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    First ride in South Africa!

    So it's taken me a week to recover but what a trip!  I can't even tell you what the route was but we did pretty much every pass that we were told about, Bain's Kloof, Tradouws, Robinson's, Swartberg, Prince Albert's (which nearly finished us both off!). I landed Sunday morning and was with Tony...
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    First ride in South Africa!

    No idea, he replied to my email last week saying he had an 1100 but not been able to get hold of him since, tried email, phone etc, nothing, nada.  6 foot 'she' got a text saying 'bike ok' but nothing about pickup dates etc.  Getting late now so I'm trying to arrange another with Karoo-biking...
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    First ride in South Africa!

    Hey Footloose, I've seen the results of your instructing, good work!  I'm bringing over a bag of Halfords professional tools for you as a reward! :-)
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    First ride in South Africa!

    Thanks everyone, the photos look amazing!  I've bought Motocross gear here in the UK which should be cooler but still not sure my snow white skin will be happy with going from -10 to 40 degrees! Does anyone here have contact details for LeCap other than those on his website?  He was trying to...
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    First ride in South Africa!

    Cheers, I've contacted lecap about bikes and gear, thinking of bring some of my summer gear and a lid, don't suppose any of you guys know what Cape Town airport security is like with crash helmets?  The Heathrow lot will let one through as hand luggage if they've had sex that morning but would...
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    First ride in South Africa!

    So my friend in Cape Town came up with this as a possible route, look OK to you guys?  Monday - chapman's peak drive , cape point, stellenbosch (maybe du toit's pass?)/ maybe staying in stellenbosch tuesday - bains kloof pass, ceres, montagu wed - montagu, swellendam, tradouws pass, rouite 62...
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    First ride in South Africa!

    We haven't really planned any sort of route yet, I've only booked the flight yesterday. I'm more than happy with gravel, we were thinking of getting off the normal routes anyway but any that we choose would have to be suitable for riding with a pillion.  I spend a lot of time off-road here on...
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    First ride in South Africa!

    Hi all, I'm coming to your country from England at the end of Jan to see a friend, we've decided at the last minute to hire a bike and spend the week riding instead of chilling by the pool/sea!  I've done a bit of touring in Europe and the UK but have some questions for you guys that might...
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