Archive of BMW Motorrad Club Cape (2006 - 2019)

Five of the club members decided to attend the Margate Bike Fest this year.

This is not a traditional report of where we went and what we saw but much more about the human camaraderie between the riders on the journey.

Enough said, just watch the video that Henri Basson kindly prepared on returning to find out more.

The route we took is certainly worth the ride offering great views on routes that are not often traveled.

When I bought my 1st GS in 2010 I always had this dream of traveling solo...like a true adventurer...I just never had the opportunity and I felt a bit guilty treating myself all alone and leaving the wifey behind...

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!

===The Group=== Geoff Russell (leader) – 1200GSA Michiel Bierman – 1200GSA Andre Ferreira – 1200GSA Andy Connell (sweeper) – 1150GSA Leon & Liza Kroucamp – 1200GS Anne Connell – 1200GS Sean Hidden – 1200GS Dave Hidden – F650Dakar Noelene Russell – F650Dakar Tiara Odendaal – F650GS '''Friday, 2 Oct 508kms''' We were set to have fine weather the whole weekend. We met at Lanner’s Landing in Klapmuts at 8.15 for 8.30 departure. However, Dave, coming from Stellenbosch, somehow ended up near Wellington and then finally met us about half an hour later. 1st round of strafdoppe already allocated to Dave.

Ek het die naweek van 24 tot 27 Aug op my eerste werklike motorfiets trip gegaan saam met die ouer geslag (my pa, Funduro & twee van sy vriende, Dakar & 650GS). Ons het ‘n 650GS vir my gehuur van Albert Franck (op die oomblik en Zambië besig om ‘n roete te plot vir ‘n toer). Ek kan enige iemand wat ‘n fiets wil huur aanbeveel om hom te kontak, die fiets het die pad opgeslurp en sy prys was die beste wat ons kon kry. ( www.gs-adventures.com ) Vir my ‘doop’ as ‘n motorfietsryer het die drie ouer manne dit goed gedink om vir die naweek gou-gou deur die Baviaanskloof te gaan ry...