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Really? What is going on here? https://www.4x4ag.co.za/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1834&sid=f6ecf0592a1110dfdab790932ca133aa

Been thinking about using a neck brace of some description - maybe feeling a bit my age - but when I'm on a proper ride I use a Kriega hydration pack. Wondering if this would interfere with a Leatt brace? Pic of me with the hydration pack doesn't look like a brace will fit (ignore Mrs 3D's...

Another Mr and Mrs Three Dawg adventure! I added a bunch of pics to this RR which I first posted on my local advscotland.com forum, so I thought I'd put it up here. Hope you enjoy it, bearing in mind it was written for my home crowd.. So whose stupid idea was it to go to South Africa, a...

Sorry to just post a link, but it takes you to the small ADVScotland forum that I frequent, and was written with the members there in mind. The plan: The ride:  https://advscotland.com/forum/index.php?thread/2383-south-africa-and-namibia-in-2021-what-was-i-thinking/&pageNo=1

Have tried Google, which throws up valeting places which is not exactly what I need, so does anyone know where I can find a jet wash site/garage near the centre of Cape Town?  The 1100 needs a (bloody) good wash before it goes home on Friday!

Woke up this morning to hippos grunting in the river at Nunda Lodge in Northern Namibia, happy happy, then I get the news that there has been a new Covid variant detected here and flights out of this part of the world have been cancelled.  Not so happy happy!  Usual knee jerk shit from the UK's...

Oh dear, you'd think the hoops you have to jump through to get on a plane or cross borders would be the biggest issue travelling today, but no, if Turkish Airlines decide not to put your bike on the plane in Istanbul for Cape Town like they were supposed to, that, my friends, is an even big...

It's not very far - can anyone suggest an interesting route that will get me off the R60 or the N2 - not too gnarly, big GS, tons of luggage and pillion.

Can anyone advise as to the condition of the road over the Messelpad Pass from Hondeklip Baai to Springbok?  Two up on a big bike etc.etc. looks like it is being left to deteriorate on the Passes of South Africa video.

Staying at the Desert Horse Inn near Aus a few years ago, I remember seeing lots of scorpions around the place in the evening.  This time we'll be camping - are scorpions a problem when under canvas?

Well, plane is booked for us, ship booked for the GS and first night's hotel sorted.  Arrive 2nd November and then heading north.  We are really looking forward to being back in Africa, and showing our friends who came with us to South America around a bit.  :ricky:  What could possibly go...

Anyone know whether PCR tests available at Vioolsdrif coming from SA to Nam?  If so, is it done reasonably quickly?

Looking at replacing the mangled rubber passenger pegs on my 1100, but might be sensible instead to go with something a bit more grippy for Mrs 3D - I have Mk2 Pivot Pegz which are very good, and she fancies something similar. Only time I ever saw some was on a 1200 at Vioolsdrif - anyone sell...

Been looking at including a circular route in the Cederberg, starting from the Oasis where we will have two nights in early November before we go north towards Namibia*.  I'd really like to get up to Wupperthal (assuming the road from the south is OK, I can check with Gerrit when I'm there I...

Refining and planning for what may or may not be our next trip, pandemic allowing.  We'd be coming down from Namaibia to Springbok then across to Calvinia, Matjiesfontein and Oudshoorn (apols if I got the spelling wrong). I was wondering if there are any circuits of either the Richtersveld or...

From what I can gather the infamous 'road' along the Kunene river from Epupa to Kunene River Lodge (KRL) and on to Ruacana has been upgraded.  Has anyone ridden the D3700 recently?  There is no way I could have done KRL to Epupa back in 2015 when I was last there, and even KRL to Ruacana had...

Have a plan to return to SA and Namibia later on this year with the long suffering 1100.  Our last trip to Northern Namibia was around May time which was a pleasant time to be there, but on this trip it will be November and early December.    What's the weather usually like in the far north at...

As you may know, me and Mrs Three Dawg have taken a few trips abroad with the long suffering 1997 1100GS, fllying or shipping the bike to some interesting destinations south of the equator. This is because we are very busy during our summer, and because we both hate the Scottish winter. This...

Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere.  Some good speakers - might be worth a look as we endure this sodding lockdown.  Starts this evening. https://armchairadventurefestival.com/

Warning, lots of pictures of Laverdas. Thought I'd share a few posts of my travels nearer to home this year. First ride was on the long suffering GS in February.  Barking cold on the Beauly Firth just west of Inverness. By April it had warmed up nicely and I took a run along the Moray coast...