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Sorry about another bike transport thread. I have been given 2 contact details. Neither answers their phone. I got an I'll call you later but no call back from one. I am obviously disillusioned. Considering flying down and riding it back. sadly work won't allow the time. Can anybody...

I am in the market for a new Jacket. I hav a KTM Jacket bought on special years ago but the zip has already been replaced. 8 years ago I got a TourMastr Sonora Jacket. Basically a mesh Jacket which suits SA perfectly. In winter I can zip in the liner but a good KWay fleece seems to work better...

I have a well loved and used 990 Adventure. I am toying with the idea of upgrading to a 1290 adv R. The bike is in excellent nick having just been repaired after an altercation with a pedestrian. The bike is a 2011 in that beautiful Dakar blue. Today it has 80 670km's on it. What would a...

Anybody else found this. https://rever.co/ It looks really interesting.You can plan and plot and track routes on it. I reckoned that f enough sign up and start creating tracks that others could follow. It would allow Tourists to come and experience the joys of adventure bike riding in SA. We...

I had an off and my helmet has some deep gouges. I don't remember hitting the ground that hard as I was lane splitting and hit a pedestrian who ran into the left front of my bike full tilt. Do I need to get the helmet checked and if so where.

MCN have got spy photos of the new twin. See here https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new-bikes/2015/may/africa-twin-spied-on-the-road/ I am working out how to upload the photos so long.

I claim extenuating circumstances and was fuming afterwards. Came out of a filling station turned right through a queue of stationary cars to come face to face with 2 taxis who had decided there was enough room in the oncoming lane for them to travel side by side. Only problem I was the...

I feel I have to post this as I was down on Pro-Action and also RAD in its early days on this forum. I had a problem on my bike. Discussed here. https://wilddog.net.za/forum/index.php?topic=132336.0 I went to RAD as their workshop under Nel's guidance is always available to help if you have...

Last night on my way home noticed my front wheel had picked up a slight shimmy. Stopped checked the tyres as I though one might be low on air but nothing so rode home. Thought it might be me after a bad day at work. This morning it is definitely there. Nothing below 50 km/h. Seems to start...

Here are some pics I could find of what may be the next great adventure bike. 800cc motor; should be light and hopefully with good suspension. Maybe one of you computer whizzes could get the picture into my post rather than an attachment.

I saw this on the Xkulcha site. I am impressed at how far they go to test their products. https://www.xkulcha.com/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo&Itemid=99&video_id=32

There is a thread where I stated no KTM rider would use roadside assistance for a flat tyre. Well, today I emptied my topbox as I was planning to pick up my. Brothers birthday present on the way home. So now I am standing on the side of the M1 with a flat rear tyre. Stuck I resorted to KTM...

I have a KTM it has tubes in the tyres. A lot of people tell me that this is the better option for adventure riding. Why? My mountain bike has been tubeless since 2002. It is much better this way. There is less rolling resistance. You can run lower pressures and with slime in you never have to...

With the sunny day and a late start for me there were an awful lot of bikes on the road to day. What is the correct etiquette for passing another bike in the traffic. When splitting I sit behind the rider in front with a decent distance so I don't crowd him and generally when it safe the rider...

Yesterday I got home late. I take my Orange cover of for after dark riding as I find I see better without it. This morning I forgot to put it back. It was very quickly clear that most cars don't see me as readily as they did when I had the Orange headlight. Twice cars changed lane in front of...

I passed you as I took the off ramp at Glenhove about 8:45 this am. We waved. You're clearly also a dog by the big orange sticker on your helmet. Nice to meet you. Matthew

It looks like I will be doing this route a lot in the next few months. As flying down is crazy expensive and driving a cage is boring I was thinking about biking it down. I have now done the main drag as time was an issue. Now I want to explore better alternatives. Any advice on routes in the...

I travel a lot for business and it got me thinking about where the best place in SA for a Wild Dog to live is. The dogs in Cape Town probably feel they have it all with the West Coast, the Boland, the Cedarberg,the Karoo and the Overberg to Cape South Coast not too far away. The Breede valley...

I ask this knowing that there are cops and ex cops on the forum as well as myriad of knowledgeable riders who can help. I ride when splitting between the fast lane and the next one in. On the major motorways here in Gauteng there are often road works as well as that juicy looking  half lane to...

I pose this question as somebody went down the other day and they were taken to task by a number of post for not wearing the right gear. The rider was wearing jeans and clearly this is not regarded as enough. I have just got myself a bike - the most amazing bike. :ricky: I have some gear and...