Is motorcycling allowed?

[mazambaan]

18 hours ago, IceCreamMan said:

I have the same tendency, it’s sometimes painful being a perfectionist but I avoid a lot of stress by doing things right.  ( drives my wife mad and drives me mad sometimes too)

It is terrible to have this tendency and a dirt bike unless you have a very deep wallet (or big sponsorship :)). First tip over and you have a decision; replace scratched plastics (etc) or try and ignore. Been ongoing for 40 odd years.

[Andymann]

1 hour ago, mazambaan said:

It is terrible to have this tendency and a dirt bike unless you have a very deep wallet (or big sponsorship :)). First tip over and you have a decision; replace scratched plastics (etc) or try and ignore. Been ongoing for 40 odd years.

Exactly - which is why I am not going to do anything crazy to the Tenere. 

I spent thousands on my DT200 getting it perfect and then from Dec 15 to Jan 23 I did a grand total of 800km - that's 114km per year because I was too scared to ride it.   stupid stupid stupid

[Hairy]

23 hours ago, sawystertrance said:

I think they were looking for the waterfront and ended up in the wrong bay. 

So they popped up to get cell signal and use Googlemaps

[Hairy]

Coffee and a Kickkkk Asss carrot cake this morning on the way to site in Kalkbay

 

The out to Stellies for another site meeting

As "fresh" as it was out on the bike, it was such an awesome day to be riding.

Also managed a quick bike test ride.

 

 

[sawystertrance]

[Hairy]

1 hour ago, sawystertrance said:

Don't worry, may be test riding a Tenere 660 pretty soon

[Hairy]

 

[Spokey]

On 7/23/2023 at 11:14 AM, Hairy said:

650 in lower mileage option

https://www.gumtree.co.za/a-motorcycles-scooters/mosselbaai/bmw-f650gs-dakar/10012210432871013143267409

I have been eyeballing this little machine. Looks cool. I may nip over to Mosselbaai this week for a look see.

[Spokey]

Went for a 300 km jaunt last week around the roads just south of Swartberg. Cold…… properly dirty!

[Hairy]

For those of you in the Table View / Durbanville area ... how far out do you need to ride to find fun trails to ride you adventure bikes, and be able to get them nice and dirty like @Spokey pics above my post?

 

[Hairy]

2 hours ago, Spokey said:

I have been eyeballing this little machine. Looks cool. I may nip over to Mosselbaai this week for a look see.

That is a quick little spin for you

[Hairy]

 

[Andymann]

New XTZ660 mudguard that arrived from the Netherlands yesterday, and there's a whole bunch of spares on back order from Yamaha.  The mudguard is the wrong color for the bike, but its almost brand new so not sure I actually want to paint it....

I'm trying my best to resist the urge to pull it into a million pieces and restore it,  but it's proving difficult!

[Hairy]

Are any of you riff raff using intercom systems, and if so what are you using, and what have you seen as pro's and con's of your systems please?

 

[IceCreamMan]

10 minutes ago, Hairy said:

Are any of you riff raff using intercom systems, and if so what are you using, and what have you seen as pro's and con's of your systems please?

 

It’s a no from me. I ride motorcycles to escape the world. Don’t even want music in my helmet. 
 

resist such sacrilege. 

[Hairy]

Just now, IceCreamMan said:

It’s a no from me. I ride motorcycles to escape the world. Don’t even want music in my helmet. 
 

resist such sacrilege. 

I am more seeing it as a tool to be able to connect to google maps primarily.

Music would be a nice to have occasionally, or at least the radio as an option.