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From Clive: Tankwa Overland Rally April 2024 Date 20/21 April (arriving afternoon 19th). We are hosting a Two Day Overland GPS Rally shortly after Easter, this where people can get to ride the rugged Tankwa terrain and practise their GPS navigation. We will keep formalities...

We'll be hosting some bigger bikes on Sunday morning. We already have at least one AT and a T7 signed up. I can bring you in by easily-ridden nice firm roads. Once we're there we can play it by ear and see who's sensible and who's nuts. We gather at Rivergate Business Park opposite the Engen...

At 70 I'm getting too damn old to kick these buggers anymore. I'm looking for R40K for both or R19K for Bike A and R21K for Bike B. They were both assembled in Japan in 1993. Their VINs are quite close. They're both fully road legal and registered in my name. These bikes are the road legal...

This is a long shot, but you never know. I've got 2 1993 XLR250s. One of them has not got an airbox beyond a small bit of rickety plastic the airfilter sort of fits onto. Road dirt just gets flung straight onto the foam filter. If anyone has got a suitable airbox lying about let me know. I'm...

I was working on a friend's newly acquired XR400R and I found this plastic thing neatly taped to the wiring harness behind the headlamp. I thought I'd ask you chaps before I threw it in the bin. It has the number 25 printed on it and the arms are exactly 25mm apart.

I was chatting bikes (as one does) with a man cutting trees, and he let slip that he had a 1977 XT500D lying under a tarpaulin behind his workshed, waiting for the day his son would take it over and restore it. About 2 years later, and after a bit of nagging, he realised his son wasn't...

I have no details other than he fell and broke two or three bones quite badly in his foot /ankle. They'll probably operate tomorrow. I'm sure the many, many of you who know him wish him a speedy and complete recovery. All the best, Andy!

Holy moley.! I feel sorry for him. This is from his Facebook post. SHARE!!! 😡 I’ve had my van broken into Harlow, UK, M11 J7 and everything stolen on the way to Erzberg. 2 Alta Motors bikes, gear, 2 new Honda generators, tools, spares all our camera gear, laptop etc etc. To say this has ruined...

My apologies if this has been asked before, but south of the Kakamas - Pofadder road there is a huge track I've never heard of. -29.059966° 19.854701°

I suppose this is a bit of a rarity. When I was a young lad there was no television and no radio commentary on things that mattered, like the TT. So you bought the LP. Free to someone who really wants this.

So who is doing this event? Some of us from the quarry riding group have committed to it, and hope to make it out alive.

I picked up a black right hand DR650 side cover this morning. It was at the traffic lights at the Liesbeek Parkway, Alma Road intersection in Rosebank, Cape Town. Tell me what the sticker says and you can have it back.

I just bought a second-hand Thor Impact rig for R500. I thought my friend was about my size, but I find it's too small for me. It's marked S/M but I'm sure that not what it's used for, but rather is an indication of size.  I imagine it will fit someone in the 70kg range. So I'm offering it...

I finally stripped the subframe off my 2006 TE450 that I crashed in early July. I knew it was bent, but not by how much! It is bent in all 3 dimensions. So much so that the airbox is trashed too. I'm not sure if I'll be able to straighten it sufficiently and if the strength of the straightened...

I've had an enormous amount of fun with this bike, but it's time to sell it and get a small commuter. I've got the TE450 for the fun stuff. It's licensed and road legal in my name so there are no hassles there. It has done about 22K km. The odo stopped when the speedo cable was ripped away by a...

My friend Marc's KLE 500 was stolen this morning from his driveway in Rosebank, Cape Town, by 3 guys in a white bakkie. Kawasaki KLE 500 (metallic blue) 2008 model Reg: CA 78845 VIN : JKALEVB187A004152 Eng No: EX500AE335250 Distinguishing features: Broken and re-welded left side passenger foot...

I'm looking for black or white fork protectors for my newly acquired beauty.  The blue just doesn't work when it's wearing it's red livery. Are these things pretty standard across Marzocchi shocks? <img...

We've got some big quarries around Cape Town and some big sand dunes at Atlantis.  How about it? Surely we can persuade some quarry operation to lend us a quarry every now and then? We've seen how to do the Atlantis dunes, a good run-up and keep it pinned to just below the crest.  Take away...

People are coming out of the woodwork to see my bike, so perhaps I was premature in withdrawing it. This sale is withdrawn.  Obviously you all have perfect bikes. This is not to say that I wouldn't sell it if you waved enough mandelas at me, but I've missed the bike of my dreams and now I'm...

Don't think Sanral doesn't have its greedy little sights on our beautiful city.  They're here and they're busy.   JOIN THE BAT RUN ON SATURDAY AND MAKE YOUR OPPOSITION KNOWN Meet at the Parking Area at 12 Keizergracht Street, Cape Town.   Get together from 08h00 to leave at 09h00 sharp...