Recent content by Kartoem

A much loved classic beauty. A 1959 BMW R50/2. Lovingly restored to her former glory. She is a good runner, registered and licenced until 2024. Puts a smile on my face whenever I take her out for a ride in the countryside. She comes with a much sought after Pagusa solo seat as well as the...

My beloved Fugly is looking for a good new home. This iconic 2004 model, KLR 650 has only 79 038 km on the clock. She is not new, but a reliable runner, starts first time every time and ready for any adventure ride. Doohhicky Thingy done. Has a brand-new battery and the tires are as good as new...

My kleva plan when my clutch cable snapped in the middle of nowhere. It got me from Helmeringhausen to Cape Town with a smile. Hand brake, throttle and clutch, all on the same side. Since then, I never ride without a small vice grip.

This is a very important post, and worth taking note off. I had a very similar experience earlier this year at speed and it was nerve racking to say the least. I am very lucky to be alive today. The strange thing though is that my rims were not converted to a tubeless set-up. I had normal heavy...

Black, Black!

Any chance this is still available ?

Yes, it was quite a moment! Omtrent so 3 "onderbroekstrepe". We were a group of 3 bikers passing through  Kwande GR, in the Eastern Cape, last week, heading towards Dubbeldrift. The first rider up nearly got side-swiped by the 2 lions racing in on his flank. He just opened up and vanished into...

KHARTOUM TO THE GALLABAT BORDER We pitched our tents on the lawn in front of BNSC at dusk and saw the sun setting over the Nile. Never was a shower as refreshing or a cool drink as cold and sweet. The focal point of the BNSC is Generals Gordon and then Kitchener’s gunboat the Melik. Being well...

.....We tried the GPS shortcut through the thorn bush back to the main road, but thorn bush was victorious and eventually strangled all our efforts. Unfortunately we were forced to back track our earlier much longer route. After a very warm hour or two we eventually reached the main road again...

THE TEMPLES  OF MUSAWWARAT ES SUFRA & NAQA The next morning, it was a short distance down the main Atbara-Karthoum road to El Amaren where, thanks to my GPS we found the unmarked turnoff  to Musawwarat es Sufra. The road  could perhaps be described as a very bad farm road, delivering everything...

More pics from Meroe

THE MEROE PYRAMIDS We stopped to refuel and found, not-so-hot, soft drinks which were a welcome relief to our dusty throats. Thanks to Tracks4A we easily found our way though the small town where all the buildings and streets had the same muddy and dusty look. We experienced no hassles at the...

More images of the day in the desert. Freedom!

THE SUN and SAND MONSTER                                                                                                                                                                                                                              We got up before sunrise and were ready to go as...

THE NUBIAN DESERT Earlier in Luxor, Egypt, I met two intrepid English brothers in their old Range Rovers. Being lonely travelers on dusty roads heading south, we instantly bonded after a couple of beers and decided to tackle the journey from Wadi Halfa to Khartoum together. Driving to Khartoum...