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I posted in here because this lady's experiences might help the next intrepid long distance rider, in this case, Nigeria to Cameroon. Just look at the condition of that road, makes me think how bad I thought some of the roads I've done pale into insignificance.. Noraly is from the...

I so know what you mean. The car on my right, at the M5 turn off, decided it needed to take the exit. On hitting the car I flew into the windscreen, where the top snapped off leaving a row of sharks teeth. It had been a beautiful smokey grey aftermarket item that made the bike look oh so cool...

Ok, so I'm bombing along a road in Australia and I enter a forest. I can see something violent had happened because none of the trees have leaves left on them, and there are so many leaves on the floor that I can't see where the road goes, or, as proved shortly, where ditches, culverts, potholes...

Sometime in February, 2009. Koos se klim My blog post about it... Who's that on the Africa Twin? https://artistslicense.blogspot.com/2009/02/south-africa-limpopo-province-almost.html?m=1

So I have 351 count as at now. All of these bar maybe 25 are from 10 years ago when I lived in SA. There were also some when I was chirping from Australia, and a couple more when I moved to UK, and zero when I worked in Dallas, TX, USA, very few in the last 4 years I've been in Scotland. So...

Whilst this is the page on this valley: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Etive This one is more informative for the area: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Coe

Don't know if this is where one does this sort of thing, but here is my Wilddog buff having just clocked in at 240000kms. 5 BMW Dakar, 1 Aprilia Pegaso, 1 G650GS xChallenge, 1 Sertao

My new tyres were shockingly slippery getting home in the rain yesterday, so today was "get the tyres trained" day. Given that the "Highlands" are at my back door, I decided a trip to Glencoe would do nicely. A short meeting first, at which someone suggested I go look at Glen Etive. Here, for...

My new tyres were shockingly slippery getting home in the rain yesterday, so today was "get the tyres trained" day. Given that the "Highlands" are at my back door, I decided a trip to Glencoe would do nicely. A short meeting first, at which someone suggested I go look at Glen Etive. Here, for...

I found another tyre-swapper to re-tyre both wheels, and retire the former tyres. All sorted.

Love the camp spade idea...2 in 1, can dig holes to bury stuff AND take your wheels off...bonus!

If only. Sure, I have an AGM battery, but the lie on its side option is not ideal (BMW F650GS Dakar weighs 184kg dry) Then again so does your transalp. Remember I'm am old fart..

Yes! Thank you!

Really good reply if I had access to a workshop. As it is I have a lean to, with 4 garden paving blocks, which I've covered with lino. No axle stands at all. Then the second point about hanging it from tyres - no trees in my garden and no rights to go on anyone else's land (Scotland a funny...

Brilliant! Didn't know they existed..

Yes. I live in Scotland. I use an SA passport to enter and leave SA, and I use my UK passport everywhere else. You are only using the passport to inform the government that, on the way in, there is another citizen to take care of, and on the way out, that they no longer have to watch out for...

I have a problem. To start at the beginning - I'm in central Scotland. I have a set of new Mitas E07s to fit onto a BMW F650GS Dakar - the place that can actually do the change is 50km away, and they'll only do it if I can bring the wheels in. Whoever had the bike before me thought Karoo 3s...

DRC and Angola, remember the South Africans left a lot of landmines there. Parts of Angola there are signs recommending you don't step off the tarmac.

I use a British fintech company called Wise (used to be TransferWise). They have the lowest fees/best rate I've found. I have accounts in South Africa, Australia and UK. Here's a transfer between UK and Australia for today

Ok, here's some advice from someone who's tried the alternatives. What happened to me? 250 000km of deserts and mountains. More accidents than I can remember. One set of limbs. One example. A storm covered the road with leaves, mud, couldn't see the edge of the tarmac, rear wheel fell off...