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Departing from the Engen Garage, Pick n Pay Centre, Plattekloof, cnr of Plattekloof Drive and Gert van Rooyen Avenuee 08H00.

An all tar ride for breakfast at Goederust in Franschoek.

As usual we left Panorama at nine with 5 bikes with 7 riders, thanks for beautiful ladies who share their husband’s passion. The early part of the ride is mainly on highway so it was a bit boring. A lovely stretch of tar followed our direction to Stellenbosch, it can however be boring too, depending on the traffic. But then it was biker’s heaven, the Helshoogte pass. There I gave Deon and Lynne the freedom of going at their own speed up the pass. After the pass we regroup again and now it was Speed cop’s heaven.

This is a "tar" ride, all welcome.  NB FULLY BOOKED!!!

Following on the great success of this past weekends lunch ride to Eendekuil the Club has arranged another Sunday lunch ride for the 17th July.

Our destination is Franschoek but our route will take us via Gordons Bay, Kleinmond, Towards Hermanus, Caledon, Villiersdorp to Franschoek.

Lunch  (during Bastille day celebrations) will be at the lovely Goederust Estate where a set menu will await us.

Lunch cost is R132.00PP including 10% mandatory service charge.

Date: 17 April 2010

Riders: 8

I signed up for this introductory one-day course in the hope that it would prepare me for the Country Trax Dirtbike Fundamentals course in July.  But some internet searching uncovered a trip report by a previous participant, and it was clear this was the dirtbike equivalent of the Country Trax Intro course.

When I told Julie that the course would be a cinch for me, she immediately took it away from me and declared that she would do it in my stead.

So, what constitutes an adventure ride? Challenging yourself over difficult terrain? Going somewhere you’ve never been before? For me it’s a bit of both… I like the idea of going somewhere I’ve never been before, and no knowing what to expect when I get there. However, I’m not the sort of person to just ride off somewhere without some idea of where I’m going. Which is why I love my GPS, I can plot a route to somewhere and at least have an idea of how long it will take, where I’ll pass en route, etc. Organising a ride with two mates was a lot of hard work, and resulted in thousands of emails back and forth. First; when to go. That took about a week. Then we had to decide where we wanted to go. That took another week.

Leaning the bike into the wind, I wondered about Alvin's phone earlier call asking whether the ride would go on in the heavy wind. A smattering of the regular faces is always a pleasure, but more pleasingly are the constant new faces. Today we had two new members (please introduce yourselves on the forum). The bikes varied to include 1200GS/A's, 1200RT, 1200S, 650GS, 800GS, 800ST, K1200GT and 1200C. The ride took us towards the sea on the Plattekloof Road where the traffic lights were totally out of sync stopping us every time. We stopped to regroup 4 times, the last being as we turned on the M13 towards Durbanville.

A club ride lead by Johan de Jager to Goederust in Franschoek. Meet at the Engen, everything you need to know will be discussed at the meeting point. The map to the meeting point and other information on what to bring is at these links: * [http://bmwmotorcycleclubcape.co.za/node/1 General Club Ride info and map to meeting point] * [http://bmwmotorcycleclubcape.co.za/faq#41n65 Frequently Asked Questions like 'What to bring and wear?']

A club ride lead by Lawrence to the Riverside Restaurant in Franschoek. Meet at the Engen, everything you need to know will be discussed at the meeting point. The map to the meeting point and other information on what to bring is at these links: * [http://bmwmotorcycleclubcape.co.za/node/1 General Club Ride info and map to meeting point] * [http://bmwmotorcycleclubcape.co.za/faq#41n65 Frequently Asked Questions like 'What to bring and wear?']

Beginner’s Trip 1 July 2007 After much planning and discussion, the beginner’s off-road trip finally began on Sunday 1 July (original plan was 24 June – postponed due to terrible weather) The numbers were down from 10 to 7 riders, and in the end there were 4 beginner bikers and Geoff with Nelmarie riding pillion. Terrible weather the day before made the other 3 riders chicken out. Guess what – we had SUPER weather, although slightly on the cold side to begin with. The 4 beginners were Tanya, Jan, myself on F650GS bikes, and Dawie on his 1200GS. We thawed out with some coffee at the Peregrine, which also did nothing to calm our beginner nerves. After quite a long briefing with some good tips and tricks, we were finally off at 10am down the Viljoenshoop Road. Some of the tips and warnings made some of us even more nervous. I’d been down that road a few years back in the Landy, and we had to 4x4 our way through some of its slote, so I was worried…..