cloudgazer
Grey Hound
- Joined
- Oct 9, 2007
- Messages
- 5,135
- Reaction score
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- Bike
- BMW F650GS / Dakar
OK, so i got my Dakar last week monday.
and since I've never actually riden a bike that big, in fact, never even been on a Dakar until I took possession of it. (no test rides, nothing)
I was kinda nervous riding it out of Atlantic Motorrad's showroom, but within seconds i was hooked.
I didn't get to ride much during the week. The furthest I got was camps bay.
But I figured I had the whole weekend to ride everywhere.
On sat I was gonna hit the winelands and on Sunday do the toy run.
Sat morning dawns, and I had to run a few errands, before hitting the road.
En route to a friends place, on a really narrow road, some woman almost ploughed into me, I hit brakes and down I went.
Man, was i pissed off. I only broke an indicator cap, so not the end of the world.
I went passed Atlantic for a new one, but the workshop was already closed.
I had to stop off at one other place before my first long ride.
I was with my friends for maybe 40 min. I left thier apartment, went to my bike, and tried to start it.
No go.
I couldn't get the key into the ignition.
On a closer look the whole ignition was fucked. Looks like some twat stuck a screwdriver in there and twisted.
So a few phonecalls, and an hour and half later BMW oncall tows my bike away.
And thats my sad story... no long ride, no Toy Run, no nothing. Dont know when I'll be getting it back.
and since I've never actually riden a bike that big, in fact, never even been on a Dakar until I took possession of it. (no test rides, nothing)
I was kinda nervous riding it out of Atlantic Motorrad's showroom, but within seconds i was hooked.
I didn't get to ride much during the week. The furthest I got was camps bay.
But I figured I had the whole weekend to ride everywhere.
On sat I was gonna hit the winelands and on Sunday do the toy run.
Sat morning dawns, and I had to run a few errands, before hitting the road.
En route to a friends place, on a really narrow road, some woman almost ploughed into me, I hit brakes and down I went.
Man, was i pissed off. I only broke an indicator cap, so not the end of the world.
I went passed Atlantic for a new one, but the workshop was already closed.
I had to stop off at one other place before my first long ride.
I was with my friends for maybe 40 min. I left thier apartment, went to my bike, and tried to start it.
No go.
I couldn't get the key into the ignition.
On a closer look the whole ignition was fucked. Looks like some twat stuck a screwdriver in there and twisted.
So a few phonecalls, and an hour and half later BMW oncall tows my bike away.
And thats my sad story... no long ride, no Toy Run, no nothing. Dont know when I'll be getting it back.
