Is motorcycling allowed?

[Hairy]

2 hours ago, Andymann said:

So I'm not that brave to ride it down!  I'm towing it over two days and then on Monday and Tuesday next week is the "Fairest Cape Tour"- it's a ride from Goudini Spa on Monday and Tuesday for bikes older than 25 years.  My Dad used to regularly ride it and loved blasting down Baineskloof - he even crashed on year on a 450 Honda!

I'll do the two days and then depending on how the bike is running at sea level I might ride it to Stilbaai where my Wife and I are taking a few days breather

Enjoy the ride / event!

Will be able to join in you 4 years time on the 950 Adventure  

[Hairy]

Did my first "proper dirt ride" this past weekend in the Overberg area, on a open ride hosted by the BMW motorad club.

Total 6 hours in the saddle, including the just over an hour to get there and then the same timeframe back again.

The route was out from Botrivier side, eventually ended up in Caledon and then to Dassiesfontein for lunch/brunch. I have no cooking where I was most of the time, but it did not matter either. A nice loop good scenery and company.

Really appreciated that the group was welcoming to new riders and tentative riders, no personalities, and very well run ..... stops were kept to an absolute minimum, so you do more riding and less talking.

First few KM felt a little sketchy and then I settled in on the dirt ......legs are toast from standing and "pumping" the bike through undulations and over obstacles like I would have done on the mountain bike, but all in all flipping awesome first dirt ride experience.

I should have however taken more and better pics!