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Still alive at 72. Not riding - bikes all gone. Had a fairly nasty scooter accident during Covid and damaged my back. Sawbones said to either go for fairly risky spinal surgery, or live with it. But he said another fall may put me in a wheelchair. So now the back roads are in a Jimny. But...

Thanks for the kind although totally untrue compliment - Since retiring from biking I have almost retired from GPSing but still use an ancient GPSMap 62s in my Forester to tour the back roads. I did get the Garmin topo-lite mapset a while ago and did manage to install it on a USB flash drive...

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Thanks for all the input. This is now my preferred way of lap counting, and it's very effective.I even remember the debates at each bike !! But after Midmar I will leave the pool for about 5-6 months and go back to the Gym. Midmar swim was good. I don't push it any more after my little heart...

Did a trip up Sani on scooters. I was on my Kymco 250, but there was a guy on a Yam BWS100. Little thing went 'nyaaa, nyaaa, nyaaa' all the way to the top with no problems  ;D BWS100 is on my list

I 'field tested' the bike laps this morning on a Midmar 'Dry Run' (1600), and it works well. Hit a small wall about the XT500, got thru it by the KLR, started to feel tired about the GS1200, and then cruised to the Gold Wing and the last 100m. Nice pool Ian. I am sure the Aussies have plenty...

I am deeply ashamed, but I don;t think I have ever seen one - sorry

I chose the name for two reasons. The first vehicle I ever had was a Vaaljapie tractor. On the farm I grew up on there was an old vaaljapie discarded in a shed. I asked my dad if I could have it, and with some help from the farm manager we got it going and it rejoined the work team on the farm...

Thanks for the help. It's actually quite amazing how complete the list is. A dof of me to forget the TDM900 - I spent at least 1000km riding behind IanTheTooth's And the only bikes I have no clear image of in my mind are the 350 and the harleys- I must google them

I swam 1500m in the pool this morning, at least I think it was 1500m. When there is a shapely lady in the lane next to me I often lose count of the laps. I normally count in 50m increments, each 50m being a double lap in the Active Virgins 25mm pool. This morning I was wondering if there is...

Mine is a 2009 Manual 2.5l . It does have a "low range".  I put it in quotes 'cos it is not a true low range, effectively giving a squashed set of ratios where normal first is about low range second, but low range first is quite useful to slow the vehicle down while rock clambering or for just a...

Nice little trippie Doc.  ;D Must do it again, but since I am retired from bikes, would need to take my Soob Forrester. D'you think it would have managed? 

I'll be in the area tomorrow morning. Leaving Durban at 05:00.  I am taking a photographer up by softroader, and we are going to take pictures of the autumn colours at Lake Kenmo - a few Kms from the Sani turnoff on the Lower Loteni rd. . They say the colours are spectacular, and the window is...

You welcome. Shout if you want a higher res pic - I have the raw files. The first pic may make a print at A5-A4 size. -  nice bike  :ricky:

These the right ones ?

Thank you, but I am fully aware of how much I still have to learn about photography. I enjoy taking photo folk out in my Forester along the back roads I discovered on the bike, and it is humbling to see what some of them can do with scenes I passed many times without noticing. And it's good to...

Yo BadBallie, I think I worked it out from your lekka video !!

I suspect I do, but you know, you big guys on 1200's all look the same with your heads helmeted  >:D What colour is your bike, jacket and helmet plz  ;D

Thanks for all your hard work mate - good to see most of the oldies again !! I scaled the pics for post, but if you need a full-res image for PMB Honda shout.

@ouBones I think these are of Jnr. but I am not sure about you. This is the only other Dakkie in the set, so yours may be one of the ones I screwed up and just caught a back wheel .  >:( Trying to catch moving bikes leaving so close together is a bit like clay pigeon shooting, and I was...