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    Biker Down- how does it affect you?

    Thank you Tom, and thank you for your service.
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    Biker Down- how does it affect you?

    My brother Richard crashed in front of me while out on a family ride, silly mistake brought on by a lack of experience lead to lots of consequences, he died at the scene after a couple of minutes, my sister-in-law had major injuries and was left a paraplegic, with a small brain injury that will...
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    New from Kempton Park

    Hey hey Herman, Welcome to Wilddogs!
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    Cager Skills

    Never just rely on the mirrors, teach the kids to look far back, and often, teach them to look for movement, bikes can appear out of thin air Turn their heads and look into the blind spots. Contrary to popular belief, loud pipes don't save lives, bikes will sneak up on you, they pop out from...
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    Are you stupid?

    I spent a good few years riding with an open face helmet, and even when I started racing enduros I used an open face, as did a few of the top guys at that time, then I moved more to road orientated riding and a full face helmet. A few years back i was doing a lot od riding and tried to go back...
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    2015 TRUIMPH 1200 EXPLORER

    Book values
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    Tiger 800 XCx 2-up Question

    the short answer is that there are LOTS of people doing exactly what you are on the standard suspension, however, you are here asking this question so the longer answer is that for long term reliability and comfort, go have a chat to Denver at Bling King ( about some Wilburs. I had a Tiger...
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    Pirelli Scorpion STR vs Dunlop Trailmax Mission Tyres

    I had the pirellis on my Tiger 800, mostly tar and then i liked to play on the servitude roads on the east rand. With 2 up and full panniers on long trips i could still get pretty enthusiastic in the corners and I really never had issues on the gravel but I was also being a little conservative...
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    For Sale Pristine 2012 Tiger 800XC

    I presume then that this was done with the tape etc over the spoke caps?
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    For Sale Pristine 2012 Tiger 800XC

    Did he do a tubeliss conversion or did he change the rims?
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    Uncollected and unpaid vehicles .

    When I worked at Holeshot, we had a number of abandoned bikes there. One in particular comes to mind, it was a Tiger 1050, same colour as mine, totally stripped after a crash, the guy had bought, and brought to us, a bunch of replacement parts, then he just disappeared. The bike had been...
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    Road rage not worth it

    or you could be like this guy ....
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    Tonteldoos to Pilgrim's Rest

    Awesome, take care and have a blast
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    Tonteldoos to Pilgrim's Rest

    @Welman87 Did you ride?
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    Tonteldoos to Pilgrim's Rest

    I don't unfortunately, I found Caspersnek after looking for some gravel passes in the area as we we going to do a 5 day trip up that way. Only found the gates when I got there. The road to the gate gets used quite a bit as there is a managers house just there, but the rest of the roads over...
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    Tonteldoos to Pilgrim's Rest

    I drove Caspersnek through to Pilgrims in August last year in a 4x4, it is technically a private road now with a boom gate near the Orighstad main road (R36) and locked gate on the side road from Orighstad around here (-24.670784, 30.613851) and then another big gate up on the actual pass at...
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    Bad move, did I make?

    There we go, airbox sits right in the centre of the bike under the tank. I would seriously suggest you look at getting a re-usable airfilter.
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