Recent content by PLUTO

A 3 L Camelpack plus tools & stuff can get quite heavy, and to stop it bouncing around, a waist strap is good.  However, I have often forgotten to fasten the waist strap, and it is just long enough to entangle itself in those spaces between saddle and bike frame.  You can’t work out why you seem...

Number plate shop next door to Steers in Keoberg Road Montague Gardens.  In that hard to get to small shopping centre opp BUCO ( old Pennypinchers ). In there you get a small number plate, no worries

Have to agree that a high pressure hose in the wrong hands can do much damage to a motorcycle.  Same applies to most power tools in the wrong hands. However if you operate your high pressure hose with finesse, it makes the cleaning job 30x easier, faster, and more efficient in terms of less...

high pressure hose water to get the mud and muck off.  Spray prepsol degreaser liberally on the chain and sprockets.  wait 10 min.  More high pressure hose water. Repeat the process.  Spin the wheel and dry chain with a hair dryer. Lube. Replace chain and sprockets after maximum 50 engine...

Treat it as a project and take your time. It is not rocket-science to strip the motor into pieces.  Put all the parts under a magnifying glass and grade into those parts that need replacing, and those you can recycle.  Then drive around, post requests on social media, and slowly buy all the...

This was about 13h40 on Sunday 20th

Hi folks i was driving in my cage back from Durbanville yesterday on the Tiekiedraai Road, and noticed a pall of smoke coming from somewhere in the middle of the Quarry Riding Playpen. A bit later whilst driving past Makro in Montague Gardens, the fire brigade were tearing off in the opposite...

ja - one bike at a time in each of red chute and green chute.  In fact like Noah loaded the Arc;  two by two. To be sure there was red mist build up, the long wait killed it.  But the time i got the nod to go, i was fully chilled. Those temporary barbed wire structures were challenging. ...

I don’t mind if I don’t see any limestone rocks for a while, a long while! Good turnout – dunno – around 200 bikes?  The day dawned overcast and cool; perfect for riding.  The start was a little bit slow; one rider off at a time on red loop, and one rider at a time off on green loop, meant a...

I promised myself I’d never ride a bike with a number plate on it.  Almost stayed true to my word, what with a trials bike, 250 enduro bike and 250 mx  bike.  Then there is the old Vespa 2 stroke scooter in my garage with a CA number plate, which I always find myself gravitating to.  Next...

Hi Guys is anyone planning on riding this weekend?  Saturday the 15 August looks wet, but on Sunday morning there is some light forecasted rain, and then clearing - looks ok. Me and a noob are going to be riding Sunday.  Planning to leave from Tableview around 9h30 and would be going past Cipla...

All good Mr Buff !  Well done once again

Buff, you weren't the only one to loose a fuel cap. My chommie who was also the race forgot to "click" his KTM fuel cap closed after one of the many fuel stops.  The cap rattled loose and fuel started slapping out the fuel tank on every bump (of which there were many).  In order to staunch the...

Very good RR Buff - congratulations!  You have a unique ability to put the reader right behind the handlebars.  after reading the report, one comes away with full sense of what the Tankwa Rally is all about. Mooi

There is a very good You Tube one hour movie on villapoto, which gives very good insight into his life, and growing up issues.  Interestingly enough, his personal trainer is a South African boytjie, and he was the guy who got Villapoto back after his big injuries