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  1. Ri

    SSW Helderberg NG Motorfietskerk / Biker Church (not CMA)

    First (and only) rule of Biker Church is: it's about motorbikes. If you ride a motorcycle, you are welcome. We're a diverse bunch of bikers, ranging from scruffy little thumpers like my mine, through Triumph 900, GS1100s and GS1200s, speedbikes like the organist's GSR650, all the way to Hardly...
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    No Spills: Jubilee Tour (2 - 10 May 2021)

    Suddenly everything is different. My friend hires a personal trainer for our group of ladies and arranges for sessions to take place in my garden. Most of the ladies promptly fade, but my next door neighbour's daughter and I are dedicated, and the personal trainer commits to continuing with the...
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    Infernal Interlude: Crazy Glue Family Ride (December 2020)

    Ahhhh... these crazy COVID days... the new normal has arrived. In between the school holidays and trying to recoup my mental health, I sneak in a Thumper Bash ride in November of 2020. I join the ultraflight band and manage to fall on almost the first turn, which is that nasty steep and loose...
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    Touring to Baviaanskloof EC Bash 2 - 10 May 2021

    I took a few days leave to ride up to EC Bash and back, and thought no more of it. Then someone asked me to join them on a ride the weekend before the Bash, and would I plan the route? And why don't we make it longer than a weekend, didn't I mention that Bash thing? So I juggled my leave and...
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    Alice in Hondaland: Not-A-Honda-Launch Report

    "Has anyone ever told you you look like Alice Cooper?", Hardy asks Beserker aka Dave. "Hasn't he been dead for like, 5 years?" Dave (now Alice) asks, non-plussed. "That's why you look like him", 2StrokeDan teases. We all laugh at the banter. It's about 09:00 and we're sitting around a table...
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    Licenced to Ride: Singles Tour (13 - 28/10/2020)

    My COVID Credenza continues. School starts again for my Northern Cape Matriculant nephew and, a month later, his 7th Grade sister.  Matriculant must be fetched every weekend and Niece attends school one week on, one week off. Fortunately, both schools are in Paarl, and school friend parents...
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    Kareedouw Afkuk 27 - 30 August 2020

    Soon after my Swellendam weekend, my manager contacts me late in the day. A colleague who had been working on a certain proof of concept is now on a few weeks' leave, and the manager needs a feature implemented urgently. Just a single view, simple and easy, most of the grunt work has been done...
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    Up the Creek without A Permit: 31 July - 2 August 2020

    The coming COVID-19 lockdown didn't hold any fear for me. The first person to bring COVID-19 to Cape Town (SA?) probably worked in my building, because 2 - 3 weeks before the lockdown, we had a Covid scare and were sent to work from home. I have good internet, and my house was empty and - most...
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    Planning a Ri Ride: Long Way Round to EC Bash 24/25 April - 11 May 2020

    Hi Dogs, I booked for the EC Bash from 8 - 10 May 2020, and started considering routes to Baviaanskloof. I noticed that 1 May, Workers (Down Tools) Day falls on a Friday, making for a loooong weekend, and I got to thinking.... The itinerary: 1 May 2020: Somerset West to Sedgefield / Knysna /...
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    2014 Yamaha Tenere 660 5300km R 85,000 JBay

    Posting on behalf of a friend: Clean, well looked after 2014 Yamaha Ténére 660 with 5,300 km on the ODO for sale for R85,000 non-negotiable. Crash bars are slightly pitted due to respraying, but no other damage. My friend is the first owner, and the motorbike is in Jeffreys Bay Please...
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    Ri Ride: Old Postal At Last (20 - 22 December 2019) (Warning: Very Wordy)

    Prelude I planned a hot, gasping, sweaty, steamy weekend. Then permission slips are revoked and the Cederberg hike is off. A party of winy women plan to smoke up my patio with braai and cigarettes on Saturday, and I already took half day leave for Friday. Stuff that, I’m going to the...
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    Riposte: Old Postal 20 - 22 December 2019 (Warning: Very Wordy)

    Prelude I planned a hot, gasping, sweaty, steamy weekend. Then permission slips are revoked and the Cederberg hike is off. A party of winy women plan to smoke up my patio with braai and cigarettes on Saturday, and I already took half day leave for Friday. Stuff that, I’m going to the...
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    Farewell to Andy: Andy660's Last (SA) Ride (7 - 8 Dec 2019)

    The second Wild Dog I ever met is Andy660 , an institution in the Western Cape adventure riding scene on his pimped out Yamaha XT660Z, racing towards the horizon as fast as the bike can carry him. Despite him arranging rides almost every other weekend, somehow we seldom ended up riding together...
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    Proesstraat Pretoria to CT on 22-23/11/19 - Need small stuff moved?

    I'm in the unenviable position of having had to cancel a comfortable 2-hour flight ticket, to drive a car down from Pretoria to Cape Town. I'm looking forward to this trip as much as a Dog looks forward to a prostrate exam. I hate the N1 due to trucks and other road users, and this isn't my own...
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    Tankwa Trek (16 - 30 Sept 2019): Oh I don't know where I'm going

    The early light is breaking The morning sun is waiting in the sky And I think I'm gonna break away And follow where the birds of freedom fly I need to give, I need to live For the world is slowly turning And the lights of love are burning in my eyes Caravans, oh my soul is on the run Overland...
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    Pussy Fever in Pretoria - a short Ride-along Report

    Prologue: Wanna stroke some pussy. Where...? (https://wilddog.net.za/forum/index.php?topic=240413.0) After a semi-insomniac night, I wake up early on Saturday morning and just make it to breakfast, served between unappetising hours of 6 - 8 am. Afterwards I wonder whether to crawl back into...
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    Tankwa Trek 16 - 30 September 2019

    I've been eyeing the Tankwa Cross Country Rally, wanting to spectate since last year, but it is perilously close to my niece's birthday on the 23rd. However, since the Big One (21 years old) has passed, I feel I can take a small reprieve. This year, our HR Dept informed me of a policy dictating...
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    Northern Cape Crawl (1 - 8 June 2019): Slow and Slower

    Once upon a time there was a noob on a purple bike who saw a WD thread for an adventure in the Kaokoland, and started dreaming. She knew there was no way she had the technical skills to join that tour (an assessment quickly proven right) and started making plans to up-skill so she could join the...
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    Northern Cape and a bit of Richtersveld - Once upon a time...

    ... there was a noob on a purple Suzuki DR650 who saw a thread on riding adventures in the Kaokoland, and started dreaming. She knew there was no way she had the technical skills to join that tour (an assessment proven right) and decided instead to ride up the N7 to play in the Richtersveld a...
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    Cederberg Oasis Spit Braai 6-7 April 2019 (Eventually)

    In the beginning was intermittent insomnia: a flaky four hours of sleep a night, sometimes less. Ceaseless fatigue lobotomised me and I became a functioning zombie.  My short-term memory shrunk to the size of a fly’s stomach, and operated on the same principle. Then things went really wrong and...
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