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Is anyone going to the BMW open day in Stellenbosch on Saturday? If you are, look out for me. I'll be the guy doing 2km/h on the G310GS with a terrified look in my eyes :D
 
Agent_Smith said:
Is anyone going to the BMW open day in Stellenbosch on Saturday? If you are, look out for me. I'll be the guy doing 2km/h on the G310GS with a terrified look in my eyes :D
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Go faster. It's more stable that way :D
 
Agent_Smith said:
Is anyone going to the BMW open day in Stellenbosch on Saturday? If you are, look out for me. I'll be the guy doing 2km/h on the G310GS with a terrified look in my eyes :D
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Didn't know there was such a thing.

Free for all demo day or what?
 
SauRoNZA said:
Didn't know there was such a thing.

Free for all demo day or what?
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From the BMW Donford Motorrad Stellenbosch Facebook page.

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Apparently they're overbooked though so not sure how much riding I'll actually be able to do.
 
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From the BMW Donford Motorrad Stellenbosch Facebook page.

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Apparently they're overbooked though so not sure how much riding I'll actually be able to do.
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Aaah, don't do Facebook so that explains it. I've never actually been to that dealership.

They are generally very good with controlling their numbers so I would be too stressed, at least as I've seen with track days.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Aaah, don't do Facebook so that explains it. I've never actually been to that dealership.

They are generally very good with controlling their numbers so I would be too stressed, at least as I've seen with track days.
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Ok cool. Nervous, but looking forward to it. Not going to do anything beyond my noob limits though :)
 
My jacket was R1000... it will last a lifetime.

But going through gloves... will try the RST gloves.

The Alpinestars Drystar gloves were only good for a year or so - after 3 years now they have holes and get soaked - after drying it takes 15 minutes to get them on my hand because of the tangled inner liner.
But they're warm.
 
Hi all. Noob question. I got a new Suzuki GS150R and want to mount a topbox to it. However, seems there are no standard mounting for that model? (Got that info from Flying Brick). Does anyone perhaps know where in Cape Town I could get something like that done so I can fit a topbox?
 
jcwelgemoed said:
Hi all. Noob question. I got a new Suzuki GS150R and want to mount a topbox to it. However, seems there are no standard mounting for that model? (Got that info from Flying Brick). Does anyone perhaps know where in Cape Town I could get something like that done so I can fit a topbox?
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I checked an image of the GS150R and it is very similar to the Twister CBX. Maybe investigate something similar.

EDIT: The back of the bike where the topbox is mounted is very similar
 
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Reason I love motorcycling number 437: What would've been a major inconvienance in a car - turned into a fun adventure that put a smile on my face that'll stay the rest of the day.

Longer story. Some a bus broke down in a normal two way street, some dude, thought he'd overtake him, only to have his car breakdown as well - I'm guessing. Seeing as the two were parked next to each other facing the same way, both with blinkers on and engines off.

This made me think to take a footpath route that I've never ridden before, because its a bit rough with no smooth exit onto the tar at the other end. I did it and it was the awesomest thing ever! Granted I probably went like 5km/h but it felt like 60, and it was awesome!
 
GhostSixFour said:
Reason I love motorcycling number 437: What would've been a major inconvienance in a car - turned into a fun adventure that put a smile on my face that'll stay the rest of the day.

Longer story. Some a bus broke down in a normal two way street, some dude, thought he'd overtake him, only to have his car breakdown as well - I'm guessing. Seeing as the two were parked next to each other facing the same way, both with blinkers on and engines off.

This made me think to take a footpath route that I've never ridden before, because its a bit rough with no smooth exit onto the tar at the other end. I did it and it was the awesomest thing ever! Granted I probably went like 5km/h but it felt like 60, and it was awesome!
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I can relate, riding the footpaths is great fun. My daily comute consists of regular transitions between road and footpaths/grass/gravel on the side of the road.

I was very surprised by the bikes ability to climb pavements and tackle dirt roads comfortably without bottoming the suspension. Given that it's a Chinese road bike I never expected much, so I'm sure you'll be fine to go over 5km/h
 
Tickled_Tortise said:
I can relate, riding the footpaths is great fun. My daily comute consists of regular transitions between road and footpaths/grass/gravel on the side of the road.

I was very surprised by the bikes ability to climb pavements and tackle dirt roads comfortably without bottoming the suspension. Given that it's a Chinese road bike I never expected much, so I'm sure you'll be fine to go over 5km/h
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Yeah. I've been going onto the easier footpaths quite a bit. Just this specific one has been daunting in the sense that it has really rough terrain and the exit is perpendicular to a relatively busy road. However, this episode today showed me that I need to keep pushing to keep learning :)

I'm quite certain the bike is a crapton more capable than I am. So, I'm growing into it.
 
GhostSixFour said:
Yeah. I've been going onto the easier footpaths quite a bit. Just this specific one has been daunting in the sense that it has really rough terrain and the exit is perpendicular to a relatively busy road. However, this episode today showed me that I need to keep pushing to keep learning :)

I'm quite certain the bike is a crapton more capable than I am. So, I'm growing into it.
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How you finding the BMW so far? Any issues?
 
Tickled_Tortise said:
How you finding the BMW so far? Any issues?
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I had a stint where I thought my ABS had packed up, but it was just a dirty ABS ring, cleaned that of and it was fixed. Then, I had to replace chain, but seeing as it was still the OEM chain on 23k km, that wasn't really a surprise. Only real issue is that the one heated grip stopped working, but there seems to be a fix for that, I just need to get to it.

Other than that, it's been fantastic.
 
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Nice day out at Anura Wine Estate for the BMW Motorrad adventure bike open day. Ended up not riding anything. Was just too nervous to pilot any of those machines with no experience. Still, being around those bikes gave me a real appreciation for them. The desired R3 is slowly being replaced! :)
 
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Nice day out at Anura Wine Estate for the BMW Motorrad adventure bike open day. Ended up not riding anything. Was just too nervous to pilot any of those machines with no experience. Still, being around those bikes gave me a real appreciation for them. The desired R3 is slowly being replaced! :)
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See if you can do a BMW course. I did the novice course and afterwards they were quite happy for me to test ride a 1200 gsa and an f800R
 
Sinbad said:
See if you can do a BMW course. I did the novice course and afterwards they were quite happy for me to test ride a 1200 gsa and an f800R
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Yeah will definitely look into it. These bikes are amazing. Can definitely see one parked in my garage.
 
What do you guys suggest for some off-road riding in the Cape Town area? I have an Africa Twin, still need to get crash bars, but would like to know of a crowd that is into tours or tracks that I could join.
 
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