Archive of BMW Motorrad Club Cape (2006 - 2019)

Touring and discovering new parts of our country took on a completely new dimension when I started riding off-road with a motorbike many years ago. Once you start riding off-road, it is like seeing our country through a magnifying glass instead of through binoculars.

I spent my entire youth in the Eastern Cape, and was fortunate enough to live on a farm. 

I've been very lazy about posting this. I did this trip in December last year. The pile is getting deeper, there's another trip I did in July that also needs some attention ...

And, to be honest, I've been a bit jealous watching Andy Frogget's progress on VleisBoek. I traveled some of those roads then - and it's jogged my conscience enough to put A into G.

I still won't post a full length TR on this forum. My objections from last year remain. 

STUFF OF LEGENDS; 2014 BAVIAANS DASH 27 to 30 December

See the 22 page .pdf soft copy of this ride report attached at the end.

Some stats

2 R1200GSA's (580km range)

1 x R1200GS (<360km range)

1 x F800GS (<400km range)

1845 kilometres traveled

3 full days and 3 full nights

967 photos taken

47 GoPro video shots (30 sec to 1.50)

No injuries, no major damages

1 worn clutch

PARTICIPANTS:

James (founder - 5 of 5)

Andyman  (5 of 5)

This was day 9 of a trip (02 Nov 2012) I recently made to Johannesburg via mostly tar – and probably the nicest piece of gravel road on the whole trip – from a surface and beauty perspective.  The only reason I’m posting this first is because Pepe was asking about roads in the area.  

I stayed over in Graaf Reinet at the Profcon Country Cottages, reasonably priced, neat and tidy, nothing exciting – unless you have kids.  They have a really fantastic playground at the property in the back – fortunately not being school holidays it suited me well. 

http://bmwmotorcycleclubcape.co.za/eastern-cape-road-tour-march-2012-pics

BMW Club Eastern Cape Road Tour March 2012.

First a quick bio of self to give context to the trip report:

I have been in Cape Town since April 2009, by way of Dallas, Texas. I work for a start-up automotive company, designing electric vehicles. I lead a group of engineers designing and testing the propulsion system (electric motor, battery and control software, etc.) for the Joule electric vehicle.

In the absence of a Ride Report, I am posting below some pictures taken on the Road Tour through the Eastern Cape last week.