent stuff.  It will be a bit of cash, but will be the best learning experience you will ever get, and if you do mess something up, at least you won't be losing too much cash.

 

My dad did that for me when I was 12 - he bought three old DT125's (the aircooled ones) and said right, now you build one out of the three.  What I learn't over the December holidays that year was absolutely invaluable.  And it kept me out of **** too!

this sounds like a plan. let me go to scamtree and see what is there. 

 

I finally found a bike that would fit my wife..... and she likes the looks, but not the price.... 

 

The honda grom!! looks like great fun.... but 40 000 second hand

[IceCreamMan]

I hear Cayenne shut down. Over the years i bought 2 bikes from them, at their height they were flogging 250 bikes a month.... sad that another dealer closes.

 

Also hear guys had bought bikes and were awaiting delivery, its a bit ugly taking money from ppl knowing you going to close.... hell has a special place for those ppl

[sawystertrance]

Ja that's not good. It happened to a friend of mine in the UK who signed up at Health and Racquet  Club and paid a deposit and membership fee and 3 days later they closed down. Not happy..

[Andymann]

I hear Cayenne shut down. Over the years i bought 2 bikes from them, at their height they were flogging 250 bikes a month.... sad that another dealer closes.

 

Also hear guys had bought bikes and were awaiting delivery, its a bit ugly taking money from ppl knowing you going to close.... hell has a special place for those ppl

 

**** that's scary - and doesn't bode well for the MC industry in SA - certainly is very worrying