Recent content by Steildraai

Ek dink ‘n aar het in my kop gebars soos ek gelag het 🤣

It does look good, doesn’t it! For reference, the tail pack is an expandable Oxford 35.

I want to give a shout-out to forum member ianb. I ordered a luggage rack from him and it arrived in double quick time. Dealing with Ian was such a pleasure, the rack is FANTASTIC quality and installing it took just a few minutes. I could not be happier. The price of R700 (+ courier fees) is the...

Me too! And what a recovery when they got nearly completely sideways 😃

YouTube Itchy Boots Season 7, Episode 47 - “Africa’s worst road 🇱🇷” I feel embarrassed to have even mentioned my little episode…

Commiserations on the dropped bike; I hope there isn’t any damage. On Saturday I took a back road leading in the general direction of Herbertsdale. It was quite muddy in sections, but passable. That is until I got to a 50 - 100 m section that was annihilated by heavy vehicles. I wanted to...

Thank you all for the much appreciated well wishes and kind replies. That's obviously what the little blue thumbs also mean, but it needs to be repeated. Regarding KnopKop and J3TRHO's experiences: after the wonderful actor David Niven died, a thanksgiving service was held for him at St...

Very nice! It’s as if I can smell the newness 😃

Jacobsroodt answered perfectly. My handlebar is in the standard setting and I too removed the rubber inserts from the pegs. The GS is undoubtedly more roomy, but I haven’t found the 890 to feel cramped at all. I feel at one with the bike in a way that I never experienced with a GS. Seated or...

When I joined the forum at the beginning of May I was actively looking at buying a motorcycle. I had already decided on getting a KTM/Husqvarna/GASGAS, but I was flipflopping between different models. In the end I settled on trying to get a used 890 Adventure R or Norden 901. I made some calls...

Thank you all for the warm welcome - it's much appreciated. The SADF thread is a great read, thank you for the mention EssBee and for providing the link Noneking. I may add that I had never ridden before I got to Mavinga. I taught myself the basics on the smooth and long runway and it wasn't...

I'm Ian and I hail from Mossel Bay. I started riding in 1987, courtesy of the SADF. The venerable (but temperamental due to lack of maintenance) Honda XL 500 was my steed for a few months in Angola during a bush tour. The bug bit hard and I've been riding on and off ever since. I'm without...