Archive of BMW Motorrad Club Cape (2006 - 2019)

We have recently returned from an ambitious (and I'm happy to say, successful) 8 day filming trip to the Eastern Cape to capture 55 pre-determined passes on video. It turned into quite a trip, with lots of mud, deserted roads, cows, goats, pigs, dogs, warthogs and other ancillary hazards - like road signs, so old and rusted as to be illegible. In our news release today we take you into the details and offer some pics of the trip plus a short video of a hugely talented singer we discovered in a pub in Hogsback. That alone is worth the click-through!

This is my account of our Eastern Cape Eight Passes Adventure. I didn't keep any notes, so everything is from my somewhat faulty memory and my skewed perspective. I'll try to write a piece every evening.

 

I bought a 1200GS just less than two years ago. I had started riding road bikes again after a gap of about 30 years but after 2 years on tar and watching Long Way Round I felt that there must be more to motorcycling than tar.

My friend Robin has a way of dropping bombshells. The figurative ones. "I'm riding my bike to our holiday house near the Kruger, via Naude's Nek" he announced. "Hmm," I said. Then I googled 'Naude's Nek' and the 'hmmmm' became a bit tinged with green. The highest pass in South Africa, and gravel to boot - what could be nicer. "Well, come along!" came the invitation. "Hmmmmm!!!!" I said